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Athirappilly is a first grade Grama Panchayath with 489.00 km² area in Mukundapuram Taluk, Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is located 60 km from Thrissur city , 70 km from Kochi city, 55 km from Cochin International Airport, and 30 km from Chalakudy town.
The Athirappilly Falls are situated on the Chalakudy river, which originates in the upper reaches of the Western Ghats. Many endangered and endemic species of flora and founa are found in the forests of the Athirapilly-Vazhachal area. This area is the only place in the Western Ghats where four endangered Hornbill species are seen. The Western Ghats is one of the most important biodiversity hot spot in the world. This valuable natural world is already degraded by mining and hydro electric projects.
Athirappilly Falls is one of the best places to visit in Kerala. Another popular waterfall to visit is the Vazhachal Falls. Athirappilly Falls is a part of Chalakudy river and it is approximately 80 feet in height. Athirappilly is easily reachable from Chalakudy by taking a vehicle for rent or by bus from the Chalakudy private bus terminal.
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Nelliyampathy is a hill station 60 kilometres from Palakkad, state of Kerala, India. It is surrounded by tea and coffee plantations. The village has its own gram panchayat and forms a part of the Chittur taluk.
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Flame making on a hilltop in Kerala while the monsoon plays truant in India.
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Taken on June 14, 2008 at 10.58PM IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr June 23, 2008 at 2.37PM IST (edit)
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Kerala is a state in India located on the south-western region of the country. It is a very touristic place and I loved its beaches, rivers, colors.....In Kochi you can see the famous Chinese webs, colorful boats and lovely people in its streets. Remarkably, this region was typically communist (see last picture of a wall) and they are proud to be the region where the literacy rate is the highest in the whole country....
Kerala es un estado al suroeste de India. Es muy turístico y me encataron sus playas, ríos, colores....En Conchín puedes ver las famosas redes chinas, barcos de colores y gente interesante en las calles. Es curioso que esta región fue comunista (ver úktima foto de una pared) y que están orgullosos de ser la región del país con más altos índices de alfabetización......
Theyyam is a religious dance-drama performed at certain temples in the Malabar area of Kerala.
In month 3 of quarantine, with travel cancelled, I'm looking back to my first trip to Asia. My now-husband and I spent 6 months in India, Nepal, and Tibet, with a focus on the weird and wonderful side of Tibetan Buddhism and its related religions. I only had a point-and-shoot camera at the time but still got a few images worth revisiting.
The Alleppey backwaters is one of the highlights of Kerala. Its rural beauty and daily life by the side of the canal is something to look for. To have a taste of it explore narrowest canals rather than the main one.
"Kettuvalloms or Houseboats (Riceboats) are country boats that were used in the early days for the transport of goods from the isolated interior villages to the towns. With the advent of roads, bridges and ferry services, gradually the Kettuvalloms went off the scene. Now these kettuvalloms are back again as a major tourist attraction."
RPM WAP-7 30320 cruising past Odela with 12625 Thiruvananthapuram Central - New Delhi Kerala Superfast Express....
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The Houseboats of Kerala are converted Kettuvalloms. (In the Malayalam language "kettu" means tying and "vallam" means country boat - the two together make the local name "kettuvallam". Each houseboat is constructed using the ancient principles and techniques of boat building by the local carpenters using Anjali wood. Coir ropes are used for tying the wooden boards together.) In the past Kettuvaloms were the major method of cargo transportation in the backwaters of Kerala, especially rice from the highly fertile paddy fields to the major port of Alappuzha.
The Kettuvalloms were also used for general transport purposes, primarily in the Travancore and Kochi regions of Kerala. They were punted across the backwaters to the sea where the goods were offloaded. A trip from the Kuttanad to Cochin port was about three days of travel. A traditional boat might carry as much as 30 tons of goods which is the equivalent of three modern lorries. With the backwater area of Kerala so waterlogged, other forms of transport were both inefficient and difficult
How Kerala Houseboats are Built
A Kerala houseboat is on an average 70 feet long boats with 15 feet width in the central section. They are made from wooden planks that are stitched together by coconut ropes. Interestingly, nails are not used at all in the construction of the kettuvaloms. Most of the houseboats are made from a wood known by the name of Anjili. Palm leaves tied over bamboo poles form the roof of these houseboats. Cashew Nut oil is used as a varnish to ensure a protection for the houseboats.
The hull is a series of wooden planks, long cut and carved, tied together using coir with coconut fibers stuffed in between. The hull which is made of hundreds of fine but heavy-duty planks of jack-wood is held together absolutely by coir knots (not a single nail is used). This framework is then coated with a caustic black resin extracted from boiled cashew kernels. And it lasts for generations. The kettuvallam is motorised and is steered in deep waters by means of oars. Long bamboo poles or 'punts' are used to propel in shallow areas. Bamboo beams sprouting off on the sides are used as foot holds for the same. Bamboo is used for the framework of the roof and splits of bamboo are used for weaving mat for roofing.
There are so many traders along the beach trying to get you to buy their gifts. It can get a bit annoying at times but I guess times are hard for them after the monsoon in August and we heard that tourism was 80% down from this time last year.
Kerala, India.
I am going though the archives of photos from my past trips.
This one is from my trip to south India six years ago. The waterway depicted in this photo is part of the Kerala Backwaters, a network of interconnected canals, rivers, lakes and inlets in the state of Kerala. The kettuvallams (Kerala houseboats) in the backwaters are one of the prominent tourist attractions in Kerala. The kettuvallams were traditionally used as grain barges to transport the rice harvested in the fields alongside the backwaters. At some point in time they were converted to accommodate tourists and became floating cottages.
A Kathakali performer does his expressionistic rendition on a backdrop of the the golden hued waters of Cochin. The trademark Chinese fishing nets are there too.
I have a hard disk outage on my computer and most photos as of now are inaccessible and so is a whole load of data. This photograph retrieved from the storage of Oracle Lady who miraculously had not deleted them. Thank you !
My comments and visits on your photo stream may not be prompt as I sit and rescue the drive and recover the data.
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