degree and four other medical practitioners. Being a tourist village, the public transport mechanism like auto, taxi and bus are common. The village also has an Anganwadi centre and nutrition centre. The village is also agrarian with a total of irrigatable land. The Narimanam oil reserve under the Madras Refineries Limited have installed Cauvery Basin Refinery also known as Nagapattinam Refinery in the region provides much employment to the villagers. Culture Thirumarugal has produced one of the best Nagaswara artists, namely, Natesa Pillai as per Music Academy. The festivals of the temple align with the Ratnagiriswarar temple rituals. There are weekly rituals such as (Monday) and (Friday), fortnightly rituals such as pradosham and monthly festivals such as amavasai (new moon day), kiruthigai, pournami (full moon day) and sathurthi. Brahmotsavam during the Tamil month of (April - May), Thiruvadhirai during the month of (December – January) and Annabhishekam during the Tamil month of are the major festivals celebrated in the temple. The Brahmotsavam festival celbrated for ten days, is the major festival in the village. During the Tamil month of Avani, Vardhajaperumal offers Theerthavari to Lakshmi on the Lakshmi Theertham temple tank. Notes Cities and towns in Nagapattinam district