Vivekananda Rock Memorial

Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a monument and popular tourist attraction in , 's southernmost tip. The memorial stands on one of the two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland of Vavathurai, .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Monument in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India
  • Also known as: “Rock amidst sea where Swami Vivekananda meditated”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kanniyakumari Terminus railway station and Thiruvalluvar Statue.

Railway station
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Kanniyakumari railway station, is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway terminus of the Indian Railways serving the coastal town of in the state of .

Work of art
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The , or Valluvar Statue, is a 40.6-metre-tall stone sculpture of Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, known as Thiruvalluvar, the author of the Thirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on morality.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanyakumari and Agastheeswaram.

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or Kanniyakumari is a town on the southernmost tip of the mainland of , in the state of . It is also known as Cape Comorin.

Village
is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the state of .

Village
is a village located in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of . the word origin from Malayalam/Tamil meaning Palace. So means not only a village but also a Palace because 18th & the beginning of the 19th century village was ruled by Travancore Maharajas and they have constructed Guest Houses for them.

Vivekananda Rock Memorial

Latitude
8.0783° or 8° 4′ 42″ north
Longitude
77.555° or 77° 33′ 18″ east
Open location code
6JWV3HH3+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1053621702
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Wiki­data ID
Q3344887
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Thai—“Vivekananda Rock Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Vivekananda Rock Memorial”
  • Bavarian: “Vivekananda-Felsendnkmoi”
  • Bengali: “Vivekananda Rock Memorial”
  • Bengali: “বিবেকানন্দ রক মেমোরিয়াল”
  • French: “mémorial du rocher de Vivekananda”
  • French: “Mémorial du rocher de Vivekananda”
  • French: “Vivekananda Rock Memorial”
  • German: “Vivekananda Rock Memorial”
  • German: “Vivekananda-Felsendenkmal”
  • Gujarati: “Vivekananda Rock Memorial”
  • Gujarati: “વિવેકાનંદ રોક મેમોરિયલ”
  • Hindi: “विवेकानन्द शिला स्मारक”
  • Hindi: “विवेकानन्द स्मारक शिला”
  • Japanese: “ヴィヴェーカーナンダ・ロック記念寺”
  • Kannada: “ವಿವೇಕಾನಂದ ಶಿಲಾಸ್ಮಾರಕ”
  • Malayalam: “Vivekananda Rock”
  • Malayalam: “വിവേകാനന്ദപ്പാറ”
  • Marathi: “विवेकानंद शिलास्मारक”
  • Marathi: “विवेकानंद स्मारक”
  • Oriya: “ବିବେକାନନ୍ଦ ରକ ମେମୋରିଆଲ”
  • Oriya: “ବିବେକାନନ୍ଦ ଶିଳା ସ୍ମାରକ”
  • Panjabi: “Vivekananda Rock Memorial”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਵੇਕਾਨੰਦ ਸਮਾਰਕ”
  • Tamil: “Vivekananda Rock Memorial”
  • Tamil: “விவேகானந்தர் நினைவு மண்டபம்”
  • Telugu: “వివేకానంద రాక్ మెమోరియల్”
  • Thai: “อนุสรณ์สถานหินวิเวกานันท์”

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Notable Places Nearby

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