Kansapuram

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Kansapuram
Khansapuram
village
Kansapuram is located in Tamil Nadu
Kansapuram
Kansapuram
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 9°37′53″N 77°36′7″E / 9.63139°N 77.60194°E / 9.63139; 77.60194
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVirudhunagar
Government
 • BodyPanchayat
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
626133
Telephone code04563
Vehicle registrationTN-67
Nearest cityMadurai
Sex ratio1:1 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituencyTenkasi
Vidhan Sabha constituencySrivilliputtur
Civic agencyPanchayat
ClimateApr-May - Min 20 Deg C Max 42 Deg C and May - Mar - Min 20 Deg C Max 30 deg C (Köppen)

Kansapuram is a village in the foothills of the Western Ghats in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 2 kilometres south of Koomapatti and 7 kilometres west of Watrap. Kansapuram has road connections to the district headquarters of Southern Tamil Nadu including Madurai, Virudhunagar, and Tirunelveli. Tourist attractions such as Courtallam, Madurai, Kodaikanal, and Tiruchendur are day trips from Kansapuram.

Culture[edit | edit source]

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Sri Vallapalathu Karuppasamy

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.

Agriculture[edit | edit source]

Majestic hills, Paddy fields and coconut groves

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.

Weighing the paddy before dispatch to traders
Amidst the cattle in an Auto!

Climate[edit | edit source]

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.

People[edit | edit source]

Kansapuram is the birthplace of Gnanavallal Paranjothi Mahan, a teacher of kundalini yoga and founder of the Universal Peace Sanctuary in Chennai.[4][5]


Places of Worship[edit | edit source]

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 Sathyabhama Temple 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).

The following are a few temples in Kansapuram

  • Arulmigu Mangammaal Temple
  • Arulmigu Valla Palam Periya Karuppasamy Temple
  • Arulmigu Murugan Temple
  • Arulmigu Kaliamman Temple
  • Arulmigu Vella Pillaiyar Temple
  • Arulmigu Nallathangal Temple[6]
  • Arulmigu Mariamman Swamy Temple
  • Arulmigu Muniyandi Swamy Temple
  • Arulmigu Sappaani Muthaiah Temple

Places of interest[edit | edit source]

Paddy field and western ghats in the background
  • 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.
    Meenvetti 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.

Education[edit | edit source]

Schools in Kansapuram:

  • Panchayat Union Middle School
  • R.C.School

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.

Natural Scenery[edit | edit source]

Hill in the form of a measure of paddy
Patharangulam Kanmai one of the two important water reservoirs
En route to Athi Koil on the road adjoining western ghats
Road to Athi koil near Mandapam

Infrastructure[edit | edit source]

Kansapuram is well connected by rail, road and air :

Railway[edit | edit source]

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 Chennai Egmore 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.

Road[edit | edit source]

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 .

Airport[edit | edit source]

The nearest Airport is Madurai Airport (80 km). Numerous local taxi operators transport passengers to and from the airport.

Banks and financial institutions[edit | edit source]

PACB-PRIMARY AGRICULTURAL CO OPERATIVE BANK.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sri Nallathangal temple". Temples of Tamil Nadu. Dinamalar.
  2. ↑ "பராமரிக்கப்படாத வறுமையின் சின்னம்:கனவில் வந்து தடுத்த நல்லதங்காள்?!". Tamilaga Arasiyal (in Tamil).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ "Water released for irrigation". The Hindu. 27 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "History". Universal Peace Sanctuary.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Paranjothi Gnanaoli Peedam.
  6. ↑ "Nallathangal (Story of Brother, sister affection)". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.

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