VILLAGE SURVEY-INTRODUCTION : SEM IV

RURAL STUDY ::

AIM :

• The Rural Development Project should result in the Community Development, Upliftment of People in terms of social life, Education, Economic Development, Improvement in Health, Housing conditions, Water supply & Drainage, Electricity, Storage & Transport Facilities
• All these developments would ultimately result in the Face-lifting of the whole Village itself
• The design process should be carried out systematically taking into consideration, the Standards for the spatial requirements and also the State Government Norms put forth by the Government of Tamilnadu
• Thrust will be on Rural Building Materials, Construction techniques & design details which should be user friendly.

                        THE SELECTED VILLAGE IS LOCATED NEAR HOSUR , KRISHNAGIRI (DT).THE VILLAGE IS CHOOSEN BASED ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STATE OF LIVING OF THE RURAL PEOPLE.

                                     INTRODUCTION :

INTRODUCTION:

               AS A PART OF THE DESIGN SUBJECT, WE HAD TO SURVEY A VILLAGE, IN ORDER TO STUDY THE VARIOUS DETAILS, AND PLANNING ASPECTS OF THE VILLAGE. BEING A PRIMITIVE SETTLEMENT. IT GIVES US A BASIC IDEA ABOUT HOW THE SETTLEMENT EVOLVED, AS A RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE AND LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS, THEIR LIFESTYLE AND SOCIAL NEEDS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF RURAL HABITATS AND HOW THEIR SETTLEMENTS HAVE DEVELOPED TO  SUIT THEIR NEEDS. AS A PART OF OUR STUDY, WE CHOSE THE VILLAGE OF “PAATHAKOTA”. 

              THE VILLAGE HAS A STRONG HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, DATING BACK TO OVER 400 YEARS. SOME HOUSES ARE OVER 300 YEARS OLD. THE ANCIENT PALLAVA TEMPLE AND THE STREAM, ALONG WHICH THE VILLAGE HAS DEVELOPED, ARE SOME FRAGMENTS OF THE VILLAGE’S HISTORY.

 THE STUDY OF THE VILLAGE WAS CARRIED OUT IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS: MASTER PLAN, INDIVIDUAL DWELLING STUDY, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY. THE INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED IN 7 DAYS.

SOIL TYPES:

                          THE PREDOMINANT TYPE OF SOIL FOUND IS RED SOIL AND IT EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 8 METERS. SOME OF THE MAJOR CROPS CULTIVATED IN THIS VILLAGE ARE PADDY,MAIZE,RAGI,BANANA AND GROUNDNUT. AGRICULTURE AND POTTERY ARE THE TWO MAIN OCCUPATIONS IN THIS VILLAGE.

APPROACH:

                             THE APPROACH TO THE VILLAGE IS BY A TURN IN THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY,NH-7,INTO THE STATE HIGHWAY,WHICH RUNS FOR ABOUT 8KMS. AND THEN OPENS INTO THE VILLAGE OF “PAATHAKOTTA”. THERE IS CONSTANT BUS SERVICE FROM HOSUR TO PATHAKOTA.

LOCATION:

                        THE VILLAGE OF “PATHAKOTA” IS SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 19 KMS.FROM  HOSUR. IT IS LOCATED AT 12 44’ NORTH LATITUDE AND 77 50’ EAST LONGITUDE. IT HAS UDANAPALLI ON SOUTH, KAMANDODDI ON NORTH,KONERIPALLI ON EAST AND HOSUR TO THE NORTH. IT IS SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 15 KMS.FROM HOSUR RAILWAY STATION AND AT A DISTANCE OF 88KMS FROM BANGALORE AIRPORT.

COMMUNITIES:

                           LIKE IN ANY SETTLEMENT, THE VILLAGE WAS FORMED BY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES COMING AND SETTLING HERE. THEY WERE MAINLY BRAHMINS, BUT NOW MANY OF THEM SOLD THEIR LANDS TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND VACATED THE VILLAGE. THE COMMUNITIES WHICH RESIDE IN THE VILLAGE PRESENTLY ARE:  
        

• BRAHMIN • VOKALIKA

• KULALAR • VANNIYAR

• VANNAR • NAIDU

• REDDY • BARBAR        • MUSLIMS

CLIMATE AND RAINFALL:

                            THE VILLAGE OF PATHAKOTA HAS A MODERATE CLIMATE AND ALSO RECEIVES MODERATE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. IT HAS AN AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 30-32 C . AND AN AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 15C -18C.THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL RECEIVED BY THE VILLAGE IS ABOUT  500-1300MM.

  

                                     HISTORY OF PATHAKOTA:

•                History of pathakota dates back to more than 800 years ago.It is also known as Bangarukota or Allaikota.The origin of this settlement of the villagers started around the ancient Varadharajaswami temple. People started spreading out around the temple. Along one side of the village, flows a stream which meets the water needs of the villagers. Water from the stream was also used for the abhisheka of the diety, as the water was considered sacred and holy.The stream forms part of the Thenpennai river, HAVING its origin from Nandi hills at Bangalore. The stream flows along pathakota passing through cauveripattinam in   krishnagiri district and finally drains at Cuddalore.

Varadhatajaswami temple:

•                           The deity residing at the Varadhatajaswami temple is a very powerful God taking care of the welfare of the people. This temple had many of its components ornamented with GOLD.  during the period of tipu SULTAN, when he came to loot the wealth of India, people of this village wanted to save their WEALTH, so they took away all the gold and dug a pit and burried it under the earth and planted the “MARIMAN SAPLING”. This gold that was buried is still there but people could NOT FIND it.hence the name bangarukota; bangaru in telugu means gold.

ORGIN OF THE NAME:

•                          It got its name pathakota BECAUSE, about 200 to 300 years back there was a wide spread of cholera in the neighbouring villages. In order to prevent the spread of this disease villagers built a fortification wall around the VILLAGE. in ancient times it was called halekota which in kanada means “PROTECTIVE fort”.

Sri Ragavendracharya VISIT :    

•                       Around 500 years ago Sri Ragavendracharya had to go to the village of cauveripattinam at krishnagiri district for an upanyasha. On his way he came across the Thenpennai river , running along  pathakota as a strem. He found yhis place to be very much holy and sacred with a pleasant atmosphere. He wanted to take a holy dip in the stream and perform his daily rituals. He wanted to do pradistha of lord hanuman which was made of karungal and he offered his prayers to the almighty. He left the statue and he PROCEEDED TO Cauveripattinam.

sri seetha rama anjenaeya swamy temple:

•                        In 1932 the temple was built under the leadership of Veera Reddy.The materials used for construction include: SAND, LIMESTONE, JAGGERY, ARKIKAYU and serkigarai. Other idols in the tempe were made of sepadikal, which is a locally available stone.this temple known as sri seetha rama anjenaeya swamy temple located near to the stream flowing along its side . there  is no discrimation among the people in the name of caste, creed and community.devotees from all parts of the world come here to offer their prayers.

FESTIVELS :

•                              the temple overflows with devotees during special occasions like ugadi,sri rama navami,brahmotsavam,puratashi sanivaram,shravana sanivaram,prathama ekadeshi,dravidapuram,alwar acharya jeyanthi,sankaranthi,vaikundekadeshi,karthigai deepam and gokulashtami.

        all people of the village are very united till the present day, RESPECTING and following all their traditions, customs and culture in their daily routine.