Talk:Kanyakumari

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Lots of section in this article sound more like an advert of a travel website. The section 'Our lady of Ransom Church' sounds very dramatic & defiantly violates NOR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhikohli (talk • contribs) 09:11, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I started to rewrite the Pilgrimage section but it's too confusing for this foreigner. Someone who understands the religious nuances should break up that long paragraph into smaller, more coherent pieces. I hope that such a reorganization will answer my questions below:

It is a holy place for Hindus as there is the presence of two

Shuchindram

out of the 51 Shakti Peethas all over South Asia.

One link is to

is another article, which may or may not be relevant to this passage.)

, not to the Devi. If she also has a temple in Suchindram, then we ought to say so, rather than suggesting that Shuchindram is the name of the Devi's temple.

The place was called Kanyashram of the Baalaambika, the deity of the temple.

I can see that Kanyashram is a compound of Kanya and ashram, but what's Baalaambika? Is there an article?

There are 11 sacred theertham in Kanyakumari and two

Shakti Peethas

so Kanyakumari is a holy place for Hindus.

What are theertham? Is there an article?

The prayers are done by women for marriage; the goddess is considered as Shri Krishna's sister.

Is the second half of this sentence necessary?

The ablution in sea for Pitr Tarpan is done here. This is one of the rare temples in India where

Sanyasin

comes here and takes the deeksha.

Is the worship of the child-goddess relevant to the method of ablution? If not, that sentence belongs nearer to Devi Kanya Kumari, I think. Is Pitr Tarpan related to Sanyasa?

Swami Vivekananda came in this temple as directed by his Guru Shri Ramakrishna Prarama Hamsa, being a Sanyasin. The temple is very old and is mentioned in ancient Sanskrit literatures.

Which temple is meant here?

The sands of sea is multi coloured and is liked to mythological story. The goddess is believed to be the one who removes the rigidity of our mind, devotees usually feel the tears in their eyes or even inside their mind when they pray to the goddess in deep contemplation.

Are these two sentences related? Is "liked" a typo for "linked"? Would a summary of the story about the coloured sands be too long?

—Tamfang (talk) 01:11, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

sands

The beach sands are multi-coloured and likened to a mythological story.

More grammatical but still puzzling. Do people come to the beach and say "Wow, look at the colours in the sand — it's like a mythological story" ?

Does multicoloured sand figure in a specific legend? —Tamfang (talk) 19:22, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The section Pilgrimage could be merged into Mythology and legends to reduce repetition. (The resulting section should then be renamed.) —Tamfang (talk) 01:09, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Geography section says that the average elevation is 0 metres. Kanyakumari is right on the coast, and it makes sense that its average elevation is 0 m above sea level. But, the information table at the top right of the page says the elevation is 300 m above sea level. This doesn't make sense. Even Nagercoil (according to the Wikipedia page for Nagercoil) is at an elevation of only 40 m above sea level. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arunisaac (talk • contribs) 08:57, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The "Our Lady of Ransom"-church is quite famous and should definitely be mentioned in the article. Not only hindu-pilgrims come to Kanyakumari, but also christians. The population of Kanyakumari is mainly christian, so why is the article so hindu-centered? Also i miss a list of religions in this town, since there are also muslims there. --93.214.234.2 (talk) 20:41, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Potala Palace links here, claiming the mountain celebrated in Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism as a home of Guanyin is one of those in the nearby hills. If so, that should be mentioned and more details given. If not, it should still be mentioned and possible explanations for the confusion offered. — LlywelynII 08:08, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I replaced the religious data of Kanyakumari district with the data for Kanyakumari town - for obvious reasons (since this is the article about the town and not about the district, which has its own article). The source stays the same. If you want to verify the data just look for the town code 803939 (Kanniyakumari (TP)). Gugganij (talk) 21:32, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]