Why visit Kanniyākumāri
Townapedia lists 15 museums and landmarks, 6 parks and trails, 31 places to eat, 94 places to stay and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Kanyakumari Lighthouse, Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Gandhi Memorial.
Weather in Kanniyākumāri
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About Kanniyākumāri
Kanyakumari (lit. 'The Unmarried Girl', referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southernmost tip of the contiguous Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland India, and thus it is informally referred to as "The Land's End". Kanyakumari town is about 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Thiruvananthapuram and 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Nagercoil, the headquarters of Kanyakumari district.
From the Wikipedia article Kanyakumari (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Kanniyākumāri on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do5
Museums and landmarks15
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
Monument and historic site · 2.3 km
Monument in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India
3 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
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Restaurants and cafes31
Hotel Sangam
Restaurant · Seafood, Indian, Breakfast, Local · 1.4 km
Main Road
Mo-Su 09:00-21:00
19 more on the map.
Where to stay94
Churches and places of worship30
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging5
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Healthcare14
Map of Kanniyākumāri
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Getting there and nearby towns
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 81 km away.
- Agastīswaram 2 km northwest, about 2 min by car
- Nāgercoil 15 km northwest, about 15 min by car
- Eraniel 28 km northwest, about 28 min by car
- Padmanābhapuram 29 km northwest, about 29 min by car
- Tiruvankod 31 km northwest, about 31 min by car
- Neyyāttinkara 60 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Tirunelveli 73 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Thiruvananthapuram 78 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Nedumangād 82 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kayalpattinam 83 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Kanyakumari Church 1, Julian Nyča, CC BY 3.0
- Our Lady of Ransom Church, Martintheterror, CC BY-SA 3.0
- A great church (retouched), Anurag darpan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rock memorial of Vivekananda, Shivani, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanyakumari Bhagavathy Amman, Sujithshivam511, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanyakumari Monumento a Gandhi, Omyekiae, Public domain
- Light House Kanyakumari 2, PP Yoonus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- RockMemorial, Gan13166, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam -Kanyakumari -Tamil Nadu -20190120 161356, Schüler1000, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Thiruvalluvar Statue Kanyakumari India - panoramio (1), Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0
- Sun Rise @Triveni Sangam,Kanyakumari, Sudhersan22, CC BY-SA 4.0
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