Clothes drying by a river in Kanyakumari

Clothes spread out to dry on the Parazhiyar river side in Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of Indian peninsular.

Kanyakumari district is the southern-most district in Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest district in the state in terms of population density and the second most urbanized -- next only to Chennai district. The district derives its name from the Goddess Kanniya Kumari Amman enshrined in the temple located at the southern-most tip of main-land India, Kanyakumari. The district stand first in terms of literacy rate in the state. The district has a varied topography with sea on three sides and the mountains of the Western Ghats bordering the northern side. Geologically, the landmass of the district is much younger when compared to the rest of state - faulted as late as 2.5 millon years during the Miocene period, after which numerous transgression as well as regression of sea had shaped the western coast of the district. Historically, Nanjinad and Edanadu which comprises of the present Kanyakumari district were, in one time or another, ruled by various Tamil dynasties, the Pandyas, the Cheras, the Cholas, the Ays and the Nayaks. Few of the artifacts unearthed by archeological excavations in the district dates as far back as to Neolithic period.

Despite being an area of a historically Tamil majority populace, it was part of the princely state of Travancore during the colonial times prior to the nation's independence; Four of the eight taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district were separated to form the new district of Kanyakumari during the formation of the new state of Kerala, and they were made a part of the Madras Presidency under recommendations from the States Reorganisation Commission in 1956. The Presidency was later renamed as Tamil Nadu and Kanyakumari is one among the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu.

Source : WIkipedia

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