Kanyakumari Temple | Bhagavathi Amman Temple

The Goddess standing as a young charming girl in her penance, with a rosary in her right hand is believed to be the one who removes the rigidity of our mind. Devotees usually feel the tears in their eyes or even inside their mind when they pray to the goddess in devotion and contemplation.

Nose ring of Devi Kanyakumari

She wears a sparkling nose jewel sheds lustrous radiance. The nose ring of Devi Kanyakumari is set with rubies. They are so bright and that it could be seen even from the far at night. Also it is told that some ships sailing in the sea, mistaking the brightness of the rubies as the light from the Lighthouse, got wrecked, hitting against the rocks nearby. Due to this reason, the eastern side gate of the Kumari Amman Temple is kept closed.

Devi Kanyakumari Temple as a Shakti Peeth

Kanyakumari Temple is regarded as one of the 51 Shakti Peeth. The mythological story of Daksha yaga is considered to be the origin story of Shakti Peethas.

Shakti Peetha means the peetha (abode) of Shakti (The divine place enshrined by Mother Goddess), due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it in sorrow. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit and the fact that the corpse of Goddess Sati was scattered into 51 parts throughout the Indian subcontinent. The goddess’s back is said to have fallen in Kanyakumari. The Kalabhairava of the temple is called Nimish and the Shakti is addressed as Sarvani.