About Vadiveeswaram in Tha Daily Thanthi, Nagercoil

Vadiveeswaram is a village, now part of the town of Nagercoil, in Kanyakumari district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The village was originally an agraharam, or a traditional double line of houses occupied by Brahmins and flanking a temple or pair of temples. It is most famous as the birthplace of Neelakanta Sivan, a well-known 19th-century composer.GeographyVadiveeswaram is located at, on the Pazhayar river . Among the prominent streets in Vadiveeswaram are Deep Street,Kezha palla theru, Big Streetபெரிய தெரு, Dalavai Street, High Street மேட்டுத்தெரு, East Car Street, West Car Street, Sasthankoil Street and kalmada street.In 2001, according to the Census of India, Vadiveeswaram had a population of 5,254 people, with 81 per cent literacy.The low-lying area is prone to flooding during heavy rains.Nagercoil Railway Station is the nearest railway station which is about a 5 minutes walk from the centre .It has the Cape road as the western border, Meenakshipuram at north, Kottar at south and Railway station with paddy fields as the eastern borders.HistoryThe name Vadiveeswaram is a compound of the words vadivu, which means 'beauty' and Eeswara, an appellation of the God Shiva, in Tamil. The name thus means the beauty of Shiva, which could refer either to the area or to the presiding goddess of the Azhagamman Temple, a Hindu Saivite temple situated in the north-east corner of the village.

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