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Selling Sea shell by the sea shore,Sea shell been sold on the Muttam beach at Kanyakumari. Kanyakumari , formerly known as Cape Comorin, is a town in Kanyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Kanyakumari lies at the southernmost tip of mainland India (the southernmost tip of India as a whole being Indira Gandhi Point in Andaman and Nicobar Islands). The nearest major city is Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, 22 km away. Kanyakumari was one of the important towns of the ancient Tamilakam (Sangam period),and is now a popular tourist destination. Kanya Kumari is mainly famous for pilgrimage and tourism. The place is a unique geographical location in India as it is the tip of the peninsula. It is the point of convergence of three seas, The Lak