The people of Kansapuram celebrate the festival for the Goddess Mangammal every year in the Tamil month of Purattaasi. Shri Valla Palathu Karuppasamy Temple is located at the bottom of Western Ghats and Green valleys. People from Kansapuram celebrate "Shri Valla Palathu Karuppasamy" by Pooja, Anna Dhanam, etc., frequently. "Shri Athi Koil" is located near the "Shri Valla Palathu Karuppasamy Temple". Both Hindus and Muslims from various parts of Southern Tamil Nadu visit "Shri Athi Koil". The temples Sri Sathuragiri Sundara Mahalingam, Sri Nalla Thangal,[1][2] Shri Kattalagar Koil and Pilavakkal Dam are also located near Kansapuram.
Kansapuram is situated near the source of the Arjuna River. There is a dam here for irrigation called Pilavakal dam.[3]Agriculture is the primary livelihood. The main work is cultivation of paddies, coconut and cotton, sugarcane with paddy cultivation being the most important.
There are two harvest seasons in a year for paddy & cotton. One is Kaalam when the crop is harvested in the month of Thai and the other being Kodai meaning summer harvest. It is becoming increasingly difficult to get manual labour for farm work including harvest when huge harvesting machines are pressed into service.[citation needed] People were dependent on bullock carts to a great extent in the not so remote past and it has really become a thing of the past now. Tractors are used for farming extensively - dry and wet ploughing, harvested paddy transportation, even for transporting people. The area has a number of coconut groves, fruit plantations (jack fruit, mango), etc.
The climate of the region is semi-arid tropical monsoon type. Temperature range is 20 °C to 37 °C. It has a high mean temperature and a low degree of humidity. April, May and June are the hottest months. The southwest monsoon which sets in June and lasts till August brings scanty rain. The bulk of the rainfall is received during the northeast monsoon in the months of October, November and December.
Kansapuram is the birthplace of Gnanavallal Paranjothi Mahan, a teacher of kundalini yoga and founder of the Universal Peace Sanctuary in Chennai.[4][5]
The uphill shrine Shri Sundara Mahalingam Temple ( also known as "Thaani Paarai" and "Sathuragiri Malai" ) is located nearby. Aadi amavasai ( No Moon Day in the month of Aadi ) is when devotees from all over Tamil Nadu throng here.
There is a Krishna, Rukmini and SathyabhamaTemple called Gopala Swamy Malai, at the top of a small hillock, which is 29 km from Kansapuram on NH-47( between T.Kallupatti, Krishnankoil and Srivilliputtur towns ), and a Shiva Cave temple called Motta Malai 16 km from Kansapuram (between Watrap and Alagapuri road, take diversion after a village called Akkanapuram Villaku).
Srivilliputhur Andal Temple This temple is a Hindu temple and one of the 108 Divya Desams, the most important abodes of Lord Vishnu and is the birthplace of two of the most important Alwars (saints) in the Vaishnavite tradition, Periyazhvar and Andal.
Madavar Vilagam Vaidyanathar temple - enshrining a six feet high monolithic image of Natarajar.
Thiruvannamalai Also known as Thenthirupathi, located around 5 km from Srivilliputhur. It was said that Thirupathi Venkatachalapathi who had gone hunting saw the place and remained there. It is frequented by people for worship during Purattaasi (mid-September to mid-October).
Kattalagar Koil This temple is located 9 km, east of Srivilliputhur over the Mantuga Hills. In this temple Kallagar is in the form of Kattalagar. The theertha thotti water flows throughout the year. Error creating thumbnail: File missingMeenvetti Paarai - Very calm and pleasant atmosphere on the way to Kattalagar Koil
Sathuragiri Hills The abode of siddhar (Tamil sages), and home of two temples: Sundra Mahalingam temple and Sandhana Mahalingam temple. These have to be reached by a 13 km trek over the hills. The Tamil novelist, Indira Soundarajan has written a suspense thriller based on this town. See Watrap page for more details. There are a couple of water falls on the way. This place known for rare medicinal plants. The medicinal value of 275 plants has been recorded and reported. The forests host a variety of orchids and ferns.
Pilavakkal is a dam here in Kansapuram village for irrigation and agriculture.
Kalasalingam University @ Krishnankoil is about 8 km from Kansapuram. The university has an Engineering college, Pharmacy college, college of Business Administration, Polytechnic, ITI, Teacher Training Institute and several other courses under its umbrella.
The nearest railway station is 23 kilometers away at Srivilliputtur. There are several passenger trains from Madurai to Srivilliputtur. The Pothigai Express is a daily train from ChennaiEgmore to Sengottai that reaches Srivilliputtur at 6:00 a.m., and a more frequent local train runs between Madurai Junction and Sengottai. From Srivilliputtur local busses provide service to Kansapuram.
Kansapuram has road connections to the district headquarters of Southern Tamil Nadu including Madurai 85 km, Virudhunagar 50 km, and Tirunelveli 125 km. National Highway 208 (Madurai, Tamil Nadu - Kollam, Kerala) passes close to Kansapuram.
Kansapuram is connected from NH-208 around 12 km ( From Krishnan Kovil ) and 24 km ( from Alagapuri Village ) and plenty of buses operate to and from the places below .
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