Saravanan Rice Mill

Saravanan Rice Mill is right at 6 Singavelan Theru in Kalingur. We are basically a neighborhood fixture at this point. The mill is not huge, but it is enough to handle the rice for the local families and some of the smaller farms in the area. We have a few machines that have been with us for years. They need a bit of grease and attention now and then, but they still run fine. The street, Singavelan Theru, is usually quiet until we start up the equipment in the morning. We try to be mindful of the neighbors, but rice milling is naturally a bit of a noisy process. Most people understand because they use our services anyway. Inside the mill, there are bags of paddy stacked up against the walls. We do the de-husking and polishing right there. It is a very hands-on job. We do not have a computer for billing or anything like that; we just use a ledger and some scraps of paper. It works for us. Kalingur is a good place to be, and we feel like we fit in well here. We are just regular folks working a regular job. No one here wears a suit or sits in an office. We are out on the floor, making sure the rice is coming out the way it should. That is life at our mill. We keep things going as best we can.