Vadiveeswaram is located at, on the Pazhayar river. Among the prominent streets in Vadiveeswaram are Deep Street,Kezha palla theru, Big Streetபெரிய தெரு, Dalavai Street, High Street மேட்டுத்தெரு, East Car Street, West Car Street, Sasthankoil Street and kalmada street. In 2001, according to the Census of India, Vadiveeswaram had a population of 5,254 people, with 81 per centliteracy. The low-lying area is prone to flooding during heavy rains. Nagercoil Railway Station is the nearest railway station which is about a 5 minutes walk from the centre. It has the Cape road as the western border, Meenakshipuram at north, Kottar at south and Railway station with paddy fields as the eastern borders.
History
The name Vadiveeswaram is a compound of the wordsvadivu, which means 'beauty' and Eeswara, an appellation of the God Shiva, in Tamil. The name thus means the beauty of Shiva, which could refer either to the area or to the presiding goddess of the Azhagamman Temple, a HinduSaivite temple situated in the north-east corner of the village. Carnatic composer Neelakanta Sivan was born in Vadiveeswaram in 1839. He mentioned his birthplace twice in his work Thiruneelakanta Botham. A festival of Carnatic music was held in the village in 2007.
Political
Its under Kannya kumari district - 30 மாவட்டம், Nagercoil - 230 constituency தொகுதி, part numbers 129–133 in electoral roll, It has 3 wards 13, 14 & 38.
Temples
The principal temple is Azhagamman Kovil, with its tank,. This temple is dedicated to Vadivambal and Sundareswarar from whose names the name of the village is derived. The village is also home to five other temples: Mutharaman Kovil, Perumal Kovil, Idar Theertha Perumal Kovil, Sastha Kovil and Pillayar Kovil. A rare image of saint Vyagrapada Vigneswari was found in Vadiveeswaram by the Kanyakumari Historical and Cultural Research Centre.
Festivals
The Azhagamman Temple, the biggest in the area presides car festival annually. The temple has two cars which was parked on the middle of the East car street. The four prominent streets was named after the car festival which was held in the streets was named as North, East, West & South Car streets respectively. Another important festival worth to mention was the soorasamhaar/ soora samhaaram which too was held under azhagamman temple at keezha radha veedhi.
