Vannivelampatti
Vannivelampatti, is a Gram panchayat in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. History. Vannivelampatti was known as vannivalampatti which means, a village (patti) situated at the right side of the strange Vanni Vinayaka facing west at the top of the Devankkurichi hill. Groups based on belief. Earlier the village was divided as atheist group and another as non atheist group. Apart from regular Grama Panchayat, a Grama Committee was constructed by one Mr. Kailasam Pillai. a middle school teacher and was headed by him. Consequently, the rivalry among two groups was abolished and the village was  integrated. Self Development. The village follows a rural development method called (). Construction works were done by the grama committee without expecting any financial assistance from government. For instance, Teppakulam ( Water Tank) construction, funeral path and bridge. This is an efficient method of development and creates jobs internally and without government support. Education. In 1950, the middle school teacher Mr. Kailasampillai, a native of this village and Mr. S.V. Subbiah, headmaster (a native of Karaikeni village) had started Noon meal scheme at the beginning of the 1950s (before noon meal scheme was introduced by state government by former chief minister of  Tamil Nadu Mr. K. Kamaraj) by getting rice and pulses from farmers as donation during harvest season. Culture. People of Vannivelampatti mainly worship Kaliamman & Mariamman incarnation of Amman. Every year a pongal festival will be celebrated in the month of June. Vannivelampatti is one of the 7 villages(Thevankurichi, T. Kallupatti, Vannivelampatti, Ammapatti, Kadaneri, Kilangulam, Satrapatti) to celebrate the Muthalamman festival every 2 years. Economy. Agriculture is the main occupation. People use T.Kallupatti as their main hub for all needs and also with Peraiyur. Geography. Vannivelampatti is Situated 3 km far from T.Kallupatti which is on Madurai to Rajapalayam and Virudhunagar  to Theni Highways.