A mango filled with unique aroma and taste and introduced by a missionary

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