One day visit to Kanyakumari

My fren's marriage & Kanyakumari trip

Five of us - Arun (Nettayan), Maghu, Parimala, Anuradha and Parimala's sister, were travelling to Valliyoor to attend Chitra's marriage. We thought it would be good to make a visit to Kanyakumari which is known for it's scenic beauty. So soon after the marriage, we hopped into a cab to Kanyakumari. The travel from Valliyoor to Kanyakumari was beautiful. The weather was luckily pleasent on that day.

We first went to Vattakottai fort. It's a small fort but the view from the fort towards the sea was amazing. You will get real view of nature. I think it's kind of a picnic spot for villages near Kanyakumari.

Our plan was to go back to Valliyoor by 5 PM. It was already 1 PM by the time we came out of the fort. So we decided to get into a hotel for a quick lunch. After that we had a boat ride into the sea. Our first stop was at Vivekananda Rock. Just to give a history on the rock:
The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland India's southernmost tip. It was built in 1970 by the Vivekananda Rock Memorial Committee in honour of the visit of the great spiritual teacher Swami Vivekananda to Shripada Parai during the month of December 1892 for deep meditation and enlightenment. He swam to this rock and meditated about the past, present and future of India. It is said that he attained enlightenment on the rock, and henceforth became a reformer and philosopher.


We went around the place. Had some photo sessions. We again took the boat that came by to Thiruvalluvar statue. The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.5 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural. It was completed in 2000 and is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari, where two seas and an ocean meet; the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean .

It's one of the most memorable trip. I got chance to have Tirunelveli halwa, got hands on to some of the best tastes of South Tamilnadu and throughout the trip the gang was always active making lots of noise :)