NELLAI/SHENKOTTAH BROAD GAUGE -371

           Nellai to Shenkottah Broad Gauge 



The Nellai to Shenkottah Broadgauge line Inauguration seems a very recent event . It is hard to realize that nearly 9 years have passed after that landmark event . 

It was on the 21 st of August 2012 that this line was inaugurated with great fanfare by the present Speaker of the Tamilnadu  Assembly Shri Appavoo . Kadayam Subramaniam , Suganthiah and yours truely were at the Ambasamudram Station to welcome the first Broad Gauge Train in this Section which was accompanied with flags , festoons and Nadaswaram Music .

For posterity and for remembrance sake , I had bought a ticket for the inaugural ride on this train from 

Ambasamudram to Ravanasamudram 

Costing , guess what , all of of Rs 2/- for a travel of 14 Kms , which works out to around 15 Paise per Kilomter . I have had the good fortune of travelling by train in quite a few countries and I must proudly confess that this must be about the cheapest by a fair distance from anywhere else in the World .

This section is of immense help to the travelling public at large . The Pandemic has now put a brake on the operation of this line . Slowly but steadily the travel restrictions are being lifted and it is hoped that the Train Services in this section will also be opened soon .

               Welldone Indian Railways 

            RESTART EAGERLY AWAITED 

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  1. Unknown14 July 2021 at 03:30

    Thanks. Remembering the day

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  2. Unknown14 July 2021 at 03:31

    Now Palaruvi Express is restarted

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  3. Unknown14 July 2021 at 03:33

    Ravanasamudram - is the hindi version is correct?

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    1. Random Musings14 July 2021 at 04:11

      RAVANASAMUDRAM SPELT WRONGLY IN DEVANAGARI OR HINDI



      WRONGLY SPELT IN HINDI OR DEVANAGARI



      HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPELT

      Recently , I came across a news item in one of my Group Whatsapp posts which showed RAVANASAMUDRAM Railway Station Nameboard in the Devanagari or Hindi Script as RAAVANASAMUDRAM . I for one am totally ignorant of how this has gone unnoticed thus far . For obvious reasons One is not inclined to be associated with a place that has the name Raavan associated with it . Now , this beautiful village is my native place and I would love to explain as to how the place came to be called as RAVANASAMUDRAM in the first place .
      The village was named after Ravanappa Naicker who ruled the place some 350 years back . Ravanappa Naicker was a descendent of the Naicker Dynasty which ruled over Madurai and the surrounding areas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . After the downfall of the Naicker s regime at Madurai , several members of the royal family and the Poligar chieftains , who owed their allegiance to the Naicker rulers travelled further South with their followers and established small principalities in Tirunelveli and Ramnad Districts . One such Naicker Ruler named Krishnappa Naicker , fled towards Ambasamudram and established a small settlement on the banks of the river Ramanadhi , this place was then called Krishnapuram .

      In course of time the British came to know about Krishnapuram and demanded levy from the king . But Krishnappa Naicker refused to pay any tribute to the British. In return , the two Ambassadors sent by the British Governor , treacherously broke open the dam accross the Ramanadhi . The people of the village were soon the victims of the floods . In course of time , the flood ravaged village was completely rebuilt by Ravanappa Naicker , son of Krishnappa Naicker , who took over the reigns after his fathers death . The village was then named after him as RAVANASAMUDRAM .

      Hope the Railway Station Nameboard in Hindi ( DEVANAGARI ) is corrected at the earliest and respects given to the person who made the village with greenery all around and the beautiful Temple come into being .

      Glad to inform all that in response to the mail in which I had highlighted the mistake in spelling Ravanasamudram correctly in Hindi to no less than the Hon Railway Minister Himself and the General Manager , Southern Railway , I have now received communication to the effect that it would be corrected at the earliest.






      THE BOARD AFTER CORRECTION .
      THE AUTHORITIES WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SEND ME A PICTURE AFTER CORRECTION

      THANKS TO THE RAILWAY MINISTER /GENERAL MANAGER - SOUTHERN RAILWAY FOR TAKING ACTION AND CORRECTING THE SAME IN A VERY SHORT TIME AFTER THE LAPSE WAS POINTED OUT .






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