Thirparappu is a town located in the Kanyakumari District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

It is famous for its falls on the Kodayar (Kothai) River and the Pechiparai Dam, located 13 km (8.1 mi) away.

The bed above the falls is a rocky mass extending up to a distance of about quarter of a kilometre upstream, with a weir constructed for supplying water to nearby paddy fields.

Devotees believe Mahadev lives here as Virabhadra, a fierce incarnation of Shiva to kill Daksha Prajapati, after the death Satidevi.

[citation needed] As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Thirparappu (Thriparappu) had a population of 21,722.