This is the first Durga Temple created by Lord Parasurama and is also one among the 108 Shakthi Peethas in the world. Kanyakumari Devi Temple is situated in Tamil Nadu. Kanyakumari is a cape at the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula. The name Kanyakumari stands for Kanya(Virgin) and Kumari(girl).The Temple Nadai Opening Time is (05:00 AM IST - 12:30 PM IST) (04:00 PM IST - 10:00 PM IST) .The Temple Nadai Closing Time is(12:30 PM IST - 04:00 PM IST) The Temple is Opened at 5AM and remain opened till 12:30 P.M the temple will kept closed. At 4:00 PM the temple will be opened for dharsan. During festival time the timings of the daily poojas are changable.
In pasurams, Nammalvar refers Thiruvattar as 'Valamikka vattaru'. Mahavishnu is refered as Adikesava Perumal and Thayar (Mahalakshmi) as Maragadhavalli Naachiyaar. This Temple is older than Padmanabha Swamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram. The lord is lying on his snake couch and has to be viewed through three doors.
Sthanumalaya Perumal Temple is located at Suchindram in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.This temple is dedicated to Trimurthis -Brahma,Vishnu and Shiva. The name Sthanumalaya denotes the combination of the Trimurthis. Sthanu is a synonym for Siva, Mal for Vishnu and Ayan for Brahma. It is believed that the top, middle and base of the Linga in the temple represent Siva, Vishnu and Brahma respectively. Suchindram is also famous as Njanaranyam.
Nagercoil is a south Indian Naga adulation centre located in the Kanyakumari district, on Kerala -Tamilnadu boundary. This destination may be quite similar to everyone as its a main trade centre of south. But a good number of the people are oblivious about the Naga Temple here, which is very old and of enormous devotional significance.
Devi Kanya Kumari, is Shree Bhagavathy in the form of an adolescent girl child. Devi is also known as Shree Baala Bhadra or Shree Baala. She is popularly known as "Bhagavathy" (Durga) or "Devi". The Bhagavathy Temple is located in Cape Kanya Kumari in Tamil Nadu; the southern tip of main land India, there by located on the confluence of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean. She is also known by several other names, including Kanya Devi and Devi Kumari. She is also worshiped as Shree Bhadrakali by devotees.
