Sivakasi is an active town and a municipality in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the capital of India’s firecracker industry with about 8,000 factories, big and small, producing 90 percent of the total fireworks output. Looking at the activeness of the people, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India nicknamed Sivakasi as "Kutti Japan" which means "Little Japan".
There are almost 400 manufacturers based in the city. Beside fireworks factories, there are many printing presses with in-house studios and artists, which produce a variety of colourful posters and calendar art.
How To Reach :
By Road/Bus :
The government transport operates air-conditioned bus and private travels operates semi-sleeper buses such as KPN Travels, Muthumari, Parveen, APS, Vivegam, Amarnath,Kalyan,Balaji every day to Chennai and the Town is well connected with major cities like Coimbatore, Madurai, Tuticorin and Bangalore. There are also private bus services operated on daily basis to all major cities.
Madurai, a nearby city which is 72 km away is well connected by government and private buses running periodically around the day and night.
By Plane/Air :
The nearest airports are in Madurai and Tuticorin.
By Train/Rail :
The Podhigai Express (12662) that travels from Sengottai to Chennai Egmore halts at 20.53 in Sivakasi (SVKS) and it reaches Chennai (MAS) at 07.10. The same train (12661) leaves from Chennai at 20.05 and halts at 05.54 in Sivakasi.
In order to reach Coimbatore one can take Coimbatore express from Virudhunagar (23 km away from sivakasi), which departs Virudhunagar every day at 23:45 which reaches Coimbatore at 07:30. The same train departs Coimbatore at 20:30 and reach Virudhunagar at 03:00.
There is also a passenger train running to Madurai via Virudhunagar, Tirumangalam at 08.53, 14.02 and 18.00 which connects to Sengottai via Tenkasi, Srivilliputhur, Rajapalayam, Sankarankoil at 07.00, 11.25 and 17.30 daily.