Thirparappu is famous for its waterfalls and is located in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu in the southern part of India. Thirparappu Falls
is located 42 km from Nagercoil (capital of Kanyakumari District), 55 km from Thiruvananthapuram (capital of Kerala) and a distance of
5 km from Kulasekaram (nearest town panchayat). This famous
falls is in the Kodayar (Kothai River). The Kodayar makes its descend at
Thirparappu and the water fall at this place is about 13 km from Pechiparai dam.
Thirparappu waterfalls is
300 ft feet long and consists of a rocky riverbed. The water
falls from a height of nearly 50 ft. The waterfall has flows
with great force for around seven months in the whole year.The whole bed above
the falls is one rocky mass which extends up to a distance of about quarter of
a kilometer upstream where the famous Thirparappu weir has been constructed for
supplying water to the paddy fields. This irrigation facility is extremely
useful here and it is fascinating to see the process of irrigation from the dam
to the fields.
On
either side of the river, on the left bank of the river in between the water
falls and the weir, there is a temple dedicated to Siva enclosed by strong
fortification. Called Mahadever
Temple it is the third one of
the twelve Sivalaya's. It is said that Lord Shiva lives here as Virabhadra
which is a fierce form of this Indian God.There are many old inscriptions in
this temple including the one of the Pandiya King dated ninth century. This
temple is built around A.D. 9th Century.
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