Introduction - Kanyakumari district

Kanyakumari district came in to exixtence in the year 1956 as a result of re-organisation of stateson the basis of vernacular and added in the map of Tamil nadu. It was known as the granary of Travancore due to its vast stratches of Paddy fields, rich forests and abundant mineral sands.

This district has a pleasant climate and has the advantage of both the South-West as well as North-East monsoons. The city has many a charming spot, best being the Cape-comerin, the place of meeting of Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian sea. The meeting point of the ocean is the where "Continent ends in a swan-song of broken rocks and mingling oceans".

It was a faith that Kanyakumari district has been named after the Goddess Kanyakumari Amman, who is a well known diety of this district and over throughout the country. The legend is that the Goddess Parvathi is one of her incarnation as 'Devi Kanya' did penance on one of the rocks of this land's end to obtain the hand of Lord Siva

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