AMBALAPATTU - VILLAGE STAY AND VILLAGE TOUR NEAR THANJAVUR

• Day 01

  Day 1

  Arriving the Village

  Activities based on arrival time

  Overnight stay at La woods Village stay ..Tan (Thanjavur)

  Palayeekkudikadu, Ambalappattu south, Papanad 614626, Orthanad Taluk, Tanjore District.

• Day 02

  Day 2

  Activities

  Overnight stay at La woods Village stay ..Tan (Thanjavur)

• Day 03

  Day 3

  Activities

  Overnight stay at La woods Village stay ..Tan (Thanjavur)

• Day 04

  Day 4

  Activities

  Activities based on departure time.

  The activities listed will be organized based on guest arrival and departure time.

Tour package includes

✔️Transport includes only transfers from Thanjavur Rail way station, Thanjavur Bus station, Trichy Airport as well as for all local visit.
✔Coir made wooden cot with blanket & bed sheet in a open non A/C hall.
✔Stay
✔Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
✔Village Guide
✔Pooja | Prayer at village temple
✔Oil bath
✔Learning village type of Cooking
✔Walking around the village
✔Tea and coffee with local tea shop
✔Learning organic agriculture
✔Learning gardening
✔Planting organic vegetables
✔Learning vegetables organic values
✔Watering plants
✔Gomatha prayer – (cow)
✔Visiting nearby popular temples
✔Meeting a guru for blessing
✔Village sports
✔Photography
✔Poultry, Goat & cattle’s farming work
✔ Animals patron & feeding
✔Drive to nearby township
✔Visiting weekly markets
✔Fishing in village pond
✔Bathing in a village pond
✔Pumpset Bathing
✔Witnessing family functions, festivals
✔Visiting a village school
✔Bullock cart Ride
✔Cycling tour
✔Bike rides

ACTIVITIES IN GENERAL ....

VILLAGE STAY AND VILLAGE TOUR.

La Woods Village stay … Tan (Thanjavur)

Palayeekkudikadu, Ambalappattu south, Papanad 614626, Orthanad Taluk, Tanjore District.

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly not very closer to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.

In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practise subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. Villages have been eclipsed in importance as units of human society and settlement. Although many patterns of village life have existed, the typical village was small, consisting of perhaps 5 to 30 families. Homes were situated for sociability and defence and land surrounding the living quarters was farmed.

Below are Inclusions …. Organised and provided for the village stay and village tour.

