Vadiveeswaram

Vadiveeswaram
Vadiveeswaram is located in Tamil Nadu
Vadiveeswaram
Vadiveeswaram
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°10′46″N 77°26′20″E / 8.17944°N 77.43889°E / 8.17944; 77.43889
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKanniyakumari
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
629002
Telephone code04652
Vehicle registrationTN 74

Vadiveeswaram is a village,[1] 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.[2]