 Karaiyar Dam is located 49 km from Tirunelveli, and is a tourist picnic spot.Papanasam is 38 km west of Tirunelveli, and includes the Agasthiyar falls by which the Tamirabarani river descends into the plains.The water drops from a height of 100m over a wall of rock, covered both sides by forested hills of the Western Ghats.