Mudalur
Mudalur ƙauye ne a gundumar Thoothukudi ta Indiya. Ita ce ta farko kuma mazauna kauyen zalla Kiristoci ne. ’Yan mishan ne suka kafa ta a Kudancin Indiya tare da Kiristoci 28. A yau tana da yawan jama'a fiye da mutane 4,500.

Tarihi

Samuwar Mudalur 
Mudular, ma'ana "kauye na farko (முதல்+ஊர்)", an kafa shi a cikin 1799 ta ƙungiyar Kiristoci masu tuba daga addinin Palayamkottai. Mazauni na farko na ƙauyen, David Sundaranandan,  ya nemi ƙirƙirar matsugunin Kirista zalla wanda aka tsara bayan “Birnin Gudun Hijira” na Littafi Mai Tsarki. Tare da ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na David Sundaranandan da gudummawar karimci daga Kyaftin Everet, an sayi wani yankin fili da sunan Reverend Jeanaicke a cikin Agusta 1799.  Waɗanda ba Kirista ba ne suka ci gaba da kai wa Kiristocin Mudalur hari. Don hana halakar mutanensa, David Sundaranandan ya shiga tare da matasan Mudalur don koyon fasahar yaƙin Indiya ta "Silambam". An sanya wa tawagar silambam suna "Thadikambu Sena". Saboda haka, David Sundarandan ya zama sananne da "Thadikambu David Sundarandan" da "Zakin Mudalur".  David Sundaranandan shine shahidi na farko kuma zuriyar farko na Cocin Tirunelveli. 

Mudalur yana da madaidaitan tituna guda biyar da kyakkyawan tsarin magudanar ruwa. Tituna biyar daga gabas zuwa yamma da titin arewa zuwa kudu sun yi kama da tsarin kauye a Ingila.

Samuwar Cocin St.Michael 
Ikklisiya ta farko a ƙauyen, wanda aka gina da dabino a shekara ta 1799, waɗanda ba Kiristoci ba ne suka kone su. Shekaru hudu bayan haka, Reversed Sathyanathan ya gina coci na biyu. Kuma an gina coci na uku a shekara ta 1816 ta hanyar amfani da tubali da turmi.  Bayan David Sundaranandan ya mutu, Reverend Harry Bathurst Norman (HB Norman) ya ba da kyakkyawan sabis ga ƙauyen Mudalur. Ya kasance gwanin gine-gine, kuma ya gina babban coci na salon yamma a cikin shekaru biyu.   Yana da damar fiye da mutane 2,000. Bishop Sargent ya keɓe cocin a ranar St. Andrew, 30 Nuwamba 1883.   Tsawon cocin ƙafa 152 ne, faɗinsa kuma ƙafa 63 ne.tsayi ƙafa huɗu kuma yana da wurin da aka keɓe don ƙungiyar mawaƙa. 

Cocin, wanda Reverend HB Norman ya gina, ba ta da ƙanƙantar labarai. Don haka mutanen Mudalur suka gina hasumiya mai kafa 193 mai hawa bakwai. A saman hasumiya, sun sanya wani kambi mai kambi tare da giciye na zinariya. An keɓe sabuwar hasumiya ta coci a ranar 29 ga Satumba 1929 (ranar St. Michael ).  

Cocin Mudalur yana da wasu siffofi na gine-gine na musamman. Bisa ga ƙididdige ƙididdiga na Littafi Mai-Tsarki, lamba bakwai tana nufin "cikakkiyar kamala" ko "cika". Hasumiyar Ikklisiya tana da benaye bakwai, cocin na ciki yana da ginshiƙai bakwai daidai, tare da baka bakwai a kowane gefe. Bagadin yana da matakai bakwai daidai, da alkuki bakwai a kowane gefen bagaden. Fitillun lanƙwasa bakwai da gilashin Heptagon (polygon mai fuska bakwai) suna ƙawata bagaden.

Cigaban Al'umma 
Tun daga kafuwarta, Mudalur ta sami ingantattun ababen more rayuwa. An samar da ilimi a cikin 1803, an fara sabis na gidan waya a 1891, kuma jigilar jama'a ta zo ƙauyen a 1940. An kafa Mudalur panchayat a shekara ta 1955.  An fara kula da lafiya na farko a cikin 1965, bankin farko (Bankin Kanada) ya buɗe a cikin 1970. Kuma sabis na sadarwa ya fara aiki a 1990.

Gudanarwa

Mazabar majalisa 
Mudalur wani yanki ne na mazabar Thiruchendur Lok Sabha har zuwa 2009. Tun lokacin da Thoothukudi ya rabu da mazabar Tirunelveli Lok Sabha, Mudalur ya zama yanki na Thoothukudi Lok Sabha a 2009. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi yana zama dan majalisa a wannan mazabar.

