INDIA - BEST TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Dream Destinations :
There is no end to dream. Anybody can dream of becoming some great personalities and also can fly on the sky, there is no limit for dreaming. Everybody has got memorable and colourful stories of Dreams one individual has felt in his life. One such dreamiest place is situated in the Indian sub-continent known for its crops, lush green lawn and fields, lakes, beaches, religious places of worship, each and everything is hitting like a thunder in the ears of a traveler when he plans to visit Kerala. Dreams are only dreams but the reality is far different and situation are also different. It is more than that, you cannot even dream about the place. There is huge list of popular destinations one can cover in the life time. Every body dream to go to Canada and Switzerland, which are best and beautiful known places.
India also has one such coveted destination with the name "Kerala". Kerala got its beautiful name from the "Keram" means coconut. This wonderful name of Kerala alone will force us to think upon how Kerala would looks like. When somebody hear all the colourful stories people talk about Kerala then one can imagine that it is a rare destination and will be able to catch hold of the eyes of travelers from around the globe. The mighty locations and scenarios will break all the past thought and imaginations one has in his mind.
When a person enjoy a movie he will try to remember the base story. There are multiple occasion in life to click the flash back. To remind something in free time. There are memorable stories and movies to give you some wonderful memories when you be alone or somebody left you. It would be best opportunity to taste the buds of recipes and palm drinks, such occasion always not happens in life but we create some moments of our life to be like that, so there is no more time to waste without watching the beautiful and eye catching destination. So be ready to fly on the go and start to make the arrangements to seamlessly enjoy the occasion. Also when somebody comes here he/she never goes back without spending some precious moments at the ideal locations spread across Kerala State. Such a fantastic destination and unmatched living standards make you very comfortable also you will get a good idea and protection also the surveillance of Tourism Department of Government of Kerala as an umbrella where you can set forth your plan.
Government and Administration :
Kerala has an administrative setup and Government of Kerala controls the District Administration through a Government Official who is a having the title IAS, IAS(Indian Administrative Service) toppers in India are assigned the job of administration of the District. Each District has one "Collector" to control the day to day administration of the particular district. There are many districts Kerala, a rough list of Districts of Kerala follows:-
Districts of Kerala :
Kasaragod:
Kasaragod District is under the administrative control of Government of Kerala. the place is famous for the beaches, rivers, forest and bridges all across the district. Kasaragod is also famous for Bekal fort which is 6 kms away from Kasaragod Town. There are numerous temples and religious places of worship. Food of Kasaragod is mainly veg and non veg items are available as a mix variety. Coorg is also situated near to Kasaragod. The Airport is 45 kms away at Mangalore, Karnataka State. Train facility is available nearby and Railway Station is 2 kms from Town. The city has State Transport Bus, Hiring Taxis, Private Buses for local travel.
Kannur:
Kannur District is under the administrative control of Government of Kerala. the place is famous for the beaches, rivers, forest and bridges all across the district. There are numerous temples and religious places of worship. Food of Kannur is very excellent, the culinary includes veg and non veg items. Coorg is also situated near to Kannur. There is a city Taliparamba from where the Paithalmal tourist destination is nearby, it is around 45 kms away from Taliparamba. But care should be taken to travel to each places in Kerala, it is better to avoid evening and night, day time is best for travel plans in Kerala, because in the evening and in the night, try to avoid such lonely locations. The Airport is 20 kms away from Kannur, Train facility is available nearby and Railway Station is 2 kms from Town. The city has State Transport Bus, Hiring Taxis, Private Buses for local travel.
Vayanadu:
Vayanadu is a pity bush area filled with curved roads and sprawling hills, the place is worth for travel. The food and habits are like Kannur and Kasaragod. The scenario is very wonderful and memorable. There are many ideal locations to visit in Vayanadu. The list is not available at present. Bus facility is available, or hire a taxi from any authorized vendors after negotiation. You should get an idea about the places to visit before planning a journey. The plans are available at Government of Kerala Website for Travel and Tourism.
Kozhikode :
Kozhikode is a very beautiful city in Kerala. Kozhikode has beaches nearby therefore, the beach beauty is prime attraction. There are so many textile mills and other industries situated in Mavoor. The food of Kozhikode is veg and non veg mix and there are number of hotels and restaurants to give immense and occult pressure. Airport is situated not far from Bus Stand. Railway Station is also nearby.
Thrissur and Malappuram:
Thrissur is famous as a festival town because of the name and fame indicates that the place has a lot of festivals. Bus, food, other travel way are available in Thrissur. Guruvayur temple is situated in 2 hours distance, the temple is very famous and touches the inner thoughts and a great feeling and causes good energy in the human body. Lord Krishna is the main deity here. There are some other spiritual locations and place of worship nearby. Nearest Airports are Kozhikkode and Kochin. Malappuram District has a wonderful and ideal place where the Ayurvedic giant Kottakkal Aryavaidya Saala is situated. The Malappuram district has a mixed community life. Food is very excellent and there are a number of spacious hotels and eateries.
