Culture in Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari Culture 

Kanyakumari is a coastal town in the southern edge of Indian Peninsula It has an uneven land mass around the town most of the commercial buildings and hotels are located on the higher places with local fishing peoples living in lower areas. The town has a 99% literacy rate with about 40% of the people being Graduates. Locals are mainly involved in fishing, Shell crafts or tourism related business. There are many tourist spots around Kanyakumari but Kanyakumari is famous for its sunrise and sunsets with its unique confluence of three seas providing a good view. On some cloudy full moon evenings one can observe sunset and moon rise at the same time. The Kanyakumari Temple is built at the sea shore and it attracts tourists from the world over throughout the year. The diamond nose ring adorned by the deity is visible from the sea as it shines so bright. There are two small island rocks just outside the Kanyakumari Temple on one a Vivekananda rock Memorial is built in 1977 and on the second a giant 133 feet high Thiruvalluvar statue is built in the year 2000. Ferries run regularly to and from these rock memorials.

 A Gandhi Memorial has been built on the spot where the urn containing ashes of Mahatma Gandhi were kept. A Hindu style temple is so designed that the on 2^Nd October, the  birthday of Mahatma Gandhi  first rays of rising sun falls exactly at the spot where the urn containing the ashes were kept.  Kanyakumari has its own tourist attractions like evergreen forests, sea beaches, mountain valleys, deep interiors, rubber and clove plantations etc. all in a 50 Kms radius from the town. Other places of tourist interest are Mathur Aqueduct, Baywatch Amusement Park, Vivekananda memorial and Tiruvalluvar Rock, Western Ghats, Chothavilai beach at Nagercoil. Our Lady of Ransom Church, Vattakottai Fort, Suchindram.