Thirparappu water falls (Coordinates: 8°23′28″N 77°15′34″E)
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 her