Edalakudy is an area about 3 km from the Nagercoil town in Kanyakumari district.

Edalakudy forms the formal end of the Nagercoil Municipality.

The Famous Orator the Tamil poet and Scholar Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar was born here.There are Many Masjids in this locality.The Most popular is ‘Bawa Kassim Valiyullah Mosque’ and the most popular “Bawakasim Oliyullah Community Hall” is also located here.

[citation needed] The area falls under Agastheeswaram Taluk in the district of Kanyakumari.

The secondary school, Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar Government Higher Secondary School, situated near NH 47, is built on the site of the former Edalakudy Jail where independence activists were detained, tortured, and executed under colonial rule.