Chamundeeswari Temple, Marthandam, Kanyakumari
Chamundeeswari
Temple is a Hindu temple located at Marthandam Town in Kanyakumari District of
Tamilnadu. Chamundeeswari Temple is just adjacent to the Mahadevar temple.
Though the temples are under Devaswam board, the temples are maintained by a
best trust called Kuzhithurai Sree Mahadevar Shektra Samrakshna Samithi; with
the help of devotees of this surrounding area the committee has spent a huge
amount for the renovation of the temples.
A large
number of devotees from Kanyakumari and Trivandrum District visit Chamundeeswari
Temple for special poojas, especially unmarried girls for a good marriage life.
Marthandam may have gotten its name from the ruler of Travancore, Marthanda Varma.
Marthandam is located at about 4 Kms from Kuzhithurai, 27 Kms from Nagercoil,
48 Kms from Kanyakumari, 7 Kms from Thiruvattaru, 14 Kms from Thuckalay and 46
Kms from Thiruvananthapuram.
Marthandam
lies on the National Highway connecting the city of Trivandrum and Nagercoil. A
bus stand is also located in Marthandam near the Market Road. Marthandam has a
railway line connecting the capital of Kerala, Trivandrum, with the southernmost tip of India, Kanyakumari. Kuzhithurai station is found to be centered between
Trivandrum — Kanyakumari railway route. Most of all daily trains passing
through this route halts in Kuzhithurai station. Marthandam is well connected
to Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore by rail service also bus service to all over
Tamilnadu. Nearest Airport is located at Thiruvananthapuram.