But Kanyakumari is also home to some more interesting places, unfortunately left to rot and vulnerable to destruction. And destructed they will get, by the sheer will power of the state agencies to damage the cultural capital of the district. This is not unique to this district alone, however. It is a state wide phenomenon as the previous article showed.

The monument in question is a centuries-old palatial building in a small quasi-village called Iraniel, near the famous Padmanabhapuram palace. The original name of Iraniel in old records is Hiranya Simha Nalloor. The palatial building with excellent artistic assets has been allowed to get progressively ruined over the decades with a neglect that is hard to match. The tragedy is further accentuated by the fact that the Padmanabhapuram palace, just a few kilometres away, is wonderfully preserved and promoted.