welcome to thirparappu waterfalls and maththoor thottil palam in kanniyakumari district vlog jan2024

Thirparappu waterfalls :
Thiruparappu is located about 55 kilometers away from kanniyakumari.
The Kodayar makes it’s descend at Tirparappu and the water fall at this place is about 13km.
from Pechiparai dam. The river bed is rocky and about 300 feet in length. The water falls from a height of nearly 50 feet and the water flows for about seven months in a 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.
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.
The District Administration has constructed a swimming pool for children over here which is very popular among the children.

How to Reach:

By Air
Nearest Airport : Thiruvananthapuram Airport. Thiruparappu Water Falls can be reached by bus or train from Thiruvananthapuram.

By Train
Nearest Railway Station : Kuzhithurai . The Thiruparappu Water Falls is located 17 km from Kuzhithurai station.

By Road
By road it is 45 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram and 54 Kms from Kanniyakumari and
130 Km from tiruchendur.

Maththoor thotil palam:
The Mathoor Hanging Trough is the tallest as well as the longest trough bridge in Asia, having a height of 115 feet and a length of one kilometre.
Constructed in 1966, this bridge has become a place of tourist importance and hundreds of tourists visit this place. This is situated in Mathoor, hamlet of Aruvikkarai revenue village in Thiruvattar Panchayat Union.
The bridge has been constructed at Mathoor across the river Parazhiyar at a cost of Rs. 12.90/- lakhs and the trough canal (Pattanamkal canal) on the bridge carries water for irrigation from one side of a hill to the other side of a hill.
The trough has a height of seven feet with a width of seven feet six inches.

The canal is being shouldered by 28 huge pillars. By the unrelented efforts of late Thiru. K. Kamaraj, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, this canal was constructed as a drought relief measure and for the development of agriculture in Vilavancode and Kalkulam Taluks.

The District Administration has put up a staircase from top to the bottom of the bridge and also built a children’s park and bathing platforms over here.

Hydraulics Particulars :

Length of flume – 1240 ft. (378.05M)
Width – 7’-6’ (2.286 M)
Height of trough – 7’-0 (2.13 M)
Full supl. level – 5’-6/(1.68 M)
Free board (3-4) – 1’6’ (0.46 M)
Slope – 1/1000
Velocity – 5.1 Ft. per second / (1.55M/Sec)
Discharge – 204 C.ft/Sec.
No. of span pillars – 28
Length of span – 40 feet (12.195 M)
Bed level, trough at start – 230.55 (Cms.)
Bed level, trough at end – 229.17 (Cms.)
Maximum height above ground level – 104’.00 (28 M)
Construction cost – Rs. 12.90 lakhs

How to reach :
By Air
Nearest Airport : Thiruvananthapuram Airport. Mathur Hanging Bridge can be reached by bus or train from Thiruvananthapuram.

By Train
Nearest Railway Station : Kuzhithurai junction. Mathoor Hanging Bridge is 14 Kms from here which can be reached by an Auto /Taxi .
By Road
By road it is 28 Kms from Nagercoil and 48 Kms from Kanniyakumari .52 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram Airport and 131 km from tiruchendur.


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