The Pathiri variety is to unique to Mayiladuthurai and the surrounding areas. The name is short for Pathiriyar, the Tamil word for a Christian priest. Rev. Ochs, a German missionary and pastor of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church Holy Immanuel Church, came to Mayiladuthurai in 1845. He was the first to plant the sapling of this variety
The Pathiri variety is to unique to Mayiladuthurai and the surrounding areas. The name is short for Pathiriyar, the Tamil word for a Christian priest. Rev. Ochs, a German missionary and pastor of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church Holy Immanuel Church, came to Mayiladuthurai in 1845. He was the first to plant the sapling of this variety