Kanyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin, It lies at the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent (the southern extremity of India as a whole being Indira Point on Great Nicobar Island).
Cape Comorin is the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range along the west coast of India.
The temple here is a Shakti Peetha, one of the holiest shrines of the Mother goddess.Swami Vivekananda came to this temple as directed by his Guru Shri Ramakrishna Prarama Hamsa, being a Sanyasin.
The beach sands are multi-coloured and likened to a mythological story.
The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural
Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a monument and a popular tourist attraction in Kanyakumari, India. The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters east off mainland of Vavathurai, India’s southernmost tip. It was built in 1970 by the Vivekananda Rock Memorial Committee in honour of the visit of the Hindu spiritual teacher Swami Vivekananda to rock during the month of December 1892.[1] It is claimed that he meditated on this rock.
