Kanyakumari Devi
Deities

Kanyakumari Devi

Kanyākumārī — goddess of the southernmost cape

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Hindu
Period · Antiquity; Vivekananda memorial 1970 CE

Kanyakumari Devi

One of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas; Satī's back fell here. The southernmost tip of India, where three seas (Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea) meet. Swami Vivekananda meditated on a rock off the cape for 3 days in 1892, inspiring his address at the Parliament of Religions.

Canonical status

Kanyākumārī — goddess of the southernmost cape

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