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Village in Tamil Nadu, India

Kinnikannanvilai

Kinnikannanvilai is a village on the west coast of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, flanked by Muhilankudieruppu in the south and Kovilvilai in the north.

The place

Kinnikannanvilai is a village on the west coast of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, flanked by Muhilankudieruppu in the south and Kovilvilai in the north. Kinnikannanvilai is bound by Puviyoor in the east and Arabian Sea in the west. The village is connected with Kanyakumari Bus Terminus (4 km) and Nagercoil town (16 km) by road. The nearest city is Thiruvananthapuram. The holy capitals, Swamithope and Suchindrum are 4 km (2.5 mi) and 7 km (4.3 mi) away from Kinnikannanvilai respectively.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kinnikannanvilai

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Vivekananda Rock Memorial

    Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a monument and popular tourist attraction in Kanyakumari, India's southernmost tip. The memorial stands on one of the two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland of Vavathurai, Tamil Nadu.

    2.9 km · Monument in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Thiruvalluvar Statue

    The Thiruvalluvar Statue, 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. It is atop a small island near the town of Kanniyakumari on the southernmost point of the Indian peninsula in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, where the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean meet.

    2.8 km · stone sculpture of the Tamil philosopher-poet Valluvar; in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Vattakottai Fort

    Vattakottai Fort is a seaside fort near Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, at the southern tip of India. It was built in the 18th century as a coastal defence fortification and barracks in the former Travancore kingdom.

    3.9 km · historic site in Kanyakumari, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Arockiya Nathar Church, Vavathurai

    St. Arockiya Nathar Church, Vavathurai is a Catholic church located in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India.

    2.3 km · church building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple

    Agastheeswaram Agastheeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Vadugan Patru in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva.

    2.2 km · Hindu temple · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Our Lady of Ransom Church, Kanyakumari

    Our Lady of Ransom Church is a Catholic church located at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.

    2 km · church in Kanyakumari, India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kinnikannanvilai

Airports
Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 80 km · Cochin (COK), 260 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 278 km
Stations
Kanniyakumari railway station, 1.3 km
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Kinnikannanvilai
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Kochi → Kinnikannanvilai
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Tiruchirappalli → Kinnikannanvilai
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kinnikannanvilai

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kinnikannanvilai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundAuto-rickshaws (tuk tuks) are available, along with buses.

From Wikivoyage: Kanyakumari, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    155 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    164 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    220 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    234 km
  5. 05
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    239 km

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