The GCDA has a shopping complex which offers eateries etc. A lot of high rise apartments has come up or coming up here. On the other side of the backwaters is the Bolgatty palace. One can take a boat ride from the jetty located here. There are two special structure bridges called China net bridge and Rainbow bridge. To enter the marine drive walkway one has to park the vehicle outside. There is a parking fee for that.
Historical museum’s actual name is Museum of Kerala Arts & History. It was founded by R Madhavan Nayar, a prominent industrialist and philanthropist in Kerala. It was established on 1987. Address: Museum of Kerala Arts & History Edappally, Kochi, 682 024 Tel : 0484-2558296, 2541326, 2541768 Email : mnfoundationkochi@gmail.com Timings: 10 am to 5 pm…
Location: Kottayam shares boundary with Alleppey district in the west and south, Pathanamthitta district in the south, Idukki district in the east and Ernakulam district in the north. District Headquarter: Kottayam town Distance: Around 616 km from Bangalore, 760 km from Chennai, 266 km from Coimbatore, 1904 km from Mumbai, 2421 from Kolkata, 476 km…
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…
Location: Kannur district is located in the northern part of Kerela. It shares boundary with Kasaragod District in the north, Kozhikode District in the south, in the east Kodagu and Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka and Arabian sea in the west. District Headquarter: Kannur Distance: Around 324 km from Bangalore Journey time: 9 hrs or more…
Pic: Paul Chong Location: Palakkad district is located almost at the center of kerela. It shares boundary with Thrissur District on the south and west, Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu in the east and Malappuram District on the north and west. District Headquarter: Palakkad Distance: Around 55km from Coimbatore, 160 km from Cochin, 383 km Thiruvananthapuram, 366 km…
Kerala Tourism has recently sent me 3 amazing aerial images from the backwaters of God’s own country – Kerala to share with Travelingbeats’ readers. The backwaters are a beauty and the aerial photography adds a definitive perspective view of it. I found they are indeed amazing and here they are for you. To view more…
