#tipofindia

[hymnofhues]

Where winds and waves reign: Situated on a small, rocky island beyond the tip of India, the Vivekananda Rock Memorial from Kanyakumari is a shrine bricked to life in 1970, in commemoration of the Swami Vivekananda's attainment of enlightenment, during his meditation here for three continuous days. Vivekananda went on to become a visionary and a powerful orator in his life, representing his nation and his religion on many fronts, also advocating youth's role in aiding the needy and serving the poor. Once you get here by boat from the coast of Kanyakumari, you will understand how serene and pristine this place was and still remains, and how it could be the perfect platform for some self-reflection and introspection. I would advise visiting this place on a public-working day to have the least of crowds. And if you manage to isolate yourself from the clicking and the chatting of tourists, you can truly immerse yourself in the spirit of this place. Listen long enough and you will hear the song of the heavy waves and how they dance with the lighter winds visiting from the South/South-West. Crashing waves around the boulder ridden island offer a spectacle a minute. This memorial also houses a shrine - Sripada Mandapam that houses the acclaimed footprints of the goddess Kumari in rock. And what is perhaps the tallest monument in memory of a poet, bounds this memorial on the west; the Thiruvalluvar Statue, which I will be talking about in another post. This is a magnificent and peaceful end point(land-wise) of India, in the South, that should not be missed when touring Tamilnadu/Kerala. . ~A.J. . #tamilnadudiaries #tamilnadutourism #tamilnaduphotography #vivekanandarockmemorial #vivekanandarock #thiruvalluvarstatue #tipofindia #kanyakumari #kanyakumaridiaries #kanyakumariphotography #kanyakumaritourism #travelrealindia #picxy #TLPicks #natgeoyourshot #yourshotphotographer #natgeoindia #bbctravel #IndianOcean #laccadivesea #swamivivekananda #best_earthscapes #islandphotography #travelphotography #travelgram #travelindia #travelblogger #discoverindia #shotonsamsungs10 #hymnofhues (at Vivekananda Rock Memorial) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1GI0bhDery/?igshid=ocr7bembq379

[hotelskyark]

𝕋ℍ𝕀ℝ𝕌𝕍𝔸𝕃𝕃𝕌𝕍𝔸ℝ 𝕊𝕋𝔸𝕋𝕌𝔼 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 500𝙼 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 🄷🄾🅃🄴🄻 🅂🄺🅈🄰🅁🄺 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 38 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 ,𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘷𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘕𝘢𝘥𝘶 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 ... 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 ... 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘷𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘴 133 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 133 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐔𝐊𝐊𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐋 ...𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 ....𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙀𝙓𝙋𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙀 . #sunriseview#trisea#tipofindia#thiruvalluvarstatue#vivekanandarockmemorial#hotelskyark#luxuryhotel#hygineicstay#feelhome#safeandsanity (at Thiruvalluvar statue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbZ31rhSy4/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tmadhu28]

The rise of two legends 😎🌞
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#sunshine #sunrisephotography #sunshine🌞 #kanyakumari #thiruvalluvar #swamyvivekananda #vivekananda #tipofindia #lastpointofindia #naturephotography #morning #photooftheday #photographers_of_india #travelphotography #travel #travelblogger #travelgram #photographer #indianphotography #india_clicks #world_photography_page #world_photography_hub #tourismtn #travelrealindia #itz_tamilnadu #official_photography_hub #chennai_times_photography #thehindu (at Kanyakumari, Last Point of India)
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[immanuelsureshdavid]

🔱ISD🔱 #ISD #NonStop #Drive #650KMs #whole #night #Now #Sunrise #Nellai #Tirunelveli #Thamirabarani #River #TravelDiaries #destination #CapeComorin #Kanyakumari #TipofIndia #Winter #trip #travel #Mahindra #Xylo #Alwayz #Highlighter #beautiful #great #time #climate #posing (at Tirunelveli)

[viddu07]

Last day of the retreat with an unforgettable experience from sunrise till sun down! Picture 1: Sunrise Picture 2: Sunset #kanyakumari #tamilnadudiaries #sunrise #sunset #travelstories #instacolours #instapost #instapics #hashtags #happytouristing #tipofindia (at Kanyakumari, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvH2YgOFhXa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nni5imn47nad

[mirzafahad]

#nofilter #lategram #september #2017 #solo #travel #magic #sky #magichour #light #sunset #beach #indianocean #bayofbengal #arabiansea #kanyakumari #tamilnadu #tipofindia #lonelyplanetindia #loneyplanet #natgeo #india (at Kanyakumari Beach)

[hotelskyark]

