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ADDENDUM:-
1.The Goddess did tapas, to wed Siva of Sucheendram. The Lord too accede to her request. All preparations for the marriage were in full swing. At the auspicious hour, the groom did not turn up. The disappointed Goddess, became a stone image and the preparations the sand grains. This accounts for the various kinds of colorful sand!
2. KANYA KUMARI & Ramayana:_
Rama reached Kanya kumari while going in quest of Sita. Devi appeared before him and directed him to go to Rameswaram.
Rama viewed the southern sea from Mahendragiri, a peak of the western ghats, says Valmiki Ramayana (Yuddha kanda). Reghuvamsa of Kalidasa (canto xiii, sloka 2, chapter 5, line 37) describes the view of the sethu stretching up to the Malaya mountain. It is belived that Rama’s sethu commenced from Kanyakumari and embraced Danushkodi. Manimekhalai says that vanara’s built the bridge from kanyakumari (WHICH was nearer then) to Kanya Kumri.
3. kanya kumari inscriptions:-
East wall of the first prakara of the temple:
Tamil alphabet, of the 12/13 century, resembles that of the Kulothunga cholan I.
The record refers to the 9th year of the reign of the Paranthaka Pandyan. It begins with the historical introduction and the kings reforms, like the checking of the inroads of the sea. The king of kupakas offered his daughter in marriage to Paranthaka Pandyan. The king fought a battle at Vizhinjam, now in Trivandrum, and annexed it. The vessels (?) of the kandalur where destroyed. (Kandalur-It is identified as Kanthalur salai where an University akin to Nalanda and Taxila functioned). The weights and measures were in an unsatisfactory condition, and he introduced the system of carps-they were stamped with the royal totem.He donated golden lamps to the temple of ANATHASAYANAM that is Sree Padmanabha, in Trivandrum and granted the village of Tayanallur for their up keep. He dedicated another village, Purattaynadu to Goddess Kanyakumari to feed those who attended the annual function.