Kanyakumari About this sound pronunciation (help·info) fd;dpahFkhp is a town in the state
of Tamil Nadu in India. It was also referred to as Cape Comorin earlier.
Located at the southernmost tip of India, it is the geographical end of the
mainland. The district in Tamil Nadu where the town is located is called
Kanyakumari District. The closest major cities are Nagercoil, the
administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, (22 km (14 mi)) and
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala (85 km (53 mi)). The town is a
popular tourist place in India.
Recorded History
Kanyakumari takes its name from the
Hindu Goddess Kanyakumari (also called Kumari amman).The Kanniyakumari amman
temple is situated in the town of its, on the sea-shore, the very confluence of
the three water-bodies – the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal[3] and the Indian
Ocean. In his work on ancient India, Ptolemy had identified Kanyakumari (Cape
of Comorin) along with the Gulf of Mannar as a center for pearl fishery. He
also identifies Korkai, a place to the east of Kanyakumari as an emporium of
pearl trade, also Travancore Census 1931 says that Paravars ruled that Coast
and built the temple for their reverence to [the] Sea Goddess.
Ancient History
Ptolemy's geography shows the
commercial relations between western India and Alexandria, the chief eastern
emporium of the Roman Empire. The tract called the Periplus of the Erythraean
Sea, contains sailing directions for merchants from the Red Sea to the Indus
and Malabar, and even indicates that the coast from Barygaza (Baroch) had a
general southward direction down to and far beyond Cape Komari (Comorin).
Kanyakumari district District
consists of those parts known as locally Nanjil Nadu and Idai Nadu. The names
of the villages of the district such as Azhagiapaandipuram, Bhoothapandy,
Cholapuram and Kulasekaram reveal that these places were governed by several
rulers at difficult periods of time.It is learnt that Nanjilnadu was under the
rule of Pandiyas till the early 10th century and then under Cheras.
The Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks
were under the rule of cheras. When the power of Chola declined due to the rise
of Hoysalas and western Chalukyas, the venad (Travancore) Chief tains (the
decondants of central Chera's family) took advantage of the situation and
gradually established their hold on considerable areas in Nanjilnadu. Veera
Kerala varma one such chief tain and style himself as "Nanjil
Kuravan". The annexation commenced by Veera Kerala Varma was to a large
extent continued by his successors and completed by 1115 A.D.
For about four centuries, the Venad
was ruled by powerful kings who were consistently making incursions into the
pandian territories. As a result Vijayanagar kings are proceeded against Venad.
In 1609 Kanyakumari fell in to the hands of Viswanatha Nayak of Madurai.
Consequent on this, there was no series threat to Nanjilnadu, till 1634. During
the regime of Ravi Varma[disambiguation needed] and Marthanda Varma, Venad was
disturbed due to the internal strife.
Sanda Sahib of Arcot took advantage
of this situation and attacked Nanjilnadu. Although Marthanda Varma could
succeed in the famous battle at Colachel defeating the Dutch armouries who
helped the local faudatories, he could not cope with the threat from Sanda
sahib and made him to with draw the battle field. After Marthanda varma, Venad
had weak rulers. Therefore there was frequent interference by the British whose
control was completely established over Venad and continued till 1947. From
1947 to 1956, it was under the personal rule of Maharaja of Travancore. During
the period between 1956–1961, the administrative system has fallen in line with
that of other districts in Tamil nadu.
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