<p>I recently visited the southern tip of India (State of Tamil Nadu) - it is called Kanyakumari. The beach was beautiful and one thing that struck me was that the sand was multicolored. The local legend is that the Pandava (of Ramayana epic) princess spilt food on the beach which turned the sand multicolor. I'm hoping for a more scientific explanation. Could it be due to particular minerals? I'm certain the striking white sand is due to quartz. Would love to hear the views of this community.</p>

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I went to Kanyakumari recently. Don’t know much about geology buy it felt like it’s not sand but lots of broken clam shells. Crowed but most beautiful beach I have seen so far...
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Sand on the beaches of Kanyakumari, India
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# Sand on the beaches of Kanyakumari, India

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-18)

I recently visited the southern tip of India (State of Tamil Nadu) - it is called Kanyakumari. The beach was beautiful and one thing that struck me was that the sand was multicolored. The local legend is that the Pandava (of Ramayana epic) princess spilt food on the beach which turned the sand multicolor. I'm hoping for a more scientific explanation. Could it be due to particular minerals? I'm certain the striking white sand is due to quartz. Would love to hear the views of this community.

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> **username_1**: I went to Kanyakumari recently. Don’t know much about geology buy it felt like it’s not sand but lots of broken clam shells. Crowed but most beautiful beach I have seen so far...  

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