And the Adventure Continues

So today we visited Kanyakumari right after breakfast. It was a very interesting place to visit because this is the point at which three bodies of water, signifying three different religions, come together: the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, and the Arabian Sea. It was very powerful when we were able to stand with our feet in the water and know the significance of that specific point in the world. After, we went shopping a little bit and then walked over to the Gandi Mandapam. The urn of Gandi's ashes is located in this building, however, we learned that the ashes were removed from the urn and placed in the ocean where the three bodies of water meet. There is a small hole in the ceiling of this building that holds the urn and only on the second of October the sun will shine through this hole and hit the urn. The second of October is significant because it is Gandi's birthday. We went to Kanyakumari during the afternoon hours, but something really cool about Kanyakumari is that if you visit around sunset hours, you will see the sun set at the same time the moon will rise! This was a very memorable visit.

After spending some time at Kanyakumari, we went and visited the childrens classrooms for a half hour. We spent some time in the chemistry class, biology class, and English class. All of the classes were taught in Tamil, except of course, the English class!

Once we arrived back at St. Antony's, we began to practice our dance to perform for the children at the program that night! Performing for the children was really fun and having them join us at the end was just amazing because they were all so happy to dance with us! My favorite part of the day was seeing the childrens performances. We had two groups of girls dance and then we watched the boys perform a gymnastics like routine and you could just tell they were having so much fun by the smiles on their faces. After the program, we played with the kids for about three hours! I learned many new games and made so many new friends! It truly is a special moment when you are just surrounded by so many happy children who are all smiles and just want to touch you and be around you. This was such a fun day and I can't wait to see what our last two days have in store!

-Shania

Off the shoreline of  Kanyakumari.

Shopping in downtown Kanyakumari led by our guide Mahesh.

Sitting in for a chemistry lesson at the school.

Bubble time.

The kids always are asking for selfies.