At the southernmost tip of India is the city of Kanyakumari with its variety of sites including a busy fishing port, a mahatma  Gandhi memorial, extensive bazaars, pilgrimage temples and offshore monuments to the spiritual guru Vivekananda and the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar.

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Kanyakumari statue of mother India
Kanyakumari - morning fishermen return with their catch to sell.
Kanyakumari - morning fishermen return with their catch to sell.
Kanyakumari tourists browse the bazaars. Young pilgrims dressed in black.
Kanyakumari tourists browse the bazaars. Young pilgrims dressed in black.
Kanyakumari vendor selling trinkets.
Kanyakumari vendor selling shell necklaces.
Kanyakumari - Mahatma Gandhi memorial
Kanyakumari tourists browse the bazaars along the shoreline.
Kanyakumari friends
Kanyakumari tourists shop the bazaars. Those in black clothes belong
Kanyakumari - colorful fishing boats and a sinuous crew member.
Kanyakumari tourists browse the bazaars
Kanyakumari tourists
Kanyakumari - Mahatma Gandhi memorial was built on the
Kanyakumari - Mahatma Gandhi memorial plaque
Kanyakumari - tourists
Kanyakumari coast with small shrine.
Classic old Morris taxi, at
Express' train in Kanyakumari station
Train destination sign in Kanyakumari station
Kanyakumari - the 133'
Kanyakumari - the 133'
Kanyakumari - cheerful schoolkids
Kanyakumari - colorful fishing boats
Kanyakumari - fisherman repairs nets
Kanyakumari - fishermen return to the port. Tall building in
Kanyakumari - colorful fishing boats and a sinuous crew member.
Kanyakumari - Catholic church making its presence known.
Kanyakumari - offshore monument
Kanyakumari - statue of
Kanyakumari - the offshore
Kanyakumari - offshore monument
Kanyakumari - the 133'
Kanyakumaristoneworker at the foot of the statue of the
Kanyakumari - proud dad and daughter
Kanyakumari - the statue of the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar is
Kanyakumari - at the foot of the 133' high (43
View of Kanyakumari shoreline monuments and
Kanyakumari - handsome tourist taking photo
Kanyakumari - colorful fishing boats

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