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Kanniyakumari Travels
Surrounded by Majestic Hills and the plains bordered by colourful
sea-shores, fringed with coconut trees and paddy fields, here and there
are few elevated patches of red cliffs with undulating valleys and plains
between the mountainous terrain and the sea - coast, so closely interwoven
with Temples and Churches and other edifices lies the district, 'Kanyakumari'.
( The district name is spelled as ' Kanniyakumari ' in official records
which is in tune with the spoken name of the district in Tamil language)
. With an area of 1672 sq.km. it occupies 1.29% of the total extent of
Tamil Nadu.
Described as the southernmost end of Tamil Nadu, the land end of India
or the point where theland's three seas meet, enchanting Kanniyakumari
or Cape Comorin is one of the most popular tourist spots in the state
and indeed, in the country.
Part of the fascination is of course due to the fact that it is the very
tip of the Indian peninsula and the confluence of the Bay of Bengal, the
Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. The other part is that the nature is
so spectacular at Kanniyakumari, that several other Indian beaches pale
by comparison.
Cape Comorin is at its best during Chitra Pournami(full moon day in
April) when the sun and moon are face to face at the same horizon but
other full moon days are also special when you can see the sun set and
the moon rise almost simultaneously, as if by prior arrangement.
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