<Tr> <Th> Vehicle registration </Th> <Td> TN 74 & TN 75 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.kanyakumari.tn.nic.in </Td> </Tr> <P> Kanyakumari (pronunciation (help info)) is a town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India . The name comes from the Devi Kanya Kumari Temple in the region, in Tamil it is pronounced as' Kan - niya - kumari' . It is the southernmost tip of peninsular India, and is surrounded on three sides by the Laccadive Sea. Kanyakumari town is the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range . The nearest town is Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, 22 km (14 mi) away . Kanyakumari has been a town since Sangam period and is a popular tourist destination . </P> <P> Ptolemy's geography describes commercial relations between western India and Alexandria, the chief eastern emporium of the Roman Empire . He identified Kanyakumari along with the Gulf of Mannar as a center for pearl fishery . He also identifies Korkai (assumed to be the present day's Tuticorin), a place to the east of Kanyakumari, as an emporium of pearl trade . </P>

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