Bhoothapandi
The town spans an area of around 5 km² withThituvali
Thuvarancaud, Arasankuzhi, Andithoppu, Mannadi, Saattupudoor, and Manathittai
as its sub-villages. The places situated in the vicinity of the town include
Azhakiyapadiapuram to the northwest, Easanthimangalam to the southwest, and
Thalakudi to the southeast and Aralvaimozhi to the east.
It is the headquarters of ThovalaiTaluk,
which is one among the four taluks of Kanyakumari district. The village has a
sub-register office, taluk office, police station, higher secondary school and court.
Boothapandi was a part
of Kerala before the
independence of India. The Bhoothappandi panchayat was formed on 1936. It was
one among the 4 Panchayats sanctioned bySir
C.P Ramaswamy Iyer (Diwan-Thiruvithancore).
The temple was constructed by the King Pasum Pon Pandyan who is the son of Boothapandiyan.
The Suampu lingam lord of sanctuary's other name is Salian Kanda Thirumani. In the 17th century Saliar caste peoples lived in the town. A member of the community was worried that his cow was being milked by some unknown person. One day he followed the cow and discovered it discharging milk on a bush. Enraged at this he destroyed the bush where he found a stone idol. He slashed the idol and found it bleeding. So they decided to construct a temple for the stone idol[Lord Siva] so this lord of sanctuary is called Salian Kanda Thirumani.
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