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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 ...
A Kanyakumari was awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi award of the Madras Music Academy for the year 2016. She is the first female violinist to get the award. [2] Other awards include Padma Shri by Government of India (2015) [3] Sangita Kalanidhi from the Music Academy, Chennai (2016) [4] Kalaimamani from Govt. of Tamil Nadu [citation needed]
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]
2019 Indian general elections: Kanniyakumari [3]; Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC: H. Vasanthakumar: 627,235 : 59.77 : 35.13 : BJP: Pon. Radhakrishnan: 367,302 35.00 ...
Kanniyakumari is a Tamil Nadu assembly constituency located in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.The constituency is located in the southern corner of mainland India, comprising the popular tourist destination Kanniyakumari.
As of 2011 India census, [1] Attoor had a population of 11910. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Attoor has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 82%.