✔Stay....
Accommodation in a village house of 3500 sqft with charpoy bed - coir cot kattle bed laid in open space (non air conditioned). There are two ac rooms in the village house with all modern facilities and attached modern bath room. Guest can use these rooms, If the open area bedding is felt uncomfortable. But to experience a village stay and healthy bedding, it is suggested to sleep on open air with coir cords bed. Nerves system are well activated on sleeping with the coir cords Bed in a open air area for proper blood circulation and one will have fresh day after good sleep.
✔Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner....
Cooked by the village man and women tastefully with organic vegetables planted and patron around the beautiful village house land area as well as from the 10 acres farm little walking distance away of the House. The land area of the House and the farm is not chemically fertilised in the last few hundreds years. The plants, vegetables and trees are grown with natural organic fertiliser. Every one of the guest staying here can witness the trueness of this statement and even participate and learn about the organic farming. Similarly fresh non vegetarian food also served with great care. Country chicken, guest collect of pond fishing catch and fresh mutton and sea food also tastefully traditionally cooked and served.
✔village Guide....
Village local manual assistance - a person living locally accompany the guest to visit the places around and participate in all activities comfortably to visit the village, walking around the farm and village, praying at the temple, fishing and doing all the activities mentioned.
✔Pooja | Prayer at village temple....
Pooja and prayer at the village temple and in the village house for great energy and blessing. There are two small temple known village deity and guladeivam and well adorned samy room at the house. Guest can collect flowers from the plants in the House and in the village neighbours houses as well as in the temple premises and do basic prayers themselves by breaking coconut, offering flowers, neiveythyam, fruits, betel leaf, nuts and lamping kuthuvilakku, lighting camphor to god and goddess of the temple as well as in the village House.
✔Oil bath....
Self Hot oil bath with herbal seeyakkai powder in a open area under coconut tree. Herbal Hot oil and herbal seeyakkai powder will be given to guest and the village man guide to apply the oil to take bath from the open shower fixed at the coconut tree. It is a natural bath on a sunny day time.
✔Learning village type of Cooking....
Self learning of Cookery of south indian cooking method from a village women. She is a learned person to prepare South Indian food hygienically and tastefully. She will teach to prepare such food with country fire wood stove and using manual grinding and manual crushing of ingredients to cook food for better taste.
✔Walking around the village ....
Walking around the villagers residential area to see and explore their living styles and interacting with their pet animals and family members. Further to walk into the agriculture fields to see the villagers agriculture activities and plants, vegetation etc. Also unique walking experience on the muddy sand of narrow raised projected divider in Agro fields, which divide property’s to identify ownership and as well as based on landscape. The person, who can walk easily on such muddy surfaces without falling down can with stand and walk on any floors and streets without any uncomfortability & hindrances.
✔Tea & coffee with village tea shop.....
Normally every village is consisting many small sub village and streets. There are tea shops for each such sub village, which is also meeting spots of the villagers to discuss politics and all the other happening including provision, meat and fish purchases. Drive to such spots and enjoy seeing such tea shops to notice the tension free casual life style of the villagers besides drinking tea, coffee and eating bun, vada, bajji etc.
✔Visiting village school....
There are govt schools and private schools around the villages. Guest can visit school premises on permission to know our govt & private school working styles and our children’s learning prospects. This visit may be a eye opener for children’s of the guest, who incase travel with them to the village stay.
✔Learning organic agriculture....
✔Learning gardening....
✔Planting organic vegetables
✔Learning organic vegetables value
✔ Watering plants....
While lot of Agro products of all our daily raw vegetables including all raw ingredients are produced by villagers. There are two type of major agriculture. (1) Chemically Fertilised agriculture production and (2) organic agriculture production. The cause of common and chronic disease is due to chemical fertilisers and pesticides. The real organic agriculture productions are healthy and tasty. Guest can witness and taste the difference to value and decide our future food after witnessing and experiencing agriculture work and harvest.
A day to come to our children’s should not eat poisonous food. This experience will be a great eye opener in your life time and your generation is highly gainful if you able contribute, support and share the organic agriculture produce values with your own family members in particular with your children. After the experience, it will be doubtable that you will eat food other than organic produce (tasteful)
✔Gomatha prayer - (cow) option
Komatha ... Gomatha .... Pooja plays the role of a mother giving enlightment of truth, wisdom and prosperity. One who adores and conducts pooja is granted all desires and has the blessings of the three main Goddesses Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswathy. The various parts of the body of the cow ... Kamadhenu ... Nandhini .... in which, God, Goddess, the deities, the revered sages, the various elements, are believed to be in dwelling ....
It is again a self prayer with all offerings. Guest conduct a self basic prayer themselves by breaking coconut, offering flowers, neiveythyam, fruits, betel leaf, nuts and lighting camphor to god and goddess dwells in the cow and calf as well as to nature space, fire, air, water, land (soil).
✔Visiting nearby temples....option
✔Meeting a guru for blessing....option.
Meeting a guru in a temple for blessing.
Guru ... from a century old Annamalaiyar temple of lord shiva is presently residing in the temple premises of the same village. If guest desire we can drive and take blessing from the guru and lord siva in the temple.
✔Village sports....
Pallamkuli, Kitty Pull, Kallamkai, Pandi, Kankatti vilayattu, Pot breaking, Tyre rolling, Musical Chair, Pamparam, Kairuthandal, Palinki, Alungankutcchi, Puliyamkottai Moochu vilaiyattu etc etc
✔Photography....
Guest can take any photos from anything liked in the village. Our village guide will also assist and help to take photos of the guest along with scenic spots as and when guest desire. Guest can keep the photographs as great memory of their real village visit.
✔Learning goat, Cattles farming work....
✔ Learning Animals patron & feeding....
Villagers economy is depending on their agriculture, goat, cattle’s and poultry farming. Present trend is that native breed of cattle’s, goat and poultry brIng big profit and its milk is relatively healthy, tasty with rich nutrients. It is easier task to develop a poultry, Goat and cattle’s farm along side of agriculture farming. It is mostly interconnected business. Organic cattle’s, goat and poultry farm is highly appreciated for its value on rich nutrients and great taste. Guest can witness and experiences the farm of 10 acres connected with the village House at a distance of 1000 ft. Guests can feed and work with poultry, goat and cattle’s and learn about the farm and its profitability.
✔Drive to nearby township....
✔Visiting weekly markets happening....
The nearby small towns are marketing place of villagers produce and as well they purchase their needs and requirement. In each such towns, there are weekly market wherein the villagers bring their produce of agriculture grains, vegetables, sea food, including pet animals, goat, cattle’s and poultry to sell to other villagers settled around the towns. Each big towns nearby conduct market on similar patterns even on daily basis. Guest can drive to such towns to witness the Sale and purchase of local products at cheaper price. The simple elegant marketability and the deal happens directly and indirectly among rich and poor community in a perfect manner is quite interesting to watch.
✔Fishing in a village pond ....
✔Bathing in a village pond.....
Guest can walk or drive to a clean and natural pond to take bath if liked and as well catch fish with hand made Thoondil.... piece. If the guest got enough fish, which will be cooked and served to the guest.
✔Witnessing family functions & village festivals - if any....
There are numerous family functions, festivals and temple festivals including aged persons death in the villages. Guest will witness and join with such events to explore the style and methods of village people events.
✔Bullock cart Ride....
✔Cycling tours....
✔Bike rides....
The rides are enjoyable and the guest can photograph the ride as special memory. Can also learn to drive the bullock cart with the help of local guide.
Sightseeing tours can be included depending on guest stay period ... optional. The distance is one way from our staying place La Woods village stay ... tan. (Thanjavur)
✔Tanjore big temple.... 40 kms
✔Velankanni church.... 78 kms
✔Nagore Dhargha..... 85 kms.
✔Navagraha 9 plants temples 70-100 kms
✔Kumbakonam temples 70 kms.
On request @ additional cost.
✔Astrological horoscope predictions.
✔Special prayer Yagam, Homam.
✔village folk dance and music.
To buy and bring.
Chapels to use in agriculture lands.
Trouser for Agro & bathing purposes.
Top dress T’shirts for Agro bathing.
Towel to use in Agro and bathing.

