{"id":30067,"date":"2015-12-23T10:27:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T09:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/no-problem-mam.com\/?p=30067"},"modified":"2022-04-05T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T09:22:19","slug":"kanyakumari-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magikindia.com\/en\/kanyakumari-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanyakumari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kanyakumari, formerly called Cape Comorin, it the southern tip of India where the Arabian Sea meets the Indian Ocean. The place is named after the goddess Devi Kanya Kumari, a form of Parvati. The town is mainly a holy place for Hindus because of its Bhagavathy Kumari temple and its connections with Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and the sage Agastyar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Vivekananda Rock Memorial***<\/h2>\n
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The Vivekananda memorial stands on a rock about 500m off the coast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It can be reached by ferry across a rather rough stretch of sea. It was built in 1970 in honour of Swami Vivekananda’s visit to Shripada Parai in 1892.<\/p>\n

The story goes that he swam to the rock and meditated there.<\/strong> It is said that is here that he attained enlightenment and became a great philosophical reformer.<\/p>\n

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rock memorial vivekananda website<\/a><\/p>\n

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“You have to grow from within. No one can teach you, no one can make you spiritual. There is no teacher but your own soul” Swami Vivekananda<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Thiruvalluvar Statue **<\/h3>\n
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Next to the Vivekananda memorial, on a second rock, is a huge stone statue of the Tamul poet Thiruvalluvar,<\/strong> author of the Thirukkural<\/em>, a work in rhyming couplets setting out various teachings on how to live a harmonious life. It can be reached by ferry from the Vivekananda memorial.<\/p>\n

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The statue was inaugurated on 1 January 2000.<\/strong> Twenty-nine metres tall, it stands on a 12m plinth on which the Thirukkural<\/em>‘s 38 chapters on virtue are carved. The combined height of plinth and statue is 133ft (40.5m), representing the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Bhagavathy Kumari Temple**<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Bhagavathy Devi, also known as Devi Kanya Kumari, is the goddess Durga in the form of an adolescent girl.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is the goddess of sannyas<\/em> (renunciation) and penitence. The Goddess is believed to be the one who removes the rigidity of our mind,<\/p>\n

This highly revered temple is also one of the 51 Shakti Peethas<\/a>;<\/strong> it is said that the spine of the goddess Sati’s body fell here.<\/p>\n

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Gandhi Memorial*<\/h3>\n
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Near the Kumari Amman temple stands a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, who visited Kanyakumari in 1925 and 1937.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of Gandhi’s ashes were kept here before being scattered at sea.<\/p>\n

The memorial is built in the Odisha<\/a> architectural style and designed so that each year on 2 October, Mahatma’s birthday, the sun’s rays fall exactly on the spot where the funerary urn stood.<\/p>\n

The height of the building’s centre is 79 feet, representing the age at which Mahatma died.<\/p>\n

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Thanumalayan \/ Suchindrum Temple (13km)***<\/h3>\n
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The Thanumalayan is dedicated to the three gods of the Trimurti or Hindu trinity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanu<\/em> is a reference to Shiva, Mal<\/em> to Vishnu and Aya<\/em> to Brahma. The temple was built in the 17th century and its 40m gopuram<\/em> is remarkable for the intricacy of its carvings of Hindu deities. This place is also called Suchindrum in sacred scriptures.<\/p>\n

Legend has it that Indra, king of the Devas, came to pray at the temple to be released from a curse.<\/strong> Suchi<\/em> comes from a Sanskrit word for “purify”. It is also said that Indra visited the temple at midnight every night to perform an Ardhajama Puja (night ritual).<\/p>\n\n\n

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