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 Lighthouse is the only lighthouse in the district. Armugam shoal is about ten miles long. The shallowest part is 1 ¾ fathoms. There is a scheme for improving it and converting it into a harbour of Madras. This shoal presents a natural harbour which might be made exceedingly beneficial at a small outlay." The other events come under two heads :

Religious.— On account of their importance, the religious endowments and buildings find the chief place Once during his stay at North Mallur, he gave as a free gift or agraharam to a family of his Purohits, the village of Mahadevamangalam in the taluk of Tiruvennemala of Jinji Purgannah. When enquiries were made by the late Maharajah Sir V. Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra Bahadur, G.C.I.E., about the condition of the agraharam, it was ascertained that the descendants of the first recipients had it in their possession for a long time, though already mortgaged and had only recently sold it away.