Kumarakoil or Kumarakovil is a small village located in the
Kanyakumari district
Kanniyakumari district is one of the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu state and the southernmost district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also the richest district in Tamil Nad ...
in
Tamil Nadu
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,
India
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. It is the site of an important
Murugan
Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesha ...
temple of the same name.
Kumarakoil can be reached by road from
Nagercoil
Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...
(15 km), Thuckalay (3 km) and
Trivandrum
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
(45 km). The area's landscape is characterised by paddy fields, banana gardens, and coconut trees, with mountains visible in the distance.
Education
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Noorul Islam College of Arts and Science
About Noorul Islam College
Noorul Islam College of Arts and Science is an offspring of Noorul Islam Trust. A. P. Majeed Khan, a philanthropist is the founder chairman of the trust. The trust has to its credit a few technical and educational i ...
References
External links
* http://murugan.org/temples/kumarakoil.htm
* http://www.nanjilonline.com/tourism/kumarakovil.asp
* http://murugan.org/centers/ramji_ashram.htm
Villages in Kanyakumari district
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