Alappuzha, also known as Alleppey, is a town in Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. A town with picturesque canals, backwaters, beaches, and lagoons, it was described as the List of places known as Venice of the East by Lord Curzon. It is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha District. Alleppey has a wonderful past. Though the present town owes its existence to the sagacious Diwan Raja Kesavadas in the second half of 18th century, district of Alappuzha figures[...]
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The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down[...]
A REGAL REVOLT | THE LEGEND : The Palace for Ayurveda originated in a royal lady’s protest. By the closing years of the 19th century, the old kingdom of Vengunad (part of central Kerala’s Malabar region) had become a loose affiliation, ruled by quarrelling chieftans. They were all joined by blood, separated by discontent and had vastly varying degrees of loyalty to the British East India company. The pleasant little town of Kollengode, in the Annamalai foothills, had by now[...]
Silent Valley National Park : Situated in the Palakkad district of Kerala. Silent Valley in Kerala is considered India’s last area of tropical evergreen rain forest and is a precious biodiversity resource, which you can visit on tours with Kerala Backwater. Threatened by the construction of a dam across the Kunti River, which flows out of Silent Valley National Park, during the 1970′s, Silent Valley was rescued as a result of an agitation by environmentalists and conservationists in Kerala. Lion-Tailed[...]
IDUKKI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY : This sanctuary extends over the Thodupuzha and Udumpanchola taluks of Idukki district spreading over 105 Sq. Km. at 450 – 748m above sea level. The Idukki reservoir formed by three dams-Cheruthoni, Idukki and Kulamavu-extends to 33 sq km. Animals : Elephants, Poorcu Pine, Sambar Deer, Wild dogs,Jungle cats, Malabar Gaint Squirrel, Wild boar etc. Snakes : Cobra, Viper, Krait and a large number of non- poisonous snakes Birds : Jungle fowl, Myna, Laughing thrush, Black bulbul,[...]
