Parampariya Nattu Marundhu Urpathiyalargal Producer Company Limited

Down in Thiruchuzhi, specifically at Sevaiyoor on Mangama Salai, we’ve got our little place. Parampariya Nattu Marundhu is what we focus on. For people who don’t know, that’s traditional medicine. We’ve been using these roots and herbs for generations in our families. My grandfather knew every plant in the scrub, and we’re trying to keep that knowledge in use. It’s not a sterile factory. It smells like dried leaves and ground-up bark. We work out of 1/221, near Santhana Asiramam. It’s a bit of a trek to get here, but it’s quiet. People come by when they need something specific. We don't do big advertisements. Most of what we do is just preparing the herbs the way they’ve always been done. It takes time. You can’t rush the drying process or the grinding. Sometimes the ingredients are hard to find depending on the rain in the hills. We are just a group of producers trying to make sure these old ways don't disappear. It’s hard work, and the pay isn't always great, but it feels important. Our name is a mouthful, but it just means we care about traditional medicine. We’re just regular people from the village. No one here wears a suit. We mostly have dirt under our fingernails from working with the plants. That’s just the reality of what we do here in Pulivaikarai. It is just plain and honest work.