Mazabar Majalisa (Assembly Constituency) 
Mudalur ya kasance wani yanki na Majalisar Sathankulam har zuwa 2009. A halin yanzu yana cikin yanki na Majalisar Srivaikuntam. S. Oorvasi Amirtharaj ya zama dan majalisar dokoki a wannan mazabar.

Panchayat 
An kafa Mudalur panchayat a shekara ta 1955.  Yana cikin Sathankulam taluk (Ward-8). Kauyuka goma sha takwas suna karkashin Mudalur panchayat. Kuma Pon Murugesan ya zama shugaban Panchayat.

Yanayi 
Yanayin Mudalur gabaɗaya yana da zafi da ɗanɗano. Amma tana samun ruwan sama mai yawa a lokacin damina daga Oktoba zuwa Janairu. Wannan dai shi ne lokacin da ake samun ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya saboda yanayin zafi a gabar tekun Indiya.

Safara 
Mudalur yana da babbar hanyar sadarwar sufuri. Yana da alaƙa da kyau ta hanyar zuwa wasu manyan ƙauyuka da garuruwa.

Al'adu

Mawaƙa 
Mudalur St.Michael's Choir yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun mawakan yara maza a Kudancin Tamil Nadu. Reverend HB Norman ya kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa a shekara ta 1883 kuma ya yi kayan katako tare da sassaka na musamman. The Reed Organ da aka yi amfani da shi a coci an saya a Mumbai. A halin yanzu ana amfani da Viscount Vivace 60 Digital Organ (wanda aka yi a Italiya) don ayyukan coci.

Fasaha 

Mudalur yana ba da muhimmanci sosai ga fasahar nishaɗi da rayuwar ɗabi'a kamar "Silambaattam", "Kaliyalattam". An koyar da fasahar Silambam ga matasa da yawa tare da Sundaranantham (1799). Kaliyalattam rawa ce ta al'adun Tamil da ke cikin hatsari. Matasan Mudalur suna yin Kaliyal a duk wasu muhimman abubuwan da suka faru musamman a sabuwar shekara. Akwai wakoki da dama da Annavi (mawaƙin Kalial) ya rubuta waɗanda ke bayyana rayuwa da al'adun Mudalur. Shahararrun wakokin sune “Wakar Coci”, wacce ke bayyana tsarin gine-ginen cocin da kuma “Wakar Ooruni”, wacce ke bayyana kwararar ruwa daga kogin zuwa tafkin (Ooruni) a Mudalur.

Biki 
"Koil Prathistai" shine bikin Mudalur mafi girma. Ana bikin kowace shekara a ranar St Michael (29 Satumba). "அசனம்" da ake kira "Annadhanam" idi, raba ( தானம் ) abinci (அன்னம்) wani babban biki ne. Ana bikin kowace shekara a ranar 30 ga Satumba. Idan ranar 29 ko 30 ta fado ranar Lahadi, ana yin idi a gobe. Sauran bukukuwan addini kamar Kirsimeti, Easter, da Deepavali kuma ana yin su sosai a Mudalur.

Wasan kwallon raga, Kabaddi, da cricket suna cikin shahararrun wasanni a Mudalur. Mudalur ya samar da ’yan wasan kwallon raga da dama wadanda suka wakilci kungiyar kwallon raga ta jihar Tamil Nadu, kungiyar kwallon raga ta Indiya da kungiyoyin kwallon raga kamar ‘yan sandan Tamil Nadu, bankin Indiya na kasashen waje, da masana’antar hada-hadar horarwa.

Addini 
Ko da yake mafi yawan al'ummar Mudalur Kirista ne, amma tana da sauran al'adun addini kuma. Kuma akwai wuraren bauta ga babban addinin Indiya, Hindu.

Ilimi 
Akwai makarantu guda biyar a cikin Madulur da kewaye:

Makarantun Nursery 

 Makarantun gandun daji guda biyu da gungun mutane masu daraja ke gudanarwa

Makarantun Firamare 

 TDTA St. Michaels Primary School (Boys), Mudalur
 TDTA St. Michaels Primary School ('Yan mata), Mudalur

Makarantun Sakandare 

 TDTA St. Michaels Higher Secondary School, Mudalur.

Sana'a 
Babban sana'o'in mutanen da ke zaune a cikin mutanen Mudalur sune:

 Noma da kiwon shanu
 Shagunan sayar da kayayyaki a sassa da dama na Tamil Nadu
 Samuwar dabino da ciniki
 Koyarwa

Muscoth Halwa Production 
Mudalur muscoth halwa ya shahara a duk duniya. Shagunan halwa da suka sami lambar yabo, AJJ Sweets  da SJ Sweets,  suna cikin Mudalur.

Harshe 
Ana magana da yaren Tamil a yankin.

Adayal 

Mudalur yana da babban ƙauye mai suna Adayal (அடையல்) ƙarƙashin panchayat.

Manazarta 

Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba