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EP-2 Famous Halwa of Tirunelveli | Nellaiappar Temple, Tuticorin | Kanyakumari to Rameshwaram

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We traveled from Kanyakumari to Rameswaram via Tirunelveli. This is a 310 km journey, we started early in the morning and visited the following locations on our route.

Thovalai- Biggest flower market of Tamil Nadu.
Tirunelveli - Enjoyed famous Tirunelveli Halwa, explored street food,bought papad for home and also visited Neallaippar temple.
Thoothukudi - spent evening time at Tuticorin ( now Thoothukudi)

Video shoot date: 14th Dec 2023.

Descripton of places visited by us on 14th Dec tour of Kanyakumari to Rameshwaram.

Thovalai Flower Market - We started our day at the famous flower market of Tamil Nadu - Thovalai. Which i got to know India’s 2nd biggest flower market. It’s a lively place known for its beautiful and sweet fragrance of flowers.

Breakfast at Jankiram Hotels Tirunelveli - We travelled 70 km from Thovalai to reach Tirunelveli & had our South Indian breakfast at Jankiram Hotels

Pongal - Rs 72
Idly - Rs 36
Dal Vada - Rs 21

Filter coffee - We also had the super strong filter coffee.

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Papad - After breakfast, we visited a Papad shop opposite Jankiram hotel Papad of Tirunelveli is also very famous. We bought some Papad for home.

Street food exploration - Panang Kilangu - Then we tried a fruit called “Panang Kilangu” it is an underground sprout of a Palm Tree. It was such a new experience for me to taste this.

Famous Halwa at Santhi Sweets - Then we headed to have the world-famous halwa of Tirunelveli at Santhi Sweets.

Arulmigu Nellaiappar Temple - After this we visited Arulmigu Nellaiappar Temple, Tirunelveli. We were not able to go inside because the temple is closed from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm.

This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva (Nellaiappar) and Goddess Parvati (Kanthimathi) and is renowned for its architectural grandeur.

Lunch at Thoothukudi - Then we travelled around 45 kms and had our lunch at Andavar Night Club Thoothukudi.

We had Poricha Parotta and Mutton gravy in the lunch.

Muthu Nagar Beach - After lunch we visited Muthu Nagar Beach, Thoothukudi. It's a beautiful beach to have a good time.

Salt Pan - We traveled 2 km from the beach to visit a Salt Pan and saw a lot of salt in one place.

Filter coffee at Tea Master - Then we had a filter coffee at Tea Master.

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20 Comments

@Janani_Kannan 2 years ago (edited)

Oh Tirunelveli is my family's native place! The Shiva temple there is very famous! As soon as I saw Janakiram hotel at 04:44, I started getting very excited. They serve some of the best south Indian food in Tirunelveli. Tirunelveli is a land blessed by the perennial Tamiraparani river. It is an important centre of spirituality and culture for us Tamilians.

PS you missed the OG iruttukadai [dark shop] halwa. It is called so because the shop is open only for a few hours in the evening. The shop is right opposite the main entrance of Nellaiappar temple. Interestingly iruttukadai was started by a man called Bijli Singh. This halwa used to be prepared as a nutritional supplement for the horses of Pudukkottai samasthan. Once the monarchy system was abolished, the halwa recipe was modified and sold for human consumption. The shop is still owned by the Singh family.

@ss-ib8gm 2 years ago

india is blessed no other country has this variety , i am in US it is artificially rich , god has blessed india no eonder world wanted india

@muralimohanji 2 years ago

Shri Harish Bali ji, Arulmigu Nellaippar Kovil (Bhagavan Nellaippar Mandir) dedicated to Bhagavan Shiva is a magnificent temple with an amazingly excellent and marvellous architecture and intricate carvings made in Dravidian Architecture of Shilpa Shastra unfortunately it is less known to people other than localities of Tirunelveli. Thank you very much for introducing it through your YouTube Channel.

@ambarish96 2 years ago (edited)

Sir, I am Ambarish and I follow your channel and watch all of your travels with my family all the time. I am a native of Chennai and my ancestral native is Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli District. A few months ago I came to Tirunelveli for the first time with my family and visited the famous Nellaiappar Temple and also Sankarankovil which is 65 km from Tirunelveli. Request you to visit Tirunelveli town another time and not miss both the temples and also the best Halwa shop ever, the "Iruttukadai Halwa".

Thank you sir for all your videos. 😊

@sharans2381 2 years ago

Around Tirunelveli - Sankarankovil, Tiruchendur, iruttu kadai halwa, vinjai vilas idli, stahnumalayan temple, alwarthirunagar temple, srivaigundam, kuttralam falls (summer season), papanasam, manimuthar and agathiyar falls are must visit

@dubepb1 2 years ago

I was in thutikudi for six month in 1990 and went to tiruchendur ,your video helped me to remember my days in 1990 thank you

@raghupadma9900 2 years ago (edited)

Good thing in your vlogs is you enjoy each and everything including food and all places which makes viewers feel happy and refreshed.i like tamilnadu because of its rich culture.i resided in madurai when i was small girl for 3 years

@rvarma83 2 years ago

Nelliappar temple looked so divine! !🙏 Will visit whenever in Thirunelveli... That halwa looked delicious!! Looking forward to Rameshwaram!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Fabulous episode!!!👌

@Notebookofgoodmemories 2 years ago

Sir, your all episodes specially South regions tour guide is really exceptional than others. I followed all your south regions tour in details and I make my plans accordingly. Again you inspired me to go Tamilnadu as you made your route. Thanks

@Rain_Man_25 2 years ago

sunday ki meri shuruat hamesha Visa2Explore ke video se hi hoti hai aur sach kahu to this is the best way to start sunday..today when i was watching this video my 6 years old daughter just woke up and started watching along with me and she watched complete video and loved it,on Beach part she told me "papa mujhe bhi waha jana hai" so hopefully next year we would be there :) thank you harish ji for these travel episodes :)

@satnam_India 2 years ago

Super informative and very nice video, thank you for sharing.

@purnendunandy8188 2 years ago

You can see the three meeting from Vivekananda memorial aerial view one coming from the centre ,one coming from left and the other from right .

@rakeshpanchal3344 2 years ago

नमस्कार हरीश जी 🙏 जय श्री राम 🙏 जय हिन्द 🇮🇳 जय भारत 🇮🇳
इतना बड़ा फ़ूल बाज़ार देखकर आनंद अनुभव होता है।
वहां का वेजिटेरियन खान-पान के लिए और आप जहां भी विजि़ट करो वहां की थोड़ी बहुत जानकारी अवश्य दे 🙏👍👌❤️💪🇮🇳💪

@tastetraveltraditionbysude1144 2 years ago

Panan kizgangu, is bud of palm tree, it is grown from palm fruit( panam nongu(.
Periyar ( Periyor) is a ptominent leader of tamilnadu.

@ansharout4731 2 years ago

Being a North Indian residing in Tirunelveli has been a wonderful experience so far😊😊

@smallnewskk7034 2 years ago

A correction. Poppadum and appalam are two different foods. Poppadum is made of udad dal and contains baking soda. It puffs up when deep fried. Appalam is made from a mixture of grain and dal. Usually bigger in size and does not puff up when deep fried. The taste is also different.