Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam is a town in the Indian province of Tamil Nadu and the authoritative central station of Nagapattinam District. The town came to conspicuousness amid the time of Medieval Cholas and filled in as their essential port for trade and east-bound maritime campaigns. Tourism assumes a key monetary job for the town, despite the fact that angling is the real occupation. Nagapttinam is a base for legacy and notable focuses like Nagore, Velankanni, Sikkal, Kodiyakkarai, Vedaranyam, Mannargudi and Tharangambadi. The main control of Nagapattinam is fishing in the waters of Bay of Bengal.

The fish are sold in the day by day and week by week angle advertises in the town. There is countless manufacturing plants for safeguarding the fish. The business endured a mishap after the tidal wave that struck the drift on 26 December 2004. There is constrained agrarian movement, however much horticultural trade is led in the town. A greater part of the general population are utilized in benefit industry, having a place with the tertiary area. The town is additionally the focal point of retail arrangements exchanging for the towns and towns encompassing Nagapattinam. Tourism is a noteworthy monetary driver with the nearness of legacy and notable focuses like Nagore, Velankanni, Sikkal, Kodikkarai, Vedaranyam, Mannargudi and Tharangambadi.