Thovalai flower marketThovalai
Jasmine, chrysanthemum and garland flowers, sold wholesale before dawn
Supplies temples and weddings on both sides of the Ghats. Prices are called by weight and change by the hour; by nine in the morning it is an empty shed.
The Nagercoil temple-jewellery workshopsNagercoil
Stone-set temple jewellery for dancers and for deities
Small family units working to order rather than a shopping street. The craft carries a geographical indication registered in 2007–08, so ask for the mark.
Chinnamuttom and Colachel fish landingsKanyakumari and Colachel
Seer, tuna, sardine and estuary crab straight off the boat
The boats come in through the morning. Buying at the landing rather than the market is the difference between fish caught last night and fish caught the night before.
The Marthandam rubber and honey marketMarthandam
Smallholder rubber sheet, and honey from the Ghats slope
The collection point for the whole midland's rubber. Marthandam has a long-standing reputation for honey, which is worth buying here and expensive everywhere else.
The spice traders of KuzhithuraiKuzhithurai
Clove, nutmeg, mace and pepper from the slope gardens
Kanniyakumari clove carries a geographical indication registered in 2021–22. Whole closed buds that rattle when dry are the ones to take.
Vivekananda Kendra, KanyakumariKanyakumariसे 1972
Books and publications on the memorial and its background
The Kendra runs the memorial complex and its own publishing and rural-development work from the same campus.