Kanyā Kumārī — the virgin goddess at India's tip

Hindu / Shakta - Location: Kanyakumari, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu (8.0883°N, 77.5385°E) Kanyā Kumārī (also known as Devī Kanyā Kumārī) is both a place (India's southernmost tip, where 3 oceans meet) and a goddess. The goddess is Parvati in her form as a virgin, who performed tapas for Shiva for an unrealized marriage. The Vivekananda Rock Memorial — where Swami Vivekananda meditated in 1892 before leaving for Chicago to deliver the 1893 Parliament speech — is a few hundred meters offsh