Hai i m from Nagercoil and it comes under the kanyakumari district ...
This district is the ending point of india and one of the sacred places in the country of crore gods..Here at the seas of this district stand the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar statue and the Vivekanandar memorial in a rock along the shore of the coastline..
This district has channel for passing water and it is called "Mathur Thotti palam" and this bridge is the highest bridge in ASIA.
My district has been blessed by tropical climate,with seas,ponds and coconut grooves,lushfull paddy fields,rivulets and hills all around and is one of the wettest places in the Tamil Nadu and u would never luv to leave it...
It ranks with the highest literacy rates in Tamil Nadu.It has a large majority of christian population..This district has been saved from the hands of the casteist nairs of kerala by the freedom fighter Marshal Nesamony..This district has a dominant Nadar caste population who are known for their hard work they put around in the places whereever they go..
This land of Kanyakumari district has 5 dams,a natural harbour at Colachel, and a hydel power station at Lower Kodayar,a large windfarm at Aralvaimozhi and a quite a large number of falls...
Kanyakumari is the place, the only place in india where the three seas confluence and where the entire sunrise and the sunset can be seen in a splendid manner.
This land is also called CAPE COMORIN.
This district also has a importance in the Indian history and it seems to be a forgotten history.The history is that this is the place where the first attack of the Europeans has taken place under a Dutch captain.The war name is called the "Battle of Colachel".The Indians won the battle under Vellupillai of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom and the Dutch captain later became a war specialist under the King of the Travancore Kingdom.The grave of the Dutch man still lives in the "Udayagiri Fort" near "Thuckaly" which is around 15mins drive from Nagercoil. The native occupation of this district being fishing,agriculture.Now in the modern world the guys from this district has reached the helm of many corporations..
The district has a new arrival of people from all part of india and the native people by their hard work have spread all around the world..
This posting may hurt the feelings of someone but the truth cannot be hid.....
-Vimalan-