Kanniyakumari Collector: Anti-drug selfie with students

கோட்டார் கவிமணி தேசிக விநாயகம் பிள்ளை மகளிர் மாதிரி மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளி மற்றும் தொடக்கப்பள்ளி வளாகத்தில், மாணவர்கள், மாணவியர்கள் சேர்க்கை நிகழ்ச்சியில் மாணவ, மாணவியர்களுடன் போதைப்பொருளுக்கு எதிரான செல்பி

Nagercoil and Velankanni Special train (06037)

As part of the Church Festival in Velankanni, the next weekly special trains will run between Nagercoil and Velankanni:

Train No. 06037 Nagercoil Junction – Velankanni Weekly Special will depart Nagercoil at 1:20 PM. on Saturday and reach Velankanni at 23:40. on the same day from August 5 to September 30 (nine jobs).

Weekly special train of 06038 Velankanni – Nagercoil junction will depart Velankanni at 5:45 a.m. on Sunday and arrive at Nagercoil Junction at 4:45 p.m. on the same day from August 6 to October 1 (nine jobs). The route will stop at Valliyur, Tirunelveli, Kovilpatti, Sattur, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Nidamangalam, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam. The composition of the special train will be two 2-level AC coaches, 2 3-level AC coaches, 12-seater coaches, two 2nd general coaches and two baggage and brake coaches. READ later
As part of the Velankanni Church Festival, next weekly special trains will run between Nagercoil and Velankanni:

Railway No. 06037 Nagercoil Junction – Velankanni Weekly Special will leave Nagercoil at 1:20 PM. on Saturday and reached Velankanni at 23:40. on the same day from August 5 to September 30 (nine jobs).

Weekly special train of 06038 Velankanni – Nagercoil junction will depart Velankanni at 5:45 a.m. on Sunday and arrive at Nagercoil Junction at 4:45 p.m. on the same day from August 6 to October 1 (nine jobs). The route will stop at Valliyur, Tirunelveli, Kovilpatti, Sattur, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Nidamangalam, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam. The composition of the special train will be two 2-level AC coaches, 2 3-level AC coaches, 12-seater coaches, two 2nd general coaches and two baggage and brake coaches. Advance bookings for special trains will open on Friday.

Kanyakumari fishermen’s Boat is back ahead of the fishing ban.

Kanyakumari: Around 2,000 boats, including 900 deep-sea boats from the west coast of Kanyakumari district, have started returning to their ports after the annual fishing ban on the country’s west coast. starting on June 1st. The fishing ban, which is aimed at increasing the production of fish in the Arabian Sea, will last until July 31. While most of the boats will be anchored at Colachel port, the deep-sea boats owned by Thoothoor fishermen will be based at Thengapattinam, Kochi and Kollam ports in Kerala. “Most of the ships have returned and the remaining ships are expected to arrive on Wednesday.”

The fishermen during these two months stay at home and do different jobs while some of them see the market in the boats that are working from there. “About 150 of us are going on a pilgrimage to Velankanni church this season. It is to thank God for the good fishing last year and pray for a good fishing trip this season. fishing next.

பட்டியலினத்தவர் மற்றும் பழங்குடியினர் ஆகியோர்களுக்கான பிரத்யேக மானிய கடன் பெற மாவட்ட ஆட்சித்தலைவர் திரு.பி.என்.ஸ்ரீதர், இ.ஆ.ப., அவர்கள் அழைப்பு

District Collector Mr. P. N. Sreedhar, E.A.P., called for special subsidized loan for Scheduled Tribes and Tribes.

The ticket price of a boat ride from Kanyakumari to Vattakottai

A roundabout trip to the Vattakottai area and back to the jetty will cost one Rs 450 for air-conditioned seats and Rs 350 for regular seats. The entire boat ride would be for a distance of 6.5 nautical miles and subject to weather conditions, officials said. Each boat will make four to five trips a day.

Tourists visiting Kanyakumari can now have a 45-minute to an hour’s boat ride in the sea from the Poompuhar Shipping Corporation’s jetty other than the customary trip to Vivekananda Rock and Thiruvalluvar Statue. PWD minister E V Velu on Wednesday launched two such ferry services, Thiruvalluvar and Thamirabarani, from the jetty.

The boats would leave the jetty and sail through Chinnamuttom to the Vattakottai area from where the Vattakottai Fort on land could be spotted. The 18th-century fort was constructed by Travancore kings and remodified as a naval defense fort by Dutch captain Eustachius De Lennoy who was at the service of the kingdom.

