Love and violence in Dharmapuri - Indian Express VSHOBA , VSHOBA : Sun Nov 25 2012 , 01:54 hrs The village of Nayakankottai , on the road from Dharmapuri to Tirupattur , bears the only tribute to Naxalism in all of Tamil Nadu : a whitewashed sickle-and-hammer memorial commemorating slain Naxal leaders Balan and L Appu .