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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Kumari Amman temple, Kanniakumari(cape Comorin), Tamil Nadu
77 32 30.31 E' 08 04 50.04 N'
The temple marks the land's end of the Indian sub continent.
Kumari Amman temple, dedicated to the virgin goddess Kanniyakumari who stands guard over the country. The goddess Parvathi, in her incarnation as Devi Kanniya did penance here to obtain the hand of lord Shiva in marriage, the temple is a symbol of unity and sanctity.
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| Posted Comments: Andy B
(2007-01-26) | That is how I imagine the Lighthouse of Alexandria or Colossus of Rhodes - how old is this do you know? | davidmorgan
(2007-01-26) | 7 years | motist
(2007-01-30) | it is Vivekananda Memorial,off shore ,south east to Kania Amman temple,one of this rocks is called Sripada Parai which means the rock that been blessed by the touch of the feet of the goddess,the serenity of this place prompted the great philosopher- Swami Vivekananda to go int meditation.,it was here that he ,a simple monk, was transformed into a powerful spiritual crusader (1892). |
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