Aralvaimozhi
Village in Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
Aralvaimozhi is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a small town situated in southern India. The town was earlier called as Aramboly during the colonial period.
History
Aralvaimozhi Pass was a strategically important gap or mountain pass in the southernmost end of the Western Ghats. It connected erstwhile Venad/Travancore with the Tamil kingdoms/ Madras Presidency. Many of the invasions faced by the Chera and the successor kingdoms such as the Ays, Venad and Travancore, came via this ghat.
The name "Aral" was derived from the fort built and maintained by the rulers of Venad and later by the kingdom of Travancore to defend the kingdom from invasions from the eastern regions. It is also said that Aralvaimozhi means whispering wind. The whistling sound of wind in the region might have led to such a name.
Aralvaimozhi Fort was one of the most important forts of Travancore.
The public source identifies “Aralvaimozhi” as village in Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aralvaimozhi, Village and Kanniyakumari.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q585932. Authority coordinates are 8.248, 77.528. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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