Mathur Thottipalam - 1

Name : Mathur Aqueduct or Mathur Hanging Trough,
Kanyakumari District

Mathur Aqueduct is about 50 km from kanyakumari.

Route: Kanyakumari -----> Nagercoil ----->Thuckalay ----->
Azghiamandapam -----> Mathur Thottipalam

A Sign board showing the way to Aqueduct which is the longest
and highest of its kind in South Asia


Entrance Arch




Constructed in 1966 by the late Chief Minister of Tamilnadu,
K. Kamaraj, as a drought relief measure across the river Pahrali.
Its purpose is to carry water for irrigation from an elevated level
of one hill to another. The irrigation water feeds the taluks of
Vilavancode and Kalkulam.




Water flowing through the trough