{"id":21995,"date":"2024-03-30T01:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21995"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:54:51","slug":"panneer-thiratchai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/panneer-thiratchai\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Panneer Thiratchai?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Panneer Thiratchai<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0grape variety mainly cultivated in the\u00a0Cumbum valley of Tamil Nadu.\u00a0A unique factor about \u2018panneer\u2019 grapes is that, these are harvested\u00a0all through the year as against only during January and April in the rest of India.<\/li>\n<li>It is extremely popular among farmers because of quick\u00a0growth and early maturity.<\/li>\n<li>The grapes grown are suitable for making wine, spirit, jams, canned grape juice and raisins.<\/li>\n<li>It received the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/gi-tag\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Geographical Indication Tag<\/u><\/a> in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>These grapes are rich in\u00a0vitamins, tartaric acid and antioxidants and reduce the risk of some chronic diseases. They are also known for a superior taste apart from the purplish-brown colour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key facts about the Cumbum valley<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located at the\u00a0Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu is known as the \u2018Grapes city of South India\u2019 and cultivates the Panneer Thratchai.<\/li>\n<li>This variety which is also known as\u00a0Muscat Hamburg constitutes almost 85% of the grape-growing areas in Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are antioxidants?<\/h3>\n<p>These are man-made or natural substances that may prevent or delay some types of cell damage. Antioxidants are found in many foods, including fruits and vegetables. They are also available as dietary supplements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2024\/Mar\/29\/panneer-thiratchai-a-sweet-treat-from-cumbum-that-is-available-throughout-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Panneer Thiratchai: A sweet treat from Cumbum that is available throughout the year<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panneer Thiratchai is a grape variety mainly cultivated in the Cumbum valley of Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}