Food prepared here is also a mix of Kerala/Tamil Nadu traditions. Idly, Dosa, Puttu, Appam, and Idiappam are popular food items, and so are rice murukku and achu-murukku. Curries here are made with coconut and coconut oil which is now considered Kerala style cooking. Festivals Some of the festivals celebrated here are Christmas, Pongal, Onam, Deepavali, Easter, New Year's Day, Ramzan (Eid ul fitr) and Bakrid (Eid ul alha), Ganesh Chaturthi (Vinayagha Chaturthi), krishna Janmashtami (Krishna Jayanti), Ambedkar Jayanthi, Buddha Jayanthani Sivalaya Ottam, Vishu, Karthikai Deepam, Vavubali. Transport Road The only mode of transport in Kulasekharam is by road. SH90 & SH45 pass through Kulasekaram from major spots like Aralvaimozhi and Marthandam. SETC is operating a bus to Chennai daily at 3:00pm. It is also connected with Coimbatore, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Nedumangadu, Thiruchendoor and Chennai. In Thumpacode there is a bus stand that serves the public. Auto rickshaws, private cars, vans, and mini buses are the other modes of transport. Train The nearest railway station from Kulasekharam is Kuzhithurai (KZT) which is just 10 km away. Several trains to Trivandrum, Nagercoil, Chennai, Madurai, and Mumbai are operated. One must reach Nagercoil (NCJ) or Trivandrum (TVC) for getting long-distance train and the trains which don't have halt in Kuzhithurai. Air Kulasekharam is served by Trivandrum International Airport which is approximately 45 km away. Kulasekharam Town is only 16 km away from the southern border of Trivandrum Metropolitan Region and hence considered one of its suburbs even though it lies across the state border. Both Kerala and Tamil Nadu government operates several bus services between the two cities apart from numerous private bus and taxi operators. Communication Telecommunication State owned BSNL is offering land line, mobile, wireless and wired internet facility. Private companies include Airtel, Vi [Vodafone Idea] and Jio. Airtel is offering their 3G services in Kulasekharam from September 2011 & BSNL 3G from November 2013, Vodafone 3G and Aircel 3G (not in operation) has launched around May 2015, Reliance Jio 4G services are also available. Even other network provider started up with 4G services Postal Kulasekharam head post office is in Arasumoodu Jn. Various services like postal, speed post, parcel service, and banking service are also offered here. The Postal Index Number for Kulasekharam post office is 629161. References External links Cities and towns in Kanyakumari district