Kanyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin, is a town in Kanyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Kanyakumari lies at the southernmost tip of mainland India (the southernmost tip of India as a whole being Indira Gandhi Point in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The closest major cities are Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, [22 km (14 mi)] and Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala (88 km (55 mi)). The town is a popular tourist destination.
India’s statue of liberation. A 133-foot statue of Saint Thiruvalluvar joins the memorial to Swami Vivekananada, just offshore at Indian’s southernmost tip. A view from the shoreline of Kanya Kumari. Shows the Vivekananada Rock on the left and towering Valluvar statue on right Several hundred yards off shore and reachable only by boat. Kanya Kumari, India.
Thiruvalluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher whose contribution to Tamil literature is the Thirukkural, a work on ethics. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD. This estimate is based on linguistic analysis of his writings, as there is no archaeological evidence for when he lived. He is sometimes also called Theiva Pulavar ("Divine Poet"), Valluvar, Poyyamozhi Pulavar, Senna Pothar, Gnana Vettiyan or Ayyan.
Thiruvalluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher whose contribution to Tamil literature is the Thirukkural, a work on ethics. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD. This estimate is based on linguistic analysis of his writings, as there is no archaeological evidence for when he lived. He is sometimes also called Theiva Pulavar ("Divine Poet"), Valluvar, Poyyamozhi Pulavar, Senna Pothar, Gnana Vettiyan or Ayyan.
India’s statue of liberation. A 133-foot statue of Saint Thiruvalluvar joins the memorial to Swami Vivekananada, just offshore at Indian’s southernmost tip. A view from the shoreline of Kanya Kumari. Shows the Vivekananada Rock on the left and towering Valluvar statue on right Several hundred yards off shore and reachable only by boat. Kanya Kumari, India.
Thiruvalluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher whose contribution to Tamil literature is the Thirukkural, a work on ethics. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD. This estimate is based on linguistic analysis of his writings, as there is no archaeological evidence for when he lived. He is sometimes also called Theiva Pulavar ("Divine Poet"), Valluvar, Poyyamozhi Pulavar, Senna Pothar, Gnana Vettiyan or Ayyan.
Thiruvalluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher whose contribution to Tamil literature is the Thirukkural, a work on ethics. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD. This estimate is based on linguistic analysis of his writings, as there is no archaeological evidence for when he lived. He is sometimes also called Theiva Pulavar ("Divine Poet"), Valluvar, Poyyamozhi Pulavar, Senna Pothar, Gnana Vettiyan or Ayyan.
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