Kumari Kandam is a legendary sunk continent in the south of Kanyakumari, at the tip of South India. Kumari Kandam has often been compared and identified with Lemuria.

According to Tamil Tradition, the Dravidians originally came from a submerged island Kumarikhandam in the South of India. Epics like Shilappadikaram and Manimekhalai describe the submerged city of Puhar . According to the legend, there were two main rivers in Kumari Kandam, the Pagliyaru and Kumari River. There were also mountains. The first Tamil Sangam, Idai Sangam, was believed to be in the Lemurian continent.

At Mahabalipuram, near Chennai, submerged ruins have been found in the ocean.

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• An Atlantis in the Indian Ocean
• Lemuria