Rediff On The NeT Travel: A travel feature on Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in India


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Getting There

Kanyakumari is well connected by train. Trains from Bangalore, Bombay and even New Delhi and Jammu terminate at this southernmost point of the subcontinent. In fact the longest train journey across the length of India is from Jammu to Kanyakumari and takes three days and a half days.

However Kanyakumari is easily accessible by road -- by bus or by rented car -- from Trivandrum. Trivandrum is just 86 km away.

Where to eat and stay

Samudra hotel, neat the temple, tel # 04653-71162: Reasonably comfortable deluxe rooms. Veg food available
Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation's Hotel Tamil Nadu, near the seafront, tel # 04653-71257: Standard simple, no-frills rooms.

Timings and Requirements

The temple is open from 0430 hour to 1130 hours and from 1730 to 2030 hours. Males are required to go in bare-chested and clad in dhotis.

Vivekananda Memorial, where the sacred Matru and Pitru tirthas are located a few metres apart, is open daily from 0700 hours to 1100 hours and from 1400 hours to 1700 hours and can be reached by ferry that departs every 30 minutes.

The Gandhi Mandapam is open daily from 0630 hours to 12300 hours and from 1500 hours to 1930 hours and Mahatma Gandhi's ashes rested here for a time before they were immersed in the ocean.

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