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15-FEB-2004 ¹ ² ³ oochappan ©®

Sunrise

Finally Kanyakumari, the southern tip of India, meeting three seas: the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian sea. In front lies Sri Lanka.

I got up very early to get this shot at 5:37 in the morning and by the look I was not alone to do the Surey Namaskar or the greeting of the sun.
Here a view over the fisherman-bay and the pier from where you take a boot to go this two islands in the sea. One island is dedicated to Swami Vivekananda, who meditated here in 1892 before setting out to America to spread a message of social justice. And next to it you find the huge statue of 41 meters high of Thiruvalluvar, the honoured Tamil poet, who 2000 years ago created Tirukkural, a great masterpiece of 1330 verses dealing with virtue, wealth, love, envy..... It has been a code of living, a bible, for many South Indians.

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fakru 19-Nov-2011 08:52
beautiful
Guest 11-Jul-2007 21:19
BRAVO !!!!!!!!
what an astounding shot !
amazing amazing frame ! beautiful colors.. dull but still very convincing !
and the description is very elaborate, very correct !
kudos mate !
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