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Kanyakumari (Tamil; /kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; lit. ' The Unmarried girl(or Kanya) ' referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, [1] officially known as Kanniyakumari, [2] formerly known as Cape Comorin) [3] is a town and a second grade municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Devi Kanya Kumari (Sanskrit: देवी कन्या कुमारि, romanized: Dēvi Kanyā Kumāri) is a manifestation of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi in the form of an adolescent girl. She is variously described by various traditions of Hinduism to either be a form of Parvati or Lakshmi .
Tamil is the most widely spoken language in Kanyakumari district, though there is a significant minority (5.76%) of Malayalam speakers living mainly along the Kerala border. [93] As of the 2011 Census, Kanyakumari's population was 1,870,374, with Hindus (48.7%), Christians (46.9%), and Muslims (4.2%) being the major religious groups. The ...
Kanyakumari Glass bridge or Kanyakumari Glass fibre footover bridge is an footover bridge built for pedestrians to cross the sea connecting Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Thiruvalluvar Statue both constructed on sea in Kanyakumari of Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, India. [1] This is said to be the India's first glass bridge built on sea. [2]
The kattumarams of Kanyakumari were brought to Leepuram to take the mast to Kanyakumari. When the mast was loaded on the kattumarams, the mast and the kattumarams sank; they then began to float. The mast was taken to Kanyakumari by road and was fitted into a bore hole in a stone and fixed in place with molten lead. [2]
Kanyakumari may refer to: Kanyakumari (town) (or Cape Comorin), a town in Tamil Nadu, India Kanniyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency) Kanyakumari (State Assembly Constituency) Kanyakumari District, a district of Tamil Nadu, India; Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, one of the protected areas of Tamil Nadu; Devi Kanya Kumari, tutelary Hindu goddess of ...
Pages in category "People from Kanyakumari district" The following 164 pages are in this category, out of 164 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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