The entire team was in an upbeat mood and they decided to go to Kanyakumari to catch the sunset. We set off in the team bus after lunch and reached Kanyakumari by about 4. The sky was cloudy and it was raining. Everyone went their separate directions and were asked to report back by 6 pm. Jyo and I rushed off to the Saravana Bhavan restaurant for a coffee with Chatterjee and Subhash and others. Chattu and gang went to get the last boat to the Vivekananda Rock while Jyo and i decided to shed our inhibitions and shirts and actually enter the Bhagawati Kumari Amman temple which is supposed to have a lovely idol.
So in we went clutching our shirts and had a darshan of the Bhagwati Amman deity or Devi Kanyakumari. The deity is Mahadevi in the form of an adolescent girl - the Goddess of virginity and penance - her story being mentioned in the Ramayana apparently. It is one of the 52 Shakti peethas. The temple follows the similar pattern - long corridors (however not as long as the others), not painted, many pillars and musical pillars which give the sound of veena, mridangam, flute and jal tarang. Quite amazing actually.
Lot of North Indians again in the visitors including many from Rajasthan. Jyo and I went behind the temple after taking a picture by a local photographer who did a bad job and charged us 200 bucks. We walked down to the place behind the temple which is where the three seas meet - Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea - Triveni sangamam. This time I wet my feet in the water - the sea is very rough and there is no beach here. Some pools were made artificially and many people dipped in it fully. Vendors were busy selling corn, samosas, tea and stuff.
We walked back to Saravan Bhavan to have coffee and a snack when Chattu and gang returned from the Vivekananda Rock. We showed them the southern most point of India and then we walked back towards the place where the bus was to pick us up. The sunset time was over and the clouds never parted. The boys went to a place called Sunset viewing point which we somehow missed.
We walked back to the bus - which turned out to be a long walk - passing by many lovely hotels ad resorts which had a great view of the sea, the sunrises and sunsets. Back at the hotel by dinner time and day well spent.
I was planning on a day trip to Madurai - which was about 3 hours away. Maybe tomorrow!
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