Friday, September 3, 2010

THIRUPARAPPU WATERFALLS

Thirupparappu water fall is the one of the nice waterfall located in kanyakumari district.Thirparappu falls is a natural beauty spot attracts many tourists. It is located at a distance of 5 kms. from kulasekharam. There is a lord shiva temple. The lord after destroying the yagam of dhaxan as virabhadra murthi has taken abode over here. This lord, who is very sweet for the sincere worshippers, is in a fierce form. This temple is one in the shivalaya ottam temples. There are many old inscriptions in this temple including the one of the pandiya king dated nineth century.


This temple is situated in a very scenic background as the kodhaiyaru rivers makes a fall near the temple. This is a west facing abode. The sanctum is round shaped at the bottom and cone shaped toward the top. There is an abode for jvaradevar in the temple. While traveling  from  Kanyakumari to Thirparappu  Waterfall  tourists  can  discover  the beautiful  places  in  and  around  the  region  like  Vattakottai,  Muttom beach,  Gandhi mandap  and  Amman  temple  and  many  more.


Here the entrance fees per head is RS.2 and the person carrying extra camera or the person with extra digital handycam have to pay additional amount of RS.5 .The government have provided a hygenic enviroment to the tourists from domestic and abroad tourists.The water fall and the Sivan temple is the main feature in thiruparappu.Parking faclity is also avalible at the front of thirupparappu water fall.Tamilnadu  government has providing many bus services in this place.All of them can visit this beutiful site with your family.




Thirupparappu waterfall

Grass cut in thirupparappu


Waterfall

Mandapam in top