Palakkadu:
Palakkadu is on the border to Tamilnadu. Coimbatore in Tamilnadu is very near. There are number of buses and trains for local travel purpose. Hiring of taxi is also easy. Booking a taxi for a total trip is more beneficial than booking a taxi for each locations separately. Even though viewers discretion is best.
Kottayam:
Eranakulam
Idukki
Pathanamthitta
Kollam
Alappuzha
Thiruvananthapuram
Language of Kerala :
The language spoken in Kerala is normally Malayalam, there are people from other States of India like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and various other States like Rajasthan, Gujarat and West Bengal. The Malayalee community is very popular in most of the states in India. These Malayalee communities engaged in various types of welfare activities and is dedicated to the upliftment of poor and needy people in the country. Therefore, Kerala, the own state of the Malayalees, and the government there as well as the people of the state provide much needed assistance to the tourists who visit here. Indian States were formed subsequent to India got Independence from the British Rule which was lasted for a decade. India got Independence on 15th August, 1947.
Farming :
Kerala is a small State in the Indian sub-continent. It has a ravishing, elegant and fertile land suitable for cultivation of rice and other spices. Spices are abundantly cultivated in the State. The most common spices cultivated in the State are :
Cardamom
Cloves
Coconut
Turmeric
Aracanut
Cashew
Rubber
BananaNenthra
PaddyRice
Jackfruit
Mangoes
Cinnamon Stick
The spices produced here are commonly exported and used in the State and send to other nearby States for marketing purpose.
As the State of Kerala has abundant production of spices there is regular and frequent visitors to the State from other State of India and also from foreign countries.
Kerala is a hub of tourists from around the world. Kerala has one of the most beautiful landscape filled with Coconut, Paddy fields, Arecanut fields.
Kerala has various tourist destinations widely in deamand among the frequent visitors and new visitors. You can find below some information about the place of interest in Kerala, which will help in preparing your travel plans.
Moonnar :
Moonnar is an attractive tourist destination in the State of Kerala, situated in the middle of Kerala Munnar is one of the best option for tourists. This place has got various curves and modes hills and buildings hotels resorts tea estates gives it a variety option for tourist. The people from North India always visit this place, this place has various spices market which also is making it a tourist attraction. People from other countries also visit Moonnar as it is one of the most attractive place in Kerala.
Thekkadi :
Thekkadi is another tourist spot in Kerala visitors from Other States in India always prefer and plan their visit to both the locations as both the locations are very nearby.
Thekkady has a wild life sanctuary and also has boating facility, those who visit here also enjoy the ride of boating.
Cochin :
Normally Cochin is a common visitors trace because those who visit Kerala normally land in Cochin for smooth execution of the Trip. Cochin Port is one attraction, Vellingtone island where you can see "Cheena Vala" which is a separate island land departed from the main land cochin. Kochi city is very busy place due to various business man from around the world regularly visit the place for business purpose and it is also fort the early century visitors also visited this place for business purpose.
Kovalam -Beach:
Kovalam the Beach has many hotels and resorts in the vicinity so tourists have the facility of massage and body heeling also visiting Kovalam beach is also one of tour place for Kerala visitors.
Shankumukham - Beach:
Shankhumukham Beach is another attractive beach in the Kerala people from other countries take sunbath in this beach. This is a very busy beach and many tourists will visit at a time.
Kanyakumari :
Kanyakumari is also another attraction where the sun set is an important scenery. Here you can see Vivekananda Rock where Swamy Vivekananda was sitting for silent prayer. Swamy Vivekananda was a speaker and an eminent scholar he delivered a wonderful speech in US addressing the people of US as the Brothers and Sisters.
There a number of temples/churches/mosques to provide the tourists to have praying spot as per their convenience.
Hindu Temples:
Guruvayur Temple :
In the middle nearby Trichur the Lord Krishna temple viz Guruvayoor temple also adds to the traditional holly places.
This is a very attractive temple built with structural monuments this temple preaches Lord Krishna in his early child hood age.
Here in the Temple Elephants are taking round of the temple with Lord Krishna Idol, which makes people to keep their breath silent and the attraction of Lord Krishna idol will make people more enthusiastic in their activities.
Padmanabha Swamy Temple :
Padmanabha is the name of Lord Vishnu as mentioned in the iconic books. Padamanbha's idol is worshipped in the Padamanabha Temple. You can only see the middle portion of Padamanabha Swamy from the main front window and the other portions are not seen on normal way but you can see other portions from other windows. Here when I visited there is a practice of removing footwear and trousers (you want to wear only dhoti) to visit inside the temple with barefoot.
