Mayiladuthurai dry fish market: Difference between revisions

Mayiladuthurai dry fish market, also known as the Karuvattu Sandhai or Mayavaram Karuvattu Sandhai, is a dedicated dry fish market operating in town Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India

The market is 20 km away from the beach. Mayiladuthurai location is suitable for the fishermans to reach easly and sell their product. The market is a weekly market which open on every Tuesday and Sunday. On that day, about five thousand people come to this market, to sell dry fish. The market is open on Sundays, but business starts at early morning. Fisher mans from distruict Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam People from different parts of the district come here for business. Coimbature, Karur, Trichy, Thanjavur, Salem, Thiruvannamalai People from more than ten districts of the state come here for shopping. The big traders leave, starting at two in the night and finishing their wholesale business by six in the morning. After that, small merchants shop at Five O’clock in the morning until ten o’clock, and after this the retail business goes on until the evening. ^[1]

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