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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kizhavenmani
| other_name = Keel-Venmani
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location 8 km from Kilvelur, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India
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'''Kizhavenmani''' (also spelled '''Kilvenmani''' and '''Keezhvenmani''') is a village in [[Nagapattinam district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in [[India]]. The village is about 25 km from the district headquarters town of [[Nagapattinam]]. It is in the fertile river [[Cauvery]] Delta, known for its agrarian economy.

The village made headlines in 1968 when 44 [[Dalit]]s were burnt alive by local feudal lords after being locked in a hut.<ref name = "hin2009">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/anniversary-of-keezhvenmani-carnage-observed/article126200.ece | title=Anniversary of Keezhvenmani carnage observed | newspaper=The Hindu | date=26 December 2009 | first=P.V. | last=Srividya | accessdate=7 August 2018 }}</ref> The incident is known as the [[Kilvenmani massacre]]. Every year the massacre is commemorated by left wing and Dalit groups as "Venmani Martyrs Day". A large memorial was erected by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref name = "new">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/New-memorial-to-commemorate-Keezhvenmani-massacre/article11405049.ece | title=New memorial to commemorate Keezhvenmani massacre | newspaper=The Hindu | date=10 March 2014 | accessdate=7 August 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Kizhavenmani}}
* [http://www.flonnet.com/fl2301/stories/20060127001608400.htm Article in Frontline Magazine]
* [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=10.7092534&lon=79.7351137&z=19&l=0&m=b&show=/17972949/Memorial-for-the-dalits-families-burnt-alive-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D Kilvenmani massacre Memorial Wikimapia]

[[Category:Villages in Nagapattinam district]]

[[ta:கீழவெண்மணி]]

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