Kanyakumari (Tamil also known as Kanniyakumari pronunciation (help·info)), formerly known as Cape Comorin, is a town in Kanyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It lies at the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent (the southern extremity of India as a whole being Indira Point on Great Nicobar Island). Cape Comorin is the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range along the west coast of India. The nearest major city is Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, 22 km (14 mi) away. Kanyakumari was one of the important towns of the ancient Tamilakam (Sangam period)[1][2] and is a popular tourist destination.
History
Ptolemy's
geography describes commercial relations between western India and Alexandria,
the chief eastern emporium of the Roman
Empire. He identified Kanyakumari (Cape of Comorin) along with the Gulf
of Mannar as a center for pearl
fisheryKorkai, a place to the east of
Kanyakumari, as an emporium of pearl trade.
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