Mudalur formation:
Mudular, meaning "first village", was founded in 1799 by a group of recent converts from Palayamkottai who, on the initiative of the village's first settler, David Sundaranandan, sought to create a purely Christian settlement. With the tireless effort of David Sundaranandan and the liberal donation of capt. Jeanaicke in August, 1799. The converted Christians in Mudalur were con
tinuously attacked by non-christians. To prevent the people, David Sundaranandan joined with the young people of Mudalur learnt “Silambam” and the silambam team was named as “Thadikambu Sena”. So, David Sundarandan is known as "Thadikambu David Sundarandan". Mudalur has five straight streets with excellent drainage system. The east-west five streets and the north-south cross streets resemble the village formation in England. St.Michael and All Angels Church formation:
The first church in the village was built in 1799, out of palm, but was burnt by non-Christians. Four years later, Rev. Sathyanathan built the second church. Third church was built in 1816 with brick and mortar. After David Sundaranandan, Rev. H.B. Norman rendered an excellent service to Mudalur. Since he was an excellent architect, he built a big church in western pattern within two years. It has a capacious to hold more than 2000 people. The church was dedicated by Bishop Sargent on St. Andrew’s day 30th November,1883. The length of the church is 152 feet and breadth is 63feet. Altar is splendid beauty and is four feet height from the floor with dedicated place for choir. The church constructed by Rev. Norman was flat with low stories. So, people of mudalur built 193 feet height tower with seven floors. At the top of the tower a Crown stone with a gold cross was placed. The new church tower was dedicated in 1929. Mudalur church has some unique architectural designs. According to Biblical_numerology, number seven implies “totality of perfection” or “completeness”. The church tower has seven floors. The inner church has exactly seven pillars with seven arches in each side. The Altar has exactly seven steps. Seven Candlesticks in each side of the Altar Cross, Seven pendant lamps and a glass Heptagon (seven sided polygon) decorate the Altar. Social Development:
Since from its foundation, Mudalur has acquired a well-developed infrastructure. Education was available from 1803, a postal service started in 1891, public transport in 1940, primary health care in 1965 and the first bank (Canara Bank) in 1970. Telecommunication service was started in 1990. The Mudalur panchayat was constituted in 1955. More info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudalur
