Pradakshinam

For the traveller in the post-Covid days, getting caught in the surging, suffocating crowds at Kanyakumari is a virtual certainty any day of the week. Once a peaceful holiday destination, today's Kanyakumari smothers the traveller with milling crowds on the edge of a stampede. But despair not if you yearn for a peaceful getaway. The newly opened Tirupati Venkateswara Temple at Kanyakumari offers a haven of peace and spirituality, and that too just a stone's throw from the jostling crowds of the popular tourist destination. The temple is hardly 2 km plus from the Kanyakumari Railway Station and is adjacent to the sprawling  Vivekananda Kendra campus on the beach. In fact, the temple stands on 5.5 acres of land graciously donated by the Vivekananda Kendra. As most of us know, Tirupati Venkateswara Temple, more popularly known as the Tirupati Balaji Temple,  is a historical temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located on the Tirumala Hills in the Chittoor District in Andhara Pradesh. ...