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Introduction : Kerala is
sandwiched between the Lakshwadeep Sea and the Western Ghats. It is a bustling
little green-and-silver, coconuts-and-water state on the west coast of India. It
is bounded by Karnataka to the north, Tamil Nadu to the east, and the Arabian
Sea to the west. Thiruvananthapuram is its capital. Every district in Kerala has
it's own unique culture and characteristics. Thiruvananthapuram is known for
it's beach- Kovalam, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and various museums and
palaces; Alapuzha for it's backwaters, Trichur, the cultural capital, Kottayam
for it's ancient churches, Kozhikode for it's old world charm and the entrancing
Ponmudy or Golden valley In 1723, the
East India Company signed a strategic treaty with King Marthanda Varma. For a
few decades, Hyder Ali and his son -Tipu sultan proved to be a thorn in the
flesh of the British, sweeping down several times into Kerala.Though Hyder Ali
and Tippu Sultan invaded the country, Malabar finally passed into the hands the
British in 1792. In 1947, it was the turn of the British to pack their bags. In
November, 1965, i.e. 9 years after Indian Independence, Travancore, Cochin and
Malabar were merged into one state and thus Kerala State came into existence.
Trivandrum is the capital of Kerala State and it is a sea-side city.
Varkala : beach resort, facilities are on par with any other beach resorts. Janardhana Swami temple , a leading pilgrim centre. Sivagiri is another pilgrim destination. Fort Kochi The first foreign Church in India. Vasco De Gama was buried here; later remains were exhumed out and taken to Portugal. A few interesting sites included in the tour are the Chinese fishing nets along the Vasco Da Gama Square, Santa Cruz Basilica, St.Francis Church, VOC Gate, Bastion Bungalow etc. Apart from these architectural splendors, an array of restaurants serving fresh seafood are also popular among tourists The Tippu Fort: The Tipu's Fort, also known as Palakkad Fort, stands in the heart of Palakkad town. Palakkad is a small town on the lower edges of the Sahyadri ranges of the Western Ghats, with patches of dense forests and crisscrossed with rivers. Silent Valley : The Silent Valley contains India’s last substantial stretch of tropical evergreen rain forests and it is perhaps the only vestige of a near virgin forest in the whole of the Western Ghats.
Neendakara : A major fishing harbour in Kerala. Centre of Indo-Norwegian
Fisheries Community Project, since 1953.
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