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Religious Site Attractions In Kanyakumari

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Kanyakumari is a city of Kanyakumari district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. Also, called as the God's own district. The name comes from the Devi Kanya Kumari Temple in the region, in Tamil it is pronounced as 'Kan-niya-kumari'. It is the southernmost tip of peninsular India, and is surrounded on three sides by the Laccadive Sea.Kanyakumari city is the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range. Nearest city is Thiruvanathapuram and airport is Trivandrum International Airport, Trivandrum , Kerala. and the nearest town is Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, 22 km away. Kanyakumari has ...
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  • 2. Gandhi Memorial Kanyakumari
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā – applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa – is now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu and Gandhi ji, and known as the Father of the Nation.Born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujarat, India, and trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, Gandhi first employed nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasa...
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  • 4. Jain Temple Kanyakumari Kanyakumari
    The Chitharal Jain Monuments; also known as Chitharal Malai Kovil , Chitharal Cave Temple or Bhagwathi Temple, Chitral; are situated on the Thiruchanattu Malai near Chitharal village, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. Chitharal hills are locally known as Chokkanthoongi Hills.
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  • 5. Kumara Koil Murugan Temple Kanyakumari
    Kumarakoil or Kumarakovil is a small village in Kanyakumari district. Here is the famous Subrahmanya Temple by the name of Velimalai Kumaraswamy Temple'. The temple was built on a hill named 'Velimalai'. The name Veli was named from the Malayalam word veli means marriage.It is the place where marriage of Murugan and Valli was done. Koravans used to come to the temple for marriage of valli, since valli devi belongs to koravan community.Lord Muruga and his consort Goddess Valli are the main deities. It is believed that they married here. It is built on a rocky terrain about 200 feet in height. The rock cut temple has stone carvings, and a large water body is seen in the surrounding. The majority of the devotees are from Kerala state. A police party and band from Kerala state is present on ce...
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  • 10. Ayya Vaikundar Nizhal Thangal Kanyakumari
    Ayyavazhi is a universalizing henotheistic belief that originated in South India. It is cited as an independent monistic religion by several newspapers, government reports, journals, and academic researchers. In Indian censuses, however, the majority of its followers declare themselves as Hindus. Therefore, Ayyavazhi is also considered a Hindu denomination.Ayyavazhi is centered on the life and preachings of Ayya Vaikundar; its ideas and philosophy are based on the holy texts Akilathirattu Ammanai and Arul Nool. Accordingly, Vaikundar was the Purna avatar of Narayana. Ayyavazhi shares many ideas with Hinduism in its beliefs and practice, but differs considerably in its concepts of good and evil and dharma. Ayyavazhi is classified as a dharmic belief because of its central focus on dharma.Ay...
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