St. Antony's Church, Kappukad, Kanyakumari
St.
Antony's Church is located at Kappukad Village in Kanyakumari District of
Tamilnadu. Kappukad is an ancient village, also known as Kappiyankadu
due to the belief that the ancient Tamil poet Tholkappiyar, the disciple
of Agasthya, was born here in the Tamil month of Chittirai on a Pournami
day in 865 BC. St. Antony's Church is located at the centre of the village. The
village is situated 2 Kms away from the Nagercoil - Trivandrum National
Highway (NH47) and 3 Kms away from the continuation of East Coast Road
connecting Kanyakumari and Kochi.
The Church is located at about 5 Kms from Marthandam,
4 Kms from Kuzhithurai, 18 Kms from Thuckalay, 31 Kms from Nagercoil, 54 Kms
from Kanyakumari and 46 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram. Nearest Railway Station is
Kuzhithurai Railway Station (4 Kms). Nearest Airport is located at Thiruvananthapuram.
