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Kerala
is the greenest place you will ever seen in the world.
The coconut palms, the red tiled houses, the innumerable
lakes and beaches will remain long lasting expressions
to any vistor/tourist.The colorful festivals like pooram,
onam, snakeboat races, various type of keralas own performing
arts and like kathakali, mohiniyattom, koodiyattom,
bharathnatyam, thiruvathirakali, margamkali etc. |
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Wild
life sanctuaries are other attractions.Thekkady is one of the
best known wild life centers in India.Periyar wild life sanctuary
here offers a fairly good chance of seeing the great Indian
Tiger and Elephants in its natural habitat. |
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Kochi
known as the queen of Arabian sea is the commercial
town of kerala, a vibrant lovely city, the combination
of ernakulam, wellingdon island, matanchery, fort cochin,
bolhaty palace.Kochi is the business and tourist heart
of kerala which blends its rich cultural heritage. You
can vist Jewish synagogue build in 1568 AD,Dutch palace
built by Portuguese and presented to the raja of kochi
in 1557 AD,st fancies church, the protestant church
originally built by Portuguese in 1503 AD and is believed
to be the oldest church built by europeans in India.
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It
is here the remains of famous traveler vasco da
gamma were initially buried. Santa Cruz cathedral
is close to st fancies church. You can see the
Chinese fishing nets” a hallmark of kochi”that
line the sea front and exhibit a mechanical method
of catching fish, introduced by Chinese traders.
Thus cochins rich historical legacy is well-exhibited
at fort kochi which still retains the ambiences
of colonial past. It is a spectacular city trimming
with history, legends and beauty. Since time immemorial
Arabs, Chinese, Dutch, British and Portuguese
had trade relations with Kochi. |
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Ernakulam,
the metro city is the industrial capital of kerala
is 20km away from resort. Hill palce museum you
can see different type of sculptures, collection
of rare coins, old weapons, manuseripts in ancient
lipes and collection from cochin royal family
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Kaladi
is the birthplace of adi sankarachariya; the great advacita
philosopher of 8th century is 40km from resort. |
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Malayatoor
is famous for the Catholic Church on the 609-meter hill dedicated
to st Thomas who is blessed to have prayed at this shrine. |
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In
“museum of kerala history” and gallery of painting
and sculpture at edapally, on the way to kalady, you can see
original paintings of recognized Indian masters, modern sculptures
in marbal, bronze, granite ete with light and sound display. |
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In
“museum of kerala history” and gallery of painting
and sculpture at edapally, on the way to kalady, you can see
original paintings of recognized Indian masters, modern sculptures
in marble, bronze, granite etc with light and sound display. |
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