Travel guide. By Pranav. For Quick Alerts. Subscribe Now. India - 34,, World - ,, For Daily Alerts. Flights Hotels Cabs. One Way. From Departure City. Please select your destination To Destination City. Depart On 13 Nov,Sat. Return On 13 Nov,Sat. Travellers 1 Traveller s. Cabin Class Economy. Check In 13 Nov,Sat. It is said that Thanumalaya Swamy temple is the only shrine dedicated to the Trinity in India.
The present structure of the temple is the work of a number of persons spread over a number of centuries. It is a complex of many beautiful structures constructed at various times and is one of the best specimens and a store house of the Dravidian style of art and architecture. Visiting Hours : From Arulmigu Nagaraja Thirukkoil is one of the temples of associated and unassociated temples of Suseendram.
Nagercoil is located 19 milestone away from Kanyakumari. It is believed that the Naga Flower in this garden is worshiped as the symbol of Nagaraja image. It is also believed that the snakes around this place is protecting the Temple and the garden.
Swamithoppu is a small village about 11 km. Swamithoppu, formely known as Poovandanthoppu, is situated in Thamarakkulam village of Nanchi naadu in Kanyakumari District. This is the birth place of Ayya Vaikundar. After the enlightenment at Thiruchenthur in March 3, , at the age of 24, Ayya Vaikundar returned to this place where he started his social reformation. This can be considered as the first pathi.
The successors of Ayya Vaikundar conduct the daily Pani Vidai and they administrate the activities. The Kanyakumari Parish almost coincides with the civil village of Kanyakumari. Archeological evidences suggest that St. Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ visited this soil. In St. Francis Xavier came here. In , Kanyakumari became a separate parish. In the church was constructed. The length of the Church is feet, breath 53 feet and height is feet. All these depict the breads of the Holy Rosary.
The parish has nearly 13, people organized into 86 Basic Christian Communities. Xavier an outstanding and dedicated priest visited the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu from Goa, he never missed the opportunity of visiting Kottar in Kanniyakumari district which was a celebrated commercial centre at that time.
During his stay at Kottar, he used to worship St. Mary in the small temple. Meanwhile, in Kanyakumari all waited for Lord Shiva's arrival and eventually, when he didn't turn up, the wedding ceremonies were cancelled.
The rice and other grains meant for the wedding feast remained uncooked. It is said that in Kanya Kumari's anger over Shiva not arriving that she scattered all the food items that had been assembled for the wedding.
Today tourists can buy tiny stones which look like rice, in remembrance of the marriage that was never solemnized. The disappointed Kumari Devi decided to do penance and continue with her quest to fight the evil forces of Banasura. The Devi resumed Her penance on the rock, now known as Sripadaparai, a few hundred metres offshore. Meanwhile, Banasura heard about the beauty of the girl and came to request Her hand in marriage. When Devi rejected the idea, the demon king decided to win her by force.
This led to a fierce battle, which ended with Kanya Kumari slaying Banasura with her chakra divine discus in Mahadana Puram 4 km north of Kanya Kumari. It is said that at the moment of his death, Banasura repented for his adharmic acts and prayed to Parashakti to have compassion upon him and absolve him and anyone else who bathed in the waters off Kanya Kumari of their sins. Devi granted Banasura the boon, and this is why people come from all over the world to bathe in this holy confluence of seas.
The relieved Devas returned blessed. Lord Parasurama and Sage Narada requsted to stay there till the end of Kaliyuga. The goddess agreed and remains at this place ever-dedicated to Lord Shiva and continues to perform austerities to this day with the hopes that he will one day unite with her. Later Parasurama built a temple on the shores and installed a beautiful idol of Goddess Kanya Kumari. The beautiful image of the Goddess in resplendent glory, with a garland in her right hand doing eternal penance as she waits for Lord Shiva to come, bestows on the devotee immense wealth of spiritual energy and peace of mind.
The places where the parts fell are now a sacred place of worship for Shakti worshippers. Kanyakumari and its surroundings are believed to be part of the land which was created by Parasurama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Folktales and mythological stories speak about Kanyakumari. In mythology, it is full of conflicts between Devas and Asuras, and finally the Devas get victory. It is the conquest of good over evil.
Banasura Grandson of Mahabahali , the demon king, propitiated Brahma. When Banasura asked for a boon of immortality, Brahma expressed his inability to grant such a boon, but gave an option to choose his own manner of death. Banasura wished that if at all he had to die, let his death be at the hands of a virgin. Brahma granted his boon.
Banasura, with this boon, started to harass the Devas and torturing the saints and rishis. Unable to bear this agony, they appealed to Mother Earth who in turn sought the help of Her consort Lord Vishnu, who is the protector of the Universe. The Devas performed a Yagna which was so powerful that the Goddess was much pleased. She promised to annihilate Banasura. As ordained, Parasakthi in her reincarnation came down to earth as Devi Kumari.
It is very common mythological fact that whichever reincarnation she took, she would do penance to rejoin her husband Lord Shiva through marriage.
Hence Kumari did penance so that she would be married to Lord Shiva. Shiva, pleased and happy, expressed his willingness to marry her. This was made known to Kumari. Narada who undertook this task arranged a proper time for marriage before dawn and insisted that the auspicious time should not be missed.
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