Tamilnadu Travel Info
Kanyakumari Travel Info
The
land’s end of India, where the three seas – the Bay of Bengal, the
Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean – merge to form the quiet idyllic spot
of Cape Comorin or Kanyakumari. Legend gives it the name of Kanyakumari, meaning
the Virgin Goddess, and dedicated to her is a temple washed by the restless
seas. The idol wears a diamond nosepin, as according to legend she waits for
her divine groom. Kanyakumari, consort of shiva, vowed to remain a virgin until
Shiva came to deliver her from her penance. Since the temple is a living one,
non-Hindus are not allowed within its precincts.
The village of Kanya-Kumari stands on a rocky height presenting a wide spectacle
of the triangular land’s tip, the rising and the setting sun and the far-off
fishermen’s dhows. And, a little offshore is the beautiful Rock Memorial
to Swami Vivekananda, the philosopher-missionary. The seas are rather choppy
but down the Gandhi Memorial (on the shore), is a rock-bound pool where visitors
can indulge in risk-free sea-bathing. Shopping enthusiasts buy kanyakumari’s
famous varicolored sea sands, small curious made of sea-shells of all sorts,
and palm leaf utility articles.
ACCESS
While
its nearest airport is Trivandrum (86km), Kanyakumari is a railway terminus
on the Trivandrum-Kanyakumari section of the Southern Railway.
Good road connections are also available to all important places in South India.
Kanyakumari Amman temple, Gandhi Memorial, Vivekananda Memorial.
EXCURSIONS
Suchindram (13kms) – a 9th century temple, padmanabhapuram (45km) –
a fascinating old palace Tiruchendur (99km) – one of the six abodes of
Lord Subramanya.
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