Tsunami Memorial Park
Seafront monument in Kanyakumari town commemorating the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which struck this coastline hard. This heritage guide is organized from Kanniyakumari in Kanniyakumari district, with practical planning for routes, timing, nearby stays, food, operators and direct local inventory. Use it to compare what to see, how long to spend, when to go and which heritage stays, local guides, restaurants, shops, wellness options, transport and visitor services should be verified around Tsunami Memorial Park.
Plan Tsunami Memorial Park
Tsunami Memorial Park is planned from Kanniyakumari, one of the travel bases in Kanniyakumari district. Use Kanniyakumari for stays, food and local transport, then plan this place as a focused stop.
How to visit
- Base yourself in Kanniyakumari or nearby in Kanniyakumari, then confirm the last-mile route locally before travel.
- If access depends on temple, museum or seasonal rules, check on the day before you go.
Best time
October to March is the cooler, drier season in the Cauvery delta.
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Stays, food & things to do near Tsunami Memorial Park
Verified hotels, homestays, restaurants, experiences, sights, shops and rentals around Tsunami Memorial Park — commission-free, with direct contact. Filter by what you need.
13 places to stay near Tsunami Memorial Park
A sea-facing hotel on East Car Street, a few steps from the shore. It calls itself a budget two-star house rather than a resort.
Hotel at East Car Road, Kanyakumari. Its own site heads its front page “Hotel Maadhini | Kanyakumari”.
Hotel at 6/81-B, Kovalam Road. Its own site heads its front page “Hotel Sunworld - Best Luxury sea facing Hotel in Kanyakumari for comfortable stay”.
Hotel at 6-68k, Anju Kattu Vilai Road. Its own record says it keeps no closing hour.
Hotel at East Car Street, Near Seashore. Its own site heads its front page “Hotels in Kanyakumari | The Gopinivas Grand”.
A hotel on North Car Street with sea-view balconies and a front desk that runs all night. Its own site puts it three hundred metres from the beach.
A hotel on East Car Street publishing four separate telephone lines, two of them landlines. It sits in the same row as several of the older Kanyakumari houses.
A hotel at the beach end of East Car Street. Its room list runs from singles to four- and eight-bedded family rooms.
A sea-side hotel publishing two mobile lines and an 04652 landline. It takes its name from the three seas that meet at the cape.
A hotel in Kanyakumari taking bookings on an 04652 landline and a mobile. No street address is published on its own site.
A Kanyakumari hotel reachable on two 04652 landlines. It publishes no mobile number and no street address of its own.
A Kanyakumari hotel with two mobile lines and a landline published. Its own site gives no street address.
A Kanyakumari hotel giving one mobile line and one 04652 landline. No street address appears on its own site.
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The best of Kanniyakumari, ranked
Tsunami Memorial Park sits in Kanniyakumari, and these rank everything verified across the town rather than this one spot — built from the same listings shown above, ordered by the strength of the source evidence behind each entry rather than by anyone's star score. Every card shows how many places are really on it. Nobody pays to appear.
Across the whole of Kanniyakumari
Top experiences around Kanniyakumari
9 more places around Kanniyakumari, each worth a day of its own.
490 m · 6 min walk
Rock memorial built in 1970 on an offshore islet where Swami Vivekananda is said to have meditated in 1892. Reached by a short ferry ride from the mainland jetty.
340 m · 4 min walk
133-foot stone statue of the Tamil poet-philosopher Thiruvalluvar standing on an islet next to the Vivekananda Rock, unveiled in 2000.
60 m · 1 min walk
Ancient shrine to Goddess Kanyakumari (Kumari Amman), one of the 108 Shakti Peethas, standing right at the shore and giving the town its name.
110 m · 1 min walk
Memorial built where Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were kept before immersion at the tri-sea confluence; designed so sunlight strikes the memorial spot on his birthday, 2 October.
220 m · 3 min walk
India's southernmost tip and the only place in the country to view both sunrise and sunset over the sea, at the meeting point of the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.
5.4 km · ~14 min by auto
18th-century granite seaside fort ('circular fort') built by the Travancore army, with ramparts extending toward the sea and coastal views.
770 m · 10 min walk
Prominent Gothic-style Catholic church on the Kanyakumari seafront, its striped exterior a local landmark dating back to the colonial era.
530 m · 7 min walk
British-era lighthouse near the shore offering panoramic views of the tri-sea confluence and the offshore memorials from its viewing gallery.
540 m · 7 min walk
Elevated viewing platform in Kanyakumari town giving panoramic views of the offshore memorials, temple, and coastline below.
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Entry: Free (indicative — confirm on site).
How to reach Tsunami Memorial Park
On the seafront in Kanyakumari town, near Gandhi Mandapam. Nearest railway: Kanyakumari (CAPE), ~1 km. Nearest airport: Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), ~85 km.
We have not assessed physical access at this place yet. Across India, step-free routes, handrails and accessible toilets are the exception rather than the rule, and pavements are often interrupted — if step-free access matters to you, contact the site or a local operator before committing to the trip.
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Where Tsunami Memorial Park is
Tsunami Memorial Park — frequently asked
When is the best time to visit Tsunami Memorial Park?
October to March is the cooler, drier season in the Cauvery delta.
What are the entry fee and timings at Tsunami Memorial Park?
Entry: Free (indicative — confirm on site).. Timings: Open daylight hours, roughly 7:00 AM–7:00 PM (indicative — confirm on site).
How do I reach Tsunami Memorial Park?
Base yourself in Kanniyakumari or nearby in Kanniyakumari, then confirm the last-mile route locally before travel. If access depends on temple, museum or seasonal rules, check on the day before you go.
How much time do I need for Tsunami Memorial Park?
About an hour.
What else is near Tsunami Memorial Park?
Nearby you can pair Kanyakumari Bhagavathy Amman Temple (60 m), Gandhi Memorial Mandapam (110 m), Kanyakumari sunrise/sunset point (220 m), Thiruvalluvar Statue (340 m).
Tsunami Memorial Park guides, stories & itineraries
We have not published a story about Tsunami Memorial Park itself yet. These cover Kanniyakumari, the town it sits in, and the wider district.
Around Kanniyakumari
Tsunami Memorial Park sits in Kanniyakumari, so these cover the streets, buildings and surroundings around it.
In-depth guides to Kanniyakumari
Written about Kanniyakumari as a whole rather than about Tsunami Memorial Park — its history, its streets, and how to spend a day in it.
Photographs: gayathri g a (CC BY-SA 4.0), Indiancorrector at English Wikipedia (Public domain). Wikimedia Commons.
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- Tsunami Memorial Park:gayathri g a · CC BY-SA 4.0