
DAILY PHOTO: Vivekananda Rock Memorial



While not the southernmost point in India, that claim goes to an island in the Nicobar archipelago, Kanyakumari is the southernmost most point of peninsular India.


Looking like the remnants of a bombed out Gothic cathedral, this expanse of arches resting on a massive plinth is actually the unfinished mausoleum of Ali Adil Shah II. Shah intended this structure to dwarf other famous tombs — e.g. the nearby Gol Gumbaz and the Taj Mahal in Agra — but when he was defeated by Aurangzeb the structure became stuck in suspended animation.