Kanyakumari,
The southernmost tip of the Indian mainland
It boasts of a small beach with some rocks
The curves in the map are real down there
A rare beach to have both sunrise and sunset
We stayed overnight to see the first rays
In the pitch darkness, we went to the beach
Stood among the patient crowd to get the best view
On a distant horizon, the sun rose from the sea
Splitting the darkness with bright light
With a tinge of orange shade clouds
It revealed the beauty of the beach unlike under lights
The sun slowly moved towards the Vivekananda rocks
And then placed itself aside the Thiruvalluvar statue
A rock-based pathway towards the sea emerged
Parallel to the Vivekananda rocks
We slowly walked through it to the end
We sat on the rocks and saw the sun moving away
Then looked at the beach from meters inside the sea
It was magical with the sea on both sides
It was scary, but it was memorable
As the images of the Tsunami
That lashed there in 2004
Was still fresh in the mind
As the dawn bloomed
Boats started taking visitors
To the Vivekananda rocks
We rather enjoyed the Vivekananda rocks
From the rock pathway, as we walked back to the beach
The comments on Twitter, about the best beaches, as part of a question related to my poem The Last Sunset gave me the inspiration to write about the sunrise I saw at Kanyakumari Beach. This is the southernmost tip of India, if you check the map. Both the sunrise and sunset here are beautiful. The images are taken from Shutterstock and Wikimedia Commons.
1 comment:
You reminded me of the time when I went to Kanyakumari with my family a long years ago. You paint a beautiful and apt scenery of Kanyakumari. I felt as if I am really standing there with other tourists watching the sunrise and the sunset.
Sometimes words capture a better picture then a high resolution camera. 🙂👌
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