ℍ𝔼𝕃𝕃𝕆 2021!! 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 🄷🄾🅃🄴🄻 🅂🄺🅈🄰🅁🄺 𝕄𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 , 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 ,𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕣,ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙, ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪 ,ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕊𝕦𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤. 𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝘼 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙍𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝘼 𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙆𝙇𝙔 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍!! 👉𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑪𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒀𝑬𝑨𝑹 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑼𝑺--𝑩��𝑶𝑲 𝑨 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝒀 𝑻𝑶 𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑴𝑬𝑴𝑶𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺.... #hotelskyark#hotelsofinstagram#luxuryhotel#executivesuite#comfy#cozy#safestay#hygineicstay#beaches#sunriseviews#tipofindia#trisea##feelhome#goodhospitalityservice#besthousekeeping#comeandexplore https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfbDPRBK16/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hymnofhues]

Immortalised: This statue of Thiruvalluvar, a Tamil poet, stands 133 feet tall, along the same lines where the waves from The #BayofBengal and the #IndianOcean meet! ~A.J. #hymnofhues . #vivekanandarockmemorial #kanyakumari #thiruvalluvarstatue #tipofindia #kanyakumari #kanyakumariphotography #shotonsamsungs10 #thalassophilia ⚓ . #natgeotravel #mobilephotography #natgeotravelpic #tamilnaduphotography #natgeotravelindia #landscapephotographymagazine #indianshutterbugs #snapseedindia #travelphotography #_coi #incredibleindia #india_pixelz #indianphotowaale #landscapephotography #natgeotravellerindia #natgeotraveller #_soi #landscaping #landscapesofindia #natgeoyourshot (at Thiruvalluvar Statue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgGYMCpVVi/?igshid=10sh3oveio6i6

[hymnofhues]

An ode to poetry: What came as a very welcome delight when I was touring the shores of Tamilnadu, late this July, was this statue of Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, who was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher, from 1st century BC or 6th century AD; best known for authoring the Thirukkuṛaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political & economical matters, & love. The text is considered the greatest work of the Tamil literature & one of the finest works on ethics & morality. And this is the tallest statue erected in memory of a poet, that I could find from a quick research. I don't know if commeners are permitted there regularly but from what I learned from the local staff of the Ferry Point and the Vivekananda Memorial was that it wasn't. I would've loved to have experienced a closer view but just the fact that this exists was elation enough. To celebrate art and petty at that, for centuries to have lasted in memory and for millennia more to last, cast in stone, in itself is pure joy and this piece, sculpted by Ganapathi Sthapathi was unveiled at the turn of the millennium, 2000 too! And just like I have described in my post from 13th August, this place is a close neighbor of the Vivekananda Memorial, anchored in the Indian Ocean, right off India's southern tip, swimming in the thunders of crashing waves, from rocks that this was built on. One of the most peaceful parts of India, not to be missed 🖤 ~A.J. . #tamilnadudiaries #tamilnadutourism #tamilnaduphotography #vivekanandarockmemorial #vivekanandarock #thiruvalluvarstatue #tipofindia #kanyakumari #kanyakumaridiaries #kanyakumariphotography #kanyakumaritourism #travelrealindia #picxy #TLPicks #natgeoyourshot #LPMIxWPD #lpmiphotochallenge #indiadiaries #indiapictures #natgeoyourshot #thiruvalluvar #traveldiariesindia #_soi #coloursofindia #_m_o_i #indiantravelgallery #fishermendiaries #photographersofindia #poio_ #_coi (at Thiruvalluvar Statue) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZQbTxJ1II/?igshid=1c3b8u95qkfuc

[hymnofhues]

Fishing Communities of India: What you're seeing here is one of the densest domestic tourism hubs of India, roping in hundreds to thousands of visitors per day. This is the Tip of India, Kanyakumari, bound by water on most of its boundary, and fishing industry flourishes almost all round the year, every year, with an ocean and two seas meeting up here. Yet, these fishing communities, even today, remain poor, under developed, and frankly, uncared for, except for disaster reliefs or annual financial allocations. Despote being situated on banks of thriving tourist attractions like the Thiruvalluvar Statue, the Vivekananda Memorial or the ThriveniSangam, not mentioning that it is the tip of India, the southern most part of this peninsula where fisheries and industrial fishing corporations sprang up decades ago, these communities remain neglected. Boats that are decades old, rusty and almost definitely not up to safety standards are tripped for their daily wares. Chatting with the locals, you'll learn that most live in low lying areas, that run a high risk of flooding often. Although the city itself is progressive and has one of the largest wind farms of the country, with hotels and restaurants modernising and earning in wads, these local shoreline people still live a century behind their time. ~A.J. . #tamilnadudiaries #tamilnadutourism #tamilnaduphotography #vivekanandarockmemorial #vivekanandarock #thiruvalluvarstatue #tipofindia #kanyakumari #kanyakumaridiaries #kanyakumariphotography #kanyakumaritourism #travelrealindia #picxy #TLPicks #natgeoyourshot #LPMIxWPD #lpmiphotochallenge #indiadiaries #indiapictures #natgeoyourshot #lpmicontest #traveldiariesindia #_soi #coloursofindia #_m_o_i #indiantravelgallery #fishermendiaries #photographersofindia #poio_ #_coi (at Poompuhar Shipping Corporation) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2USdC7ph5m/?igshid=1uf0jihhbar5f