A roundabout trip to the Vattakottai area and back to the jetty will cost one Rs 450 for air-conditioned seats and Rs 350 for regular seats. The entire boat ride would be for a distance of 6.5 nautical miles and subject to weather conditions, officials said. Each boat will make four to five trips a day.

Boat rides into the sea from Kanyakumari have been a long-pending demand of the local people. The tourism department bought these boats for Rs 8.24 crore and handed them over to Poompuhar Shipping Corporation in 2021. The number of boats at the jetty has now gone up to five with three of them catering to the trips to Vivekananda Rock and Thiruvalluvar Statue. While the Thamirabarani boat is fully air-conditioned with 75 seats, Thiruvalluvar has an air-conditioned cabin with 19 seats and 138 non-air-conditioned regular seats. Officials said that the corporation will plan further on increasing the rides and providing more amenities like an additional jetty based on the demand.

Thangaraj, he also launched the works of expanding the Vivekananda Rock jetty for 100 metres at Rs 10 crore. Work was also launched for laying a glass bridge between Thiruvalluvar Statue and Vivekananda Rock at a cost of Rs 37 crore. Kanyakumari collector P N Sridhar, Nagercoil mayor R Mahesh, Colachel MLA J G Prince, Killiyoor MLA S Rajeshkumar and officials were present at these events.

வட்டக்கோட்டை முதல் கன்னியாகுமரி வரை இரு சொகுசு படகுகள் இயக்க திட்டம் இன்று திறந்து வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

கன்னியாகுமரி வரும் சுற்றுலா பயணிகளை மகிழ்விக்கும் வகையில், வட்டக்கோட்டையில் இருந்து கன்னியாகுமரி சூரிய அஸ்தமன மையம் வரை இரு சொகுசு படகுகள்  இயக்கப்பட உள்ளன என, பூம்புகார் கப்பல் போக்குவரத்து கழக தலைவர் சிவசண்முகராஜா தெரிவித்தார்.

கன்னியாகுமரியில் பூம்புகார் கப்பல் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் சார்பில் விவேகானந்தா, குகன், பொதிகை ஆகிய 3 படகுகள் மூலம் சுற்றுலா பயணிகள் விவேகானந்தர் பாறை, திருவள்ளுவர் சிலை ஆகியவற்றை பார்வையிட்டு வருகின்றனர். சுற்றுலா பயணிகளின் முதன்மையான பொழுதுபோக்கு அம்சமாக படகு சேவை இருப்பதால், கடந்த 2019-ம் ஆண்டு குளுகுளு வசதிகளுடன் கூடிய திருவள்ளுவர், தாமிரபரணி ஆகிய இரு அதிநவீன சொகுசு படகுகள் வாங்கப்பட்டு படகு சேவைக்கு தயாரானது.

ஆனால், இவை பெரிய படகுகள் என்பதால் கன்னியாகுமரி பூம்புகார் கப்பல் போக்குவரத்து கழக படகு இல்லம் மற்றும்விவேகானந்தர் பாறை, திருவள்ளுவர் சிலை பாறையில் பயணிகளை ஏற்றி இறக்குவதற்கான வசதிகள் இல்லை. இதைத்தொடர்ந்து சில நாட்கள் மட்டும் சவாரி மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட நவீன படகுகள் இரண்டும் படகு தளத்திலேயே நிறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இந்த இரு சொகுசு படகுகளை சுற்றுலா பயணிகளுக்கு பயனுள்ள வகையில் இயக்குவது தொடர்பான கலந்தாய்வுக் கூட்டம் மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் மா.அரவிந்த் தலைமையில் நடைபெற்றது. கூட்டத்துக்குப் பின், பூம்புகார் கப்பல் போக்குவரத்து கழக தலைவர் சிவசண்முகராஜா கூறியதாவது: புதிதாக வாங்கப்பட்ட இரு சொகுசு படகுகளையும் இயக்க புதிய திட்டம் வகுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இதன்படி, கன்னியாகுமரி பூம்புகார் படகு தளத்தில் சுற்றுலா பயணிகளை ஏற்றிக்கொண்டு இவ்விரு படகுகளும் புறப்படும். வட்டக்கோட்டை, விவேகானந்தர் பாறை, திருவள்ளுவர் சிலை, சன் செட் பாயின்ட் ஆகிய இடங்கள் வழியாக மீண்டும் படகு தளத்தை படகுகள் அடையும். சுற்றுலா பயணிகள் எங்கும் இறங்க அனுமதி இல்லை. படகில் இருந்தபடியே இவ்விடங்களைக் கண்டு களிக்கலாம்.

 

 

Kumari collector interacts with Kani tribal students at Collectorate

Students, who belong to the Kani tribal community, had a different day out when they met Kaniyakumari Collector on Monday.

