Uvari


Uvari is a coastal village in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. Uvari is located in the world map at 8.286205, Latitude and 77.899305 Longitude. The total geographical area of the Uvari is around Uvari is surrounded by Idaiyangudi, Navaladi, Kuttom and the Bay of Bengal. The mean maximum temperature is around in summer and in winter. Humidity level is over 65 percent. The rainy season starts between October and January. Uvari is rich in mineral resources like limestone, Ilmenite, and red garnet sands.

Economy

Local inhabitants primarily work as farmers, sailors or fishermen.

Education

Six schools are located in Uvari.
Two hospitals are located in Uvari.
Two banks are located in Uvari.
Post Office
BSNL Telephone Exchange

Religion

Hinduism and Christianity are the most commonly practiced religions in Uvari.
Uvari is home to the prominent Hindu Suyambulinga Swamy Temple. It is said to have originated approximately 500 years ago when "A milk vendor facing some difficulties on his usual way by the root of a Kadamba tree. When he cut the Kadamba tree root, blood began to flow from the spot. A voice from the sky directed the milk vendor to construct a temple there. The temple was first built with palm leaves which later grew into a stone construction.The main prayer commitment is that people carry the sea sand in 11 or 41 baskets and put it near the temple."
Christian churches include:
According to Tamil history, the citizens of Uvari were called Bharathar's of the Neithal World. Uvari's historical name was Obeer Pattanam. It was ruled by the Pandyan dynasty.
In the 1530s, Portuguese and Spanish missionaries from Goa arrived and converted many Bharathars to the Roman Catholic religion. The Portuguese priests, acting as godfathers, gave surnames such as Fernando to the converted. Pandya retains a fish on its flag, a symbol of this era.
Legend has it that the crew of a Portuguese ship that sailed near Uvari in the seventeenth century contracted cholera. In an attempt to avert death, a carpenter aboard the ship carved an image of Saint Anthony. Soon after, the entire crew were restored to health. When the ship docked at Uvari, the sailors placed the statue inside a hut in the village. In the 1940s, the villagers built a church with the original statue of St. Anthony holding the infant Jesus in his hand. St Anthony is said to perform many miracles daily for the people who flock there with faith in his intercession, therefore the church was upgraded to a shrine. Uvari is visited by Hindus and Christians from all over South India.

Transport

Uvari is from Thoothukudi, from Tiruchendur, from Nagercoil, from Kaniyakumari, from Tirunelveli, from Madurai, and from Rameswaram.
The village has no train service. The nearest railway's stations are located in Tiruchendur (