 Thoothukudi or Tirunelveli can be easily accessed from anywhere and Ottapidaram is very close to these two places.The great freedom fighter V. O. Chidambaram Pillai called VOC hails from Ottapidaram.VOC is also called as "Kappalottiya Tamizhan" because he launched one of the first shipping companies, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company which operated ship between Tuticorin and Colombo against the British during the British regime in India.