Collector PN Sridhar interacted with the secondary and higher secondary students and probed them on what they would like to pursue in higher education.

“The state in its endeavour to uplift the tribal community is extending several welfare measures to ensure that higher education is accessible for them,” the Collector said.

Students on their part spoke about establishing basic facilities such as road infrastructure, electricity supply and toilets in the tribal hamlets, apart from their main interest of education.

The Collector while responding to their demands said the district administration had already developed solar electricity generators in four villages with no electricity.

Mega clean beach organized at Manakkudi Beach

A coastal clean-up exercise was held at Manakkudi near Nagercoil on Sunday to mark India’s election of the G20 president.

Called “My Beach, My Pride”, the exercise was initiated by the Minister of Dairy Development. Mano Thangaraj.

Students from various schools and colleges and volunteers collected and removed several hundred kilograms of discarded waste such as non-biodegradable plastic products and fishing nets. The minister called on the public and tourists visiting the area not to use single-use plastic products. He said, “If you bring non-perishable products into the area, place them carefully in the separate blogs set up for that purpose.” Many environmentally friendly products made from palm and fiber, such as hats, bags, purses, baskets and wallets, are displayed to encourage the public to use them.

Collector P.N. Sridhar, Superintendent of Police Hari Kiran Prasad, District Forest Officer Ilaiyaraja also participated in the river cleaning exercise.

Photo Credit:  jerin_abinow

Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal Temple

About the Temple

Suchindram is a small village community in the Kannyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state but is an important site of pilgrimage in the sense that it is the only place in India where the trinities of Indian mythology (Brahma, Vishnu and Ishvara) are worshipped together. Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal Temple is one of such rare temples and even its name consists of three elements: “Sthanu” is a name of Shiva, “Mal” stands for Vishnu and “Ayan” is for Brahma.

Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal TempleHistory of Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal Temple

Like any other Hindu temple in India, this one has got some famous legends related to its history. Each of the legends is unique and extremely interesting. The most interesting legend is about a sage called Atri and his wife Anasuya who was widely known to be extremely devoted to her husband. It was believed that she could perform miracles using the water she washed her husband’s feet (‘paatha theertham).

Goddesses Saraswati, Laxmi and Parvati through sage Narada found out about this unique power of Anasuya and decided to test her powers because they became a bit of jealous of Atri’s wife. Narada told them that Anasuya was the best example of a devoted wife in the world. So Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu were asked to test Anasuya by their wives. They appeared in Atri’s ashram in the form of old Bhramins to beg for alms. When the woman was ready to serve them food, they told her that they had taken a vow not to accept served food from any who is dressed! At first She was very embarrassed and confused, then she prayed and sprinkled water on them turning them into babies! She managed to feed them according to their vow. Three goddesses were worried because of a long absence of their husbands and came to Anasuya who used her power again and the babies turned back into Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma. Once they disappeared in that very place three Svayambulingas sprouted at the foot of a laurel tree. The most amazing this is that this laurel tree and the lingas are still there!

Speciality of the Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal Temple

The main speciality of Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal Temple is its art and sculptures. In one of the adjacent to a corridor there are several big pillars formed just from one stone! Two of these pillars form a group of small ones. And this small pillars are known to be so called musical pillars which are really famous. Unfortunately at the moment no one can tap on the pillar to hear the music – iron grills were placed around them to prevent vandalism. One more interesting things about this temple is that outside there is a huge figure of Hanuman. It reached up to 17 feet high!

Festivals of Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal Temple

As per festivals celebrated in this temple, there are few of course, for example, in December/January there is one called Markazhi and in April/May there is one more named Chiththirai. During the first one the deities are taken out from the temple in a colourful procession around the streets.

Suchindram Thanumalayan Perumal Temple’s Visitation Time

The best time to visit Suchindram Temple is certainly during the festive seasons especially in December when the festival goes on for a number of days and the weather is not that hot. Of course anyone can visit the temple any day but keep in mind that there is a daily pooja schedule and daily worship timetable (4 AM – 12 PM and 5 PM – 8.30 PM).

Suchindram Temple Dress Code

Below general statement as per high court order [Men should wear a “dhoti or pyjama with upper cloth or formal pants and shirts” to temples and women should wear “a sari or a half sari or churidhar with upper cloth.” Children could wear “any fully covered dress.”]

Requesting all the tourist to abide the dress code rules to avoid disappointment.

Suchindram Temple Phone Number

You can contact the temple using this number 04652 241 421

Suchindram Temple Address

Kanniyakumari District, Suchindram, Tamil Nadu 629704

Kanyakumari District Thoppavilai Muthumariamman Temple Art Gallery Foundation Laying Ceremony

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