Krishnancoil is a suburb in Nagercoil, in the District of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, named after the temple of Lord Krishna situated within. It is situated on National Highway 47, which connects Nagercoil with Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala.
A Government Primary school [1] that imparts education up to 5th standard is located in the suburb. Most of the people in the area work in the offices of the Nagercoil town area or in the town's agriculture, the main crop being paddy. The Railway station situated in this suburb is called Nagercoil Town,[2] and the main railway station of Nagercoil is called Nagercoil Junction.[3]
The Krishnancoil temple [4] located within the suburb is well maintained, and is being renovated in 2008 for Kumbabhishekam. The pond adjacent to the temple known in Tamil as Theppakulam [5] itself has two "people trees" [6] on its banks, one each on the west and south sides. The annual ten-day temple festival is conducted during the Tamil month of Chithirai, which falls between April 14 and May 14. Lord Krishna is in the childhood Avatar in this temple.
There is a drinking water filteration plant situated here popularly known as "filter house" [7] which filters the drinking water being supplied from Mukkadal dam to Nagercoil town and surrounding areas.
The majority population of Krishnancoil belongs to the Tamil Brahmins, Pillai(Vellala) caste followed by the Nairs & Nadars.
K. V. Mahadevan, one of the greatest South Indian music composer was born (December 6, 1936) in Krishnancoil.