Historical Period70c CE
Antiquity; Vivekananda memorial 1970 CE
Kanyākumārī — goddess of the southernmost cape
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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.
Kanyākumārī — goddess of the southernmost cape