VIVEKANANDA ROCK MEMORIAL, KANYAKUMARI, TAMIL NADU

Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a popular tourist monument in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India. The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters east off mainland of Vavathurai, India's southernmost tip. Swami Vivekananda has said that even after he laid down his body, he would continue to work and inspire generations to come to carry on his unfinished work.We see it still happing. Swamiji does it in innumerable ways. The magnificent Vivekananda Rock Memorial at Kanyakumari is one such undying source of inspiration. The Vivekananda Memorial, as it stands today, is a memorial to Swamiji as to Shri Ekanthji Ranade whose devotion to the work he had undertaken was inspired not by mere faith but by intellectual conviction. Inaugurating the Rock Memorial on September 2, 1970, the President of India Shri VV Giri called upon fellow Indians to rise to the call of the nation.

TIMING
Daily 0700 Hrs to 1700 Hrs

GETTING THERE
Kanyakumari is connected by bus with major south Indian cities and by rail with several Indian cities while the nearest airport is at Trivandrum (67 KM). One can avail ferry service from Kanyakumari to reach Vivekananda Rock.

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