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Explore the Underneath Attractions during Kerala Vacations

Kerala is an ancient and delightful state of India. This beautiful state is the most-sought after tourism destination and magnets thousands of visitors to visit this place from across the world throughout the year. Globally acclaimed for its rejuvenating surroundings and blissful ambiance this state often referred as paradise on earth.

 

Bestowed with alluring hill stations, glassy backwaters, palm-fringed beaches, exotic wild-life and wide ranges of flora fauna, this place offers beyond the imagination attractions which one can experience during Kerala Vacations. Not only among vacationers, this heavenly state also popular among nature-lovers, honeymooners and adventure- seekers. Here visitors have plenty of attractions and destinations to explore and interesting things to do.

 

 

Whether you are looking for a romantic weekend or traveling here for a adventurer trip or may be you are here with your family for a week or more of vacation Kerala Tour will live up to your expectations. The wide ranges of attractions here never disappoint to any one. In this state one can experience the excellent example of eco-system. Apart from its geographical features, this place is famous for its unique tradition and culture which also deserves the attention of vacationers. The cool and picturesque hill stations of Kerala rejuvenate the body and soul. Being a tropical state this state is gifted with numerous hill stations which are all time favorite of vacationers.

 

Among numerous hill stations Munnar is one of the beautiful hill stations of Kerala. This hill station is famous for its picturesque vistas, sprawling grass lands, dark forests, placid lakes, and miles and miles of tea gardens greet the passengers on most routes. This hill stations is the perfect spot for those who wish to spend their vacations away from pollution, crowd and stressful life. It is an easily accessible traveler destination, yet it is also uncorrupted by commercialization.

Devikulam, Mattupetty, Attukal, Nyayamakad, and Eravikulam National Park are the must visit places of Munnar.

 

Apart from hill stations, backwaters are the most favored among vacationers during their Kerala tour. Backwaters are the sequence of lagoons, lakes, inlets, deltas and numerous rivers which team up together and generate the breathtaking scenery. During touring to backwaters you will wander through scenic vistas, marvelous churches, bird sanctuaries and rusting villages. Houseboats are the most convenient way to cruise the backwaters even no one can experience the backwater cruise without houseboats of Kerala also known as Kettuvallams in their traditional language. There are many other attraction places in this state where you can visit by contacting with Kerala Tour Operators. The leading tour operators of Kerala will not only assist you by providing the comprehensive information about attraction places but it also offers world class hotels and hospitality to the vacationers and make their tour memorable and delightful.

 

Apart from backwaters and hill stations, there are much more to be explored such as palm-fringed beaches, exotic wild-life sanctuaries and many more. Tour Package in Kerala has made as per as the need and priorities of vacationers.

 

The Museum of Kerala History in Cochin - a Live Show of the Kerala History

 

The Museum of Kerala History in Cochin is not an ordinary one and it has great significance from other set ups in Kerala. The museum is providing a live show and a detailed view to the ancient heritage, culture and history of the Kerala. Number of tourists are visiting this museum to get an over all knowledge about the History of Kerala. The magnificent and informative light and sound shows is explaining the depiction of stories based on the lives of 87 prominent personalities, those who shaped the old Kerala’s future. The artifacts displayed here highlight everything, spanning from the time of the early people of Kerala to modern age of Kerala.

 

The 36 visuals with background sound and lighting is narrating the history of Kerala from past 2000 years. The names of some topics in the light and sound show are Early People, Nannan of Ezhimala, Senguttavan and Ilango Venmani, Ay Andiran of Pothiyilmala, The Aryan Immigration, St. Thomas, Shankaracharya, Kulasekhara Alwar and Cheraman Perumal Nayanar. The narration is the emphasis on the social, cultural and literary aspects.

 

R madhavan Nayar, a prominent industrialist, philanthropist and a pioneer in Sea Food Export Industry in India, was the founder of Kerala History Museum. A special gallery for paintings and sculptures here is also attracting visitors. The specimens displayed here from the section of Indian contemporary art, ranging over a period of last 200 years. The works of the Company School of Paintings, the 'Matured' Bengal School, the Progressive Artists Group, Indian Abstract Act, Narrative painters and the Symbolic-Mystical Style are covered.

 

Another attraction is the doll museum here and perhaps it’s the one of its kind in the South India. The museum has a good collection of dolls from all over the India contains 150 different items. The dolls, through their attires, hairdos and jewelry, reflect the socio-cultural tradition of the respective states.

 

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Mattancherry Palace of Cochin - Royal Memorabilia of Dutch Time

 

Cochin of Kerala is known as the Queen of Arabian Sea and the name implies that the importance of Cochin that got from centuries ago to the world sea trading route. So the old history of Kerala has number of red marked events about Cochin and its ports. Western powers came to this land to make a colony here and Kochi was their main capital location to control trading through Arabian Sea and in Kerala. The first colonial power visited Kochi was Dutch and they established their power very strongly still the coming of British. So there are number of ancient monuments that balance the remembrance of Golden Dutch time here.

 

Mattancherry Palace of Cochin is one of the monuments that partly go to Dutch and it made at the time of they captured Cochin City of Kerala during the pre-British time. The palace has a unique charm and austere appearance and is displaying the proud of Dutch and Portuguese at that time. After the Portuguese victory on Dutch, Portuguese had initially built the Mattanchery Palace in 1557 and then gifted to Cochin Ruler Veera Kerala Varma. This went to compensation instead of the destroyed temple there. Then in 1663, Dutch caught back the palace from Portuguese and they revamped Mattancherry Palace.

 

Dutch palace is fairly unornamented and stark white walls, sloping roofs and trees around it are giving a unique view to this building. The building is two storied and quadrangular shaped and a small temple in the central courtyard. The central hall on the upper storey was once used as venue for coronating Cochin's Raja and has an intrinsically carved wooden ceiling. The main attraction in this palace is the splendid murals that displaying the moments from old Hindu Mythologies. These mural paintings are considering as one of the best in India. This is also a small museum of royal memorabilia that consist of attires, turbans and weapons, from the days of the rajas of Kochi.

 

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