Karungal

Karungal is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari locale in the Indian territory of Tamil Nadu. Karungal is the limited name of this town from "Karingai" which was again gotten from "Tharum kai". Tharumkai Bhagavathy Amman sanctuary is an extremely antiquated sanctuary arranged in Karungal on the roadside of Karungal-Chellamkonam street. Initially Tharumgai Bhagavathy Amman Temple was arranged on the highest point of Karingai Malai, a hillock arranged close Karingai. Still they can see hints of stone chunks and building materials of this old sanctuary on the highest point of Karingaimalai.

Legend has it that at the appointed time of time, because of trouble for an old matured ladies to have dharshan of Bhagavathy at best of Karingaimalai, Tharungai Bhagavathy plummeted and settled in the plain close Karungal town. Karungal is the dominating town in Killiyoor, the 234th electorate of Tamil Nadu. After Marthandam, it is the following surely understood town, and it traverses a territory of more than 19 square kilometers. Keezhkulam is arranged in the southwest, Paliyadi in the upper east, Thiruvithamcode in the east and Thikkanamcode in the southeast.