Pahrali River (also called Parazhiyar) flows through the

Kanyakumari District Kanniyakumari district is one of the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu state and the southernmost district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also the richest district in Tamil Na ...

in southern

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. It originates in the Mahendragiri hills. The Mathur Hanging Trough, the highest and longest aqueduct in

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, was built over it near the hamlet of Mathur.

Perunchani dam Perunchani Dam is an irrigation dam at Perunchani, in Kalkulam Taluk, Kanyakumari District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the dams of the Kodayar Irrigation System. As there was water deficiency in the Kodayar Irrigation System ...

is constructed across Pahrali river.

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Kanyakumari Rivers of Tamil Nadu Thiruvattar Rivers of India {{India-river-stub