Kanyakumari is at the southern tip of India and it is one of the important tourist spots in India. Nagercoil is the capital town of Kanyakumari District and Asaripallam is about 3 kms from Nagercoil town. Asaripallam is an important place because it is here, one of the earliest TB sanatoriums was started. The TB sanatorium was started in the year 1937 by the then Travancore Cochin Government. The campus has an area of 100.5 acres which has now become the Kanyakumari Government Medical College, a serene, eco friendly campus with greeneries all around.