Who We Are?

 

​* The first and foremost Jama-ath in Ramanathapuram which includes vetrilaikaraPattarai, Kasai Pattarai, Aruppukkara Pattarai, Pachai Valayalkara Pattarai, Kollam Pattarai, and Ambalam Pattarai.

​* For administrative purpose, Jama-ath began to function as many names, Periya Muhalla Jama-ath was the principal of all Jama-aths.

​* Periya Muhallam Muslim Jama-ath affected town Maiawadipalli was built by our forefathers in 1773 – 1774 and has been preserved till today for 250 years.

​* Later, a Mosque was built in 1870 on a tiled roof at Pallivasal Street in Velipattinam, Chinnakkadai.

​* In this case, Syed Muhamed Rahmathullahi AliarAllama Columbu Alim, was born to UdumanMaraikayar, who migrated from Karaikaal.  After he went to Srilanka in 1850 in a Village called Walakama.

​* He CAME TO Tamil Nadu in 1898 and took charge of Devipattinam Madarsat Madalipun HyrathMadarasa and worked for sometime.

​* They travelled allover Tamil Nadu on foot and taught Deen Education to Islamic Children.  They established more than 600 Madarsa and Mosques in South Tamil Nadu.

​* In 1910, Columbu Alim Vappa established Madarasa at Ottadukkupalli, Pallivasal Street, Velipattinam, Ramanathapuram.

​* And also, This Muslim Primary School was started by him.  Later it was expanded and constructed as Columbu Alim Memorial High School and Crescent Matriculation School which are progressing well.

​* About 900 students are studying in Muslim Primary School and Columbu Alim Memorial High School.  Around 300 are studying in Crescent Matriculation School with secular and religious education.

​* Out of 1200 students, 600 Muslim students can come to offer prayers.  By the grace of Allah! The Madarasa has been running for 115 years.  All the above schools are well run by our Jama-ath with disciplined classroom teaching till now.

​* MuslimPrimary Shool is functioning as a Government aided school from 1^st to 5^th Standard.  The Government is paying only for the teachers.  But theother expenditure required to run the school is about 3 lakhs per year.

​* Columbu Alim School teachers are getting salary only from 6^th to 8^th Standard with government financial assistance.  9^th and 10^th classes are run by Jama-ath and the salary of 9^th and 10^th is spent upto 10 lakhs per annum.  And other expenses are being spent upto 4 lakhs per annum.

​* Every Year, Columbu Alim School students are passing 100 percent for 30 years in this school . Most of  students become graduates from this school as  engineers, doctors and teachers.

​* Jama-atars are trying hard to make ColumbuAlim School, a secondary school now. For this, there is a demand of upto 15 lakhs species per year.

​* Periya  Muslim Jama-ath controls periya muhallamuslim jama-ath mosque, Periya MuhallaKabarasthan Mosque and Madi Mosque jumma.  Soour Jama-ath has given salary to Aalim and Modhinar.  And also, other expenditures are costed by our jama-ath only.

​* The income for the Periya Muhallam Jama-ath is only marriage and the rent of 4 shops.  Schools are being run based on this.  In some circumstances money is being collected from rich people who help foreducation in the situation of scarcity.  All the proceeds of Jama-ath are spent entirely on the education of the students.

​* This Mosque again renovated in 1960 and later it expanded.  During the rainy season, rain water is coming inside the Mosque building.  There are also many cracks on it.  There is difficult situation in conducting prayer.

​​* There are 4500 Mahalla residents in our Muhalla.  There are also financial difficulties in managing the madarsas and schoolsrun by them.

​* For the educational welfare of the people of our society for various difficulties, we are running schools in the middle.

​* A unanimous decision has been taken by the Periya Muhallam Muslim Jama-ath to demolish the dilapidated school and build a new mosque.

​* As there are not many wealthy people in our Jama-ath, we are forced to demolish the mosque and start the construction work of a new mosque.

​* On behalf of our jama-ah, we kindly request you to donate more to the school of Allah and we kindly ask you to  help in the construction of the new building.