It has got a very big gold treasure which is an iconic specialty of this temple.
Shabarimala temple :
Shabarimala temple was in news for several days in the year 2019 due to granting permission to women. In the early days, only male and children less than the age of 10 and women over the age of 50 were visiting the temple. Now I do not have proper record or knowledge about it so mentioning such things will attract unnecessary blame on belief. This place is situated on the Sabarimala Hills starting from Pamp where the River Pamp starts, you will start the jouney by striding the steps and pathways to the top of the hill after petta jump at Erumeli and praying Vigneshwara on the way. A Coconut filled with Ghee is to be carried on the head and should wear black dhothi and a har on the neck. You will obey the rule of 41 days fast and keeping away from others and non-vegetarian food and tobaco. There are some restrictions because the doors of temple closes in Monsoon as it is not advisable to travel to Sabarimala in rainy season. The season of Sabarimala Start in December every year. Thereafter any tourist can visit the place as per the modalities framed by the Sabarimala Temple Authorities and Government of Kerala.
Festivals in Kerala
There are many popular festivals being celebrated by the people of Kerala every year to commemorate various delightful occasions. Some festivals are related to sowing. But some other festivals related to harvesting crops like rice. Some other festivals remind the ruling dynasties and some other with starting of New Year. Kerala has a rich cultural heritage and importance in history.
ONAM Festival
Onam is a very important festival in Kerala celebrated in the month of August or September, Onam has a historical tale correlated with its source. The tale goes like this, there was a King named Mahabali, ruled in Kerala once upon a time. He was a model of human kindness and helped the poor in needy situations. He dismayed a very classy character and he was well known for honesty. There was no dacoity and killing at that point in time. There was no quarrel among people and his period of the dynasty has written in golden leaf. Lord Vishnu decided to check his integrity and honesty and paid a visit to the Earth, Lord Vishnu was not getting enough space to lay his legs, then Lord Vishnu asked Mahabali how to get rid of the problem, then Mahabali who is very lenient showed his head where Lord Vishnu can put his legs. When Lord Vishnu by changing his style as Vamana put Lord Vishnu's legs on the Head of Mahabali, Mahabali was not alive but before Mahabali's death, Lord Vishnu promised him and blessed him to visit Kerala every year on the day of his death. This is the small story tale behind the celebration of Onam. Also, Onam is related to the sowing and cutting of seeds of paddy in Kerala. On the day of Onam as a part of celebrations, all are wearing new dresses and an excellent feast(Sadya) with a variety of dishes(curries) like Boiled Rice, Sambar, Rasam, Avial, Elisseri, Pulisseri, Olan, Thoran, Achhar, Puli-Inji, Papad and kheer like Pradhaman, Ada Pradhaman & Paal Payasam to support and enrich the elegance of the celebrations. There is a proverb in Malayalam "Kaanam Vittum Onam Unnanam" which is very perfect and it means that Nobody should remain to starve, on that day. Kerala's Vegetable and Dress market will remain very busy and filled with people trying to buy his belongings. Onam festival denotes the proverb that "Nanma Thinmaye Illathakki" which means "a lot of kindness will free up the entire evil". On the day of Onam, there is a practice to make columns and lay flowers on the round shape in an idiomatic way to destitute the evils. Therefore the celebration has too many vibrant colors added together. Another festivity special is Pulikkali "Puli" means Tiger "kali" means to play, so the persons participating in this mono-act will mark their body with colors and the persons who are in the act should have a "Kumbha" say Cone Shaped Stomach, so as to display the face of a tiger on the stomach.
Vishu :
Vishu is another festival of Keralites. This is related to starting of a New Year. Vishu is much special in North Kerala rather than South Kerala. Vishu normally falls on 14th April every year. On the day of Vishu, people from all corners of Kerala display a fabulous row of vegetables and rice to see "Kani" in the early morning around 4.00 AM on the day of Vishu. All the arrangements of Vishu Kani is set on the evening of the day before Vishu Celebration. With the display of vegetables like cucumber, jackfruit, coconut, Konna Flower(yellow color), all spices in small dishes, rice in a big vessel, a lot of dias(lights made of bronze and also candles), and Lord Krishna Idol to make the new year a grand success which starts with startling and mighty celebrations. A very tasty and nourishing Sadya also makes the celebrations add to the core.
Easter :
Ramzan :
Christmas :
Annual Celebrations in Temples :
Food of Kerala
Every place in Kerala has plenty of restaurants, hotels and transport facility which's an added advantage to the tourists from around the world.
