List of tourist places in and around Papanasam

Papanasam 45 km from Tirunelveli. This place is at the southern-most end of the Western Ghats which is called as "Podhigai Hill".

Tourist attraction places

• Papanasam River( 2 kilometers from Vickramasingapuram


• Agasthiar Falls


• Vaana Theertham Falls


• Papanasam (Lower) Dam


• Papanasam (Upper) Kaarayaar Dam


• Servalar Dam


• Manimutthaar Dam


• Thai Cines - Movie Theatre (Thaai means 'Mother') (The largest movie hall of the whole district, capable of 1830 people)


• Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Beautiful Temples

• Papanasam Sivan Temple


• Sivanthiappar Temple


• Krishnan Temple (In Papanasam Road)


• Sriman Narayana Swamy Thirukovil, Sankara Pandia Puram (In Kottaivilai Patti Road).


• Santhana Mariamman temple


• Balasubramaniaswamy Kovil (Murugan Temple, Three Lamp Street)


• Ayya Vaikundar NizhalThangal - Sankara Pandia Puram, Papanasam, West Kottaram, Muthu Nagar(Muthaliyar Patti) and Agasthiyar Patti.


• Uzakkarisi Pillaiyar Endra Karunai Vinayagar Temple


• Malai Kovil - Murugan temple (Pulavan Patti, Sivandhipuram)


• Thangamman Kovil, (Ramalingapuram)


• Irudayakulam church and the shrine of Lady of Lourdes (Also known as Lourde Matha Kebi by the locals)


• CSI Church(In the way to Madura Coats (Papanasam Mills) Road)


• Assembly of God Church, (Ambalavanapuram)


• Mosque (In the North Road of Santhana Mariamman Temple)

Nearest Colleges

• Thiruvalluvar Arts and Science College (Papanasam)


• Ambai Arts College (Ambasamudram)


• Scad College of Engineering and Technology (Cheranmahadevi)