Located 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the city, the beach is a great source of entertainment for local people and tourists.

Parthsararaty Sriram, a young boy from the Kothapatnam village migrated to Chennai to eke out his livelihood and made a fortune as businessman there.

He floated Sriram charitable trust named after his family to run social service activities in his native village.

The panchayat is allowing passengers to use the facility after paying nominal charges to maintain the toilet neat and clean.

S. Parthsarathy and his brother S. Nandagopal wanted the kalyanamandapam to be available to all castes and communities free of cost for social, cultural and religious purposes.

The brothers wanted to perpetuate the memory of their father, Sriram Venkatarangam Chetty who was born in Kothapatnam and migrated to Chennai in 1900 where he engaged himself in business.