Location: Wayanad district, Kerala Distance: 55 km from Kalpetta, 32 km from Manathavady, 137 kms from Calicut, 121kms from Mysore, 250 kms from Bangalore Travel time: Takes around 90 minutes to reach Thirunelli from Kalpetta town. Food: One can have tea or snacks at Thirunelli or at road side shops. Lodging: At Thirunelli temple there…
Banasura Sagar dam is said to be the largest earthen dam in India and the second largest in Asia. It is located around 21 km from kalpetta. Here a tributary of river Kabini called Karamanathodu has been damed for irrigantion and drinking water supply purpose. The banasura hill is located at the backdrop of the…
Bolgatty palace was originally built by the Dutch on an island now known as Bolgatty island. It is one of the oldest Dutch palaces outside the Netherlands. It was built by the Dutch traders and later served as the Governor’s place for the commander of the Dutch Malabar. It served as home to the British…
Cherai beach is located around 25 km from Cochin (Kochi) on the western coast of Vypin island. From Fort Kochi there is regular boat service to Vypin island. Cherai beach is one of the best long pristine white sand beach around Kochi. I visited there in the afternoon in the month of May. It was…
Little away from Munnar town besides the road there is a particular section where our car driver Raju shown us Beehives. This point comes on the way to Mattupetty dam and Munnar – Madurai/Kodaikanal route. He told just after the monsoon there will be abundance of beehives. Even then there were a lot of Beehives…
Shankaracharya was a great Hindu philosopher and a great revivalist of Hindu religion. He used to profess the Advaita Vedanta linage of Hinduism. Shankaracharya was born in 788 at Kalady in the then Chera empire. Kalady is around 48 km from Cochin in the Ernakulam district of present day Kerala. Here in his memory Adi…
Jewish Synagogue is located in Jew Town of Fort Kochi area of Cochin, Kerala. I visited there on Sunday which was also the Hebrew new year and the Synagogue was closed. So I could not see it from inside. To reach there we had go through narrow lane but it was clean. It is also…
Jewish Cemetery is located in old Jew Town of the Fort Kochi area of Cochin. It is at a walkable distance from the Jewish Synagogue. The cemetery is located and we has to see it from outside. You can see tombs of Jewish people who have been buried here. The tombs have info on them…
St. Francis Church is located on Beach road near Santa Cruz Basilica in Fort Kochi area of Kerala. Nearby the Dutch cemetery is located. It is the oldest European church in India built by the Portuguese in 1503. Vasco da Gama who discovered the sea route to India, died in Kochi (Cochin) in 1524. He…
