About Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari pronunciation (help·info) is a town in the state of Tamil Nadu
in India. It was also referred to as Cape Comorin earlier. Located at the
southernmost tip of India, it is the geographical end of the mainland. The
district in Tamil Nadu where the town is located is called Kanyakumari
District. The closest major cities are Nagercoil, the administrative
headquarters of Kanyakumari District, (22 km (14 mi)) and
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala (85 km (53 mi)). The town is a
popular tourist place in India.Kanyakumari takes its name from the Kumari
Amman or Kanyakumari Temple, situated in the town, on the sea-shore, the
very confluence of the three water-bodies – the Arabian Sea, the Bay of
Bengal and the Indian Ocean. In his work on ancient India, Ptolemy had
identified Kanyakumari (Cape of Comorin) along with the Gulf of Mannar as
a center for pearl fishery. He also identifies Korkai, a place to the east
of Kanyakumari as an emporium of pearl trade, also Travancore Census 1931
says that Paravars ruled that Coast and built the temple for their
reverence to Sea Goddess.
