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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Thirparappu
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Kanyakumari district|Kanyakumari]]
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[[File:Thirparappuwaterfalls.JPG|right|200px|Thirparappu waterfalls]]

'''Thirparappu''' is a town located in the [[Kanyakumari District]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is a popular tourist destination. It is {{convert|42|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Nagercoil]], headquarters of the [[Kanyakumari District]], and {{convert|55|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital of the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. It is famous for its falls on the Kodayar (Kothai) River and the Pechiparai Dam, located {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} away.

==Geography==
===Tirparappu falls===
{{main|Tirparappu Waterfalls}}
Tirparappu Waterfalls are a {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}} long rocky riverbed, at a height of nearly {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}. The waterfall flow with great force for around seven months. The bed above the falls is a rocky mass that extends up to a distance of about quarter of a kilometre upstream, with a [[weir]] constructed for supplying water to nearby paddy fields.

Near the falls is a fortified temple dedicated to Lord [[Shiva]], called the ''Mahadever Kovil''. It is three of the twelve ''Shivalayas'', famous for the ''Shivalaya Ottam'' during the Indian festival of [[Shivaratri]]. Devotees believe Lord [[Shiva|Mahadev]] lives here as ''Virabhadra'', a fierce incarnation of the Lord Shiva to kill Daksha Prajapati, after the death Satidevi. 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.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Thirparappu (Thriparappu) had a population of 21,722. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Thirparappu (Thriparappu) has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 72%. In Thirparappu (Thriparappu), 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
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1. http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/sptthirparappu.htm
2. http://www.tn.gov.in/district_statistics.html Government of Tamil Nadu - District Statistics

[[Category:Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Kanyakumari district]]

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