The area got its name as farmers would gather there daily to sell their produce.
On every Sunday the farmers & merchants will gather at one place(சந்தை).
The farmers gathered where the sightings had taken place and brought the icon to the new church.
The farmers and landowners - some of this region's biggest - had gathered to talk crops.
At harvest time, farmers from all over these hills would gather around the mill.
The farmers gathered then at the gates of the local authority offices and forced them open.
And when the farmers all gathered at twelve o'clock for dinner, she was a little heroine.
About 15 white farmers gathered recently to discuss such problems and to create a commercial farming association.
Things come to a head as the farmers and townsfolk gather for the Church fair.
In those years, the farmers gathered time and again, struggling for their inherited rights.