Kansapuram

Kansapuram is a village in the foothills of the Western Ghats in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India.

Kansapuram has road connections to the district headquarters of Southern Tamil Nadu including Madurai, Virudhunagar, and Tirunelveli.

The southwest monsoon which sets in June and lasts till August brings scanty rain.

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

[1][2] The people of Kansapuram celebrate the festival for the Goddess Mangammal every year in the Tamil month of Purattaasi.

National Highway 208 (Madurai, Tamil Nadu - Kollam, Kerala) passes close to Kansapuram.

Sri Vallapalathu Karuppasamy
Majestic hills, Paddy fields and coconut groves
Weighing the paddy before dispatch to traders
Amidst the cattle in an Auto!
Paddy field and western ghats in the background
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