Interesting names
Here is a list of interesting names from Madurai and South of Madurai.
I am not making anything up here 
Here is a sample:
‘kazhutharuthaan’ palani - is it kaarana peyar??
This guy was an accused who in turn was murdered the first day he was out on bail in the last few days.
Not sure if his neck suffered the same fate. But what a standout name!
Eppodum vendraan
A place near tuticorin -takes positive thinking and optimism to new places
Koothiyaar gundu
Sathiyama this is the name of a place near Madurai. And no i am not talking bad of anybody here.
Thideer Nagar
Name of a police station in Madurai Thank god they did not name it Thiruttu nagar police station.
Thangachi Madam
You will hear this place as you near Rameshwaram.
And last but not the least,
MATTUTHAVANI - the place which hosts the (in)famous Madurai bus terminus.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:42 am
When we were living in Madurai “Kaattu Raja” was our gardener; “Thiru Vaettai” was our electrician.
Come to think of it Parsi names like Cement wallah, Ronnie screw wallah, Daruwallah are not too far off either. Lots of English names like ‘Smith’ are also derived from professions.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:50 am
> Koothiyaar gundu
- Of all the names, this one takes the cake.
Six yrs ago, I got a new job in UK and I relocated to that place almost immediately. But I was very embarassed to tell the name of the place to anyone.. the name of the town is Poole.
February 5th, 2008 at 4:43 am
Eleee PK namma oor pakka peyargala pathi nakkal udathuruleee….
maayaandi…muniyaandi namma pasangala settu serthukittu vandiya poottulee…
February 5th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Koothiyaar gundu got its name because the king who ruled madurai used to house his favorite ‘keep’ in a forte built in this place. If you goto this place even today you will see this forte. It is also believed that there is ’suranga paadhai’ from this forte connecting it to the thirumalai naayakar mahal.
And thideer nagar is not the name of a police station. It is the name of locality outside madurai. again it is kaarana peyar as the nagar developed quickly in no time ‘thideer nu’.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
AAGU Peyara alladhu Karana Peyara
Yaar Ange. Koopidungada Solomon Paapaaiyavai (Or Pattabi Badava, the latest person for all the pattimandrams). Patti Mandram vaippom.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
BNB,
aama ’sidebottom’ laam irukumbodhu ‘kazhutharuthaan’ pazhani irukaa koodadha
chakra,
idhai podumbodhey naan nenachen.. ungalukku indha name dhaan pidikum nu
February 5th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
dubukku,
vangapoo.. epdi irukeeye.. aathadi parthu kolla naalachu la!!
maayandi, mniyaandi yaaru vandhaalum enga azhagiri annan kaaptathuvaaru ve
Activereader,
saami naan varlai indha vellatuku..
February 6th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
The kaaranappeyar is very interesting. Some place-names also have a misleading spin too. My favourite example:
A place outside Madurai city (now pretty much a suburb) is OomachchikuLam. A fair assumption would be it drew its name from a pond/tank which was named after some mute woman. Quite the contrary:
Apparently in the time of a great drought, this was the only tank that didn’t dry up and proved to be the the solace for the town. So it became the ‘oor mechchia kuLam’
February 12th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
maduraikaaran
even though i am a madurai kaaran by birth, i’ve hardly lived there.
Thideernagar police station is what i saw on the madurai virudhunagar highway (near the overbridge after the former thiruvalluvar bus stand)..
thanks for the info
MSP.
etymology is always interesting