How to Reach
The statue is just 400 metres away from the shores of
Kanyakumari and one can reach the statue with the help of the ferry service
available there. The ferry service to the Vivekananda Rock Memorial stops
a while at the Thiruvalluvar rock. Poompuhar Shipping Corporation operates
frequent ferry services from the shore to the rock memorial at regular
intervals.
Air: The nearest airport is at Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram),
86 kms away, with regular flights to Bangalore,
Mumbai,
Cochin,
Delhi,
Goa, and Chennai.
Rail: Kanyakumari railway station on broad gauge
line is situated at a distance of 1km from the port and is connected to
Trivandrum. Tirunelvelli (83 km) is the other nearest railway junction.
Road: Kanyakumari is connected by road
to Nagarcoil ( 19 kms),
Trivandrum (86 km), Tirunelvelli (83 km), Tiruchendur (95 km),
Tuticorin (129 km), Rameshwaram (300 km), Courtallam (130 km), Tenkasi
(138 km), Madurai (242 km), Thekkady (358 km), Kodaikanal (362 km), Ootacamund
(576 km), Chennai (679 km), Cochin
(309 km) and Coimbatore (478 km).
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