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Houseboats of Alleppey in Punnamada Lake, Kerala. Did you know South India had such high mountains and so close to the sea, too? It's almost like Lebanon or Johannesberg, in that sense... Palm trees and tall rocky hill-tops! Banana groves and lotus plants in the waters... See the Water Hyacinth plants buffetted by the wind. Kerala regionally referred to as Keralam, is a state in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast. It was formed on 1 November 1956 as per the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam-speaking regions. Spread over 38,863 km2 (15,005 sq mi) it is bordered by Karnataka to the north and north east, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33,387,677 inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the twelfth larges
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