Additional information related to village stay and village tour.

AGRICULTURE AND FARMING:

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber and biofuel, medicinal and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species creates surplus food that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years, and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates, cultures, and technologies. However, all farming generally relies on techniques to expand and maintain the lands that are suitable for raising domesticated species. For plants, this usually requires some form of irrigation, although there are methods of farming. Livestock are raised in a combination of grassland-based and landless systems, in an industry that covers almost one-third of the world's ice- and water-free area. In the developed world, industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture has become the dominant system of modern farming, although there is growing support for sustainable agriculture, including permaculture and organic agriculture.Farming has been innovated at multiple different points and places in human history. The transition from hunter-gatherer to settled,agricultural societies is called the Neolithic Revolution and first began around 12,000 years ago. It was the world's first historically verifiable revolution in agriculture. Subsequent step-changes in human farming practices were provoked by the British Agricultural Revolution in the eighteenth century, and the Green Revolution of the second half of the twentieth.

CATTLE FARMING:

It is the act of raising and breeding cattle for the production of milk. Besides being nutritious and delicious and a nutrient dense food, cattle provide over 900 by products that are used by EVERYONE. They contribute to the roads we drive on, medicinal and pharmaceuticals, leather and other products, shampoos and soaps and lotions, even the tires on our cars. There is so much we get from cows; Cattle also act as fire retardants in brushy area and can reduce the increasingly dangerous "fire load" that we all see in the West. If we don't let fires burn (naturally), then we should allow cows to graze, on marginal lands where the brush and undergrowth thrives. As a result, there is nothing for grazing for deer and other wildlife and the brush SUCKS up water faster than people can imagine. If water, fire, and open land is of importance to people, then they should learn to appreciate and understand the incredible contributions cattle -- who co-exist with wildlife and waterfowl and rivers,streams, etc. -- without harming them! The misinformation abounds about cattle, which is terribly sad because they can contribute so much environmentally to our lives.

INDIA HAS EVERYTHING - TAKE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY

Our land has a very rich heritage. We have many Rishisand Siddhas. Each temple has an interesting story and history. Miracles happen all the time, only, we fail to see them. We fail even to believe them some time. Faith can move mountains. Faith can cure too. Nature has endowed the earth with a variety of herbs and shrubs that cure ailments. Sidha offers a whole range of natural medicines. When illnesses defy all treatment, it is common in India, for people, to appeal to the Gods and promise to offer physical sevas, like Angapradakshanams and Thulabharams, the system of weighing oneself against butter, bananas, sesame seeds, etc., if cured. From the time of the oracle of Delphi to St. Joan’s hearing of “Voices”, prediction of future events have considerably influenced the course of history. To a spiritualist, the ‘past’, ‘present’ and ‘future’ may appear as one continuous stream of time and a prediction may be, more of an accurate photographic recording of occurrences. Predictions are also sometimes made in trance-like state. Whatever may be their genesis, predictions are considered as “forewarnings”. Ironically, very often, predictions are considered true only when people fail to take timely action to thwart a predicted danger. Indian epics are full of predictions, both heeded and unheeded. The Holy land of India has witnessed the incarnation of countless saints. Srimad Bhagavatam declared that the Lord would incarnate in this land in this Age of Kali, in the form of saints. True to the text, saints have blessed this land with the touch of their feet, Each of them lived to prove the greatness of singing the Divine Names of the Lord.

Charpoy bed - coir cords wooden bed.

A bed consisting of a wooden strung with interlaced coir cords or webbing. Charpoy Bed. Coir Bed.