Wooster Nagar

Wooster Nagar
village
A fisherman in Wooster Nagar demonstrates his net-throwing technique.
Wooster Nagar Location in Tamil Nadu, India Show map of Tamil Nadu Wooster Nagar Wooster Nagar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12°29′58″N80°08′50″E / 12.499431°N 80.147195°E / 12.499431; 80.147195
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

The main street of Wooster Nagar. The English translation is "Noble Street". The white rice-powder patterns on the walks are known as kolams.

Wooster Nagar is the name of a small fishing village in Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Dedicated 3 January 2007, the village consists of 26 homes built with funds donated by citizens of Wooster, Ohio USA. ^[1] In recognition of these donations, the village residents renamed their village Wooster Nagar. "Nagar" is from Sanskrit and means city.

The village is located at Pudupattinam, just inland from the Indian Ocean coastline, an hour south of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. Village residents, employed as inland waters fishermen, saw their nearby homes completely destroyed by the December 2004 tsunami which hit, among other areas, the eastern coast of India.

References

1. In Touch South India, Headlines from the U.S. Consulate General, Chennai, Feb-Mar 2007, Vol. IV, Issue 1.

External links

• A blog which includes a May 2008 visit to Wooster Nagar. ^{[ dead link ]}
• College of Wooster faculty meet Wooster Nagar townspeople in May 2008 ^[ dead link ]