 Bananas and coconuts are the other major crops.Thenkarai village, which lies across the river Vaigai from Sholavandan is sometimes called a small "coconut island".He was respectably called as 'Control' Kanniappan for his generous help to the poor 
and needy by giving paddy for the Control price fixed by the Government of Rs 12 per bag 
in the years 1950 onward.