William Booth was an English Methodist preacher who, along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army and became its first "General" (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England, to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid. In 2002, Booth was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll.
Catherine Booth was co-founder of The Salvation Army, along with her husband William Booth. Because of her influence in the formation of The Salvation Army she was known as the 'Mother of The Salvation Army'.
Nagercoil is a city and administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an undulating terrain between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. Nagercoil Corporation is the 12th biggest city of Tamil Nadu.
Eraniel is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is of major commercial and political importance in the history of South India, as it was the seasonal capital of the affluent Venad and later Travancore kingdoms until the seventeenth century, when Padmanabhapuram and Thiruvananthapuram rose to prominence. Currently it is known for its archaeological importance for the ruins of the dilapidated Eraniel Palace.
Kanyakumari district is one of the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu state and the southernmost district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu and the second most urbanized, next only to Chennai district. It is also the richest district in Tamil Nadu in terms of per capita income, and also tops the state in Human Development Index (HDI), literacy, and education. The district's headquarters is Nagercoil.
Thuckalay or Thakkalai (தக்கலை) is a town in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. Thuckalay comes under the Padmanabhapuram Municipality, and is the administrative headquarters of Kalkulam Taluk. The Revenue Divisional Office is located in Mettukadai.
Colachel is a coastal town in the far south of India, located within the administrative jurisdiction of Kanyakumari District. It is a natural harbor on the Malabar coast, located 20 km north-west of Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India. As of 2011 the municipality had a population of 23,227 and a metropolitan population of 47,007.
Verkilambi is an interior rural area the district of Kanyakumari at the state of Tamil Nadu. This is a grade – I Town panchayat spread in a total area of 15.7 Sq. km and consists of 18 wards, represented by 18 councilors. The Executive officer is the administrative head and the elected Chairman is the political head of this Town Panchayat. This was constituted as Kumarankudy Village, Pathmanapapuram MLA Constituency, Nagercoil MP Constituency. The town is located at a distance of 5 km from Ponmanai Town Panchayat on the East, 5 km from Thiruvattar Town Panchayat on the west. 3 km from Kothanalloor Town Panchayat on the South. This town is located along the Kanyakumari, Thiruvanthapuram, National High way and Colachel – Kulasekaram state high way Road through this TP. This TP Constitutes its village component to talking an area of 3.25 Sq. km up graded as town Panchayat
Kulasekharam is a town located in the district of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the most important business centres in the district, after Marthandam. It is assumed that the overall daily money exchange within Kulasekharam is more than 5 crores.
Nagercoil was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. K. Kamaraj. The first elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was elected twice to the Lok Sabha from here. It has been now named as Kanyakumari.
Scott Christian Higher Secondary School (SCHSS) is one of the oldest higher secondary schools in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. It is being run by CSI Kanyakumari Diocese. It is situated at the centre of the Nagercoil Town.
Dr. Jeyasekharan Hospital was founded in Nagercoil in the southernmost district of India. It was established by the late Dr. N. D. Jeyasekharan in 1965. It is ISO 9001-2015 and ISO 14001:2015 Bureau Veritas certified & NABH Accredited. Presently, the Dr. Jeyasekharan Medical Trust includes Dr. Jeyasekharan Hospital and Nursing Home, the JMT Pharmacy, the School of Nursing & Paramedical Education,Dr. Jeyasekharan College of Nursing, Postgraduate medical education accredited to National Board of Examinations, JMT college of Allied Health Sciences and the Jeyasekharan Educational and Research Charitable Trust.
Dr Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College established in 2002, attached to the Dr Somervell Memorial Mission Hospital is at Karakonam, a village, in the southern border of the Thiruvananthapuram District of the State of Kerala. The Medical College is a self-financing, minority institution affiliated to the University of Kerala, Kerala University of Health Sciences.
Parvathipuram is a municipality located amid the town of Nagercoil along the Southern coast of India in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. It is located on NH 66 about five KM from Nagercoil central and 60 km from Thiruvananthapuram. It is called the gateway of Nagercoil. and it belongs to Aloor Panchayat.
Nagercoil is an assembly constituency located in Nagercoil Lok Sabha Constituency in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.
Commissioner Frederick St. George de Lautour Booth-Tucker, was a senior Salvation Army officer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the son-in-law of Willam and Catherine Booth, the Army's founders.
Kombavilai is a village located in Agasteeswaram Taluk, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. The village is surrounded by paddy fields, coconut groves, element enriched and beautiful sea shore. Further, this village has a pleasant climate throughout the year and benefited by both north east and south west monsoons. The people are living harmoniously with religious diversity of worshiping Hindu Goddess Devi Mutharamman, Esakiamman, Swamy Sriman Ayya Narayanaswamy and Christians as minor population. Nearly two hundred people live here and most of the people are educated; kombavilai has an average literacy rate of 90%, far higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 91%, and female literacy is 89%. The Holy place of Swamythoppu pathy (Ayyavazhi) is located near Muhilankudierrupu, 7 km away
Muttom road Eraniel is a place near Eraniel in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Alphonsa Matriculation Higher Secondary School is a co-educational institution situated in Alphonsa Nagar, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.
Minnie Lindsay Carpenter, née Rowell, was an Australian writer and an officer in The Salvation Army in Australia. She authored more than twelve books about Salvationist history. She also helped establish the Salvation Army International Nursing Fellowship and served as World President of the Home League. She married George Lyndon Carpenter, a Salvationist who was later elected as the fifth General of the Salvation Army in 1939.
