Kerala

boats · sport

Kerala's famous Nehru trophy boat race fosters a sense of unity and fraternity and sports man spirit event and attaching foreign tourists also. Nehru Trophy Boat Race, the most colourful water sport in Kerala.

boats · sport

Nehru Trophy Boat Race, the most colourful water sport in Kerala. This prestigious cultural event of Kerala has been attracting people from all over the world.

ceremony · dance

Theyyam or Theyyaattam is a pattern of hero worship performed in Kolathunaad, a territory comprising the present Cannanore District and Badagara Taluk of Kerala State.

ceremony · dance

Local people of Kerala performing rituals before Theyyam dance starts. Theyyam or Theyyaattam is a pattern of hero worship performed in Kolathunaad, a territory comprising the present Cannanore District and Badagara Taluk of Kerala State.

industry

A lady tourist looking at the workers inside the coir rope factory in Kerala. Coir rope-making is a common cottage industry in India. The Coconut fibre is attached to hooks on a wheel that is turned by hand.

boats

The Kerala houseboat cruise takes you to another world, with nature at its best, coming to Kerala and not experiencing the grandeur of these luxury floating castles will be sheer waste.

boats · river

Champakulam boat race begins in Kerala. As competitors paddle hard to reach the finishing point during the competition..... Kerala is well-known for its water bodies that take the form of canals, backwaters and rivers.

coastline · boats

Waves of Arabian sea crashing against rocks on Neendakara beach, Kerala. Neendakara is a famous fishing harbour located around 8 km from Kollam district of Kerala, India.

boats · coastline

Alleppey house boats are the unique attraction for tourists in Kerala. They offers the opportunity of a lifetime to view the scenic beauty of Kerala by traversing the backwaters of Alleppey....

coastline

Riddled with sand his fish must be! A poor and emaciated fisherman dries his tiny fish on a beach in Kerala, in order to bake the fish in the bright sun... Why he is covering the fish with sand is a mystery...

flowers · industry

Cassia fistula, known as the golden shower tree and by other names, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The species is native to the Indian Subcontinent and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia.

river

A clean fresh-water river in Kerala provides an opportunity for young boys from the village to take a dip, brush up on their swimming skills and generally cool off on a summer afternoon!

ceremony · dance

Padayani, also called Padeni, (from the word for military formations) is a traditional folk dance and a ritual art from the central portion of the Indian state of Kerala.

coastline

The mystical land of Kerala, also known as 'GOD'S OWN COUNTRY' lies between the Lakshadweep sea and the Western Ghats. It has the humid equatorial tropic climate.

boats · sport

Feel the excitement of the legendary Nehru Trophy Boat Race as powerful Chundan Vallams, famously known as Snake Boats, surge through Kerala's scenic backwaters.

flowers · coastline

Vanilla beans maturing on vanilla vines in a Kerala plantation in India. This is where the vanilla flavour you taste in your ice creams comes from! Vanilla is an orchid creeper which is one of the primary sources for the popular vanilla fla…

flowers · coastline

Vanilla beans maturing on vanilla vines in a Kerala plantation in India. This is where the vanilla flavour you taste in your ice creams comes from! Vanilla is an orchid creeper which is one of the primary sources for the popular vanilla fla…

flowers · coastline

Did you know the vanilla bean comes from an orchid? Vanilla beans maturing on vanilla vines in a Kerala plantation in India.

politics

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, rushes to Kollam in the aftermath of the devastating fire tragedy that claimed 100 lives and left over 300 injured, appreciates the “swift and decisive” response of the Kerala government to the inciden…

wildlife · forest

Separated from its family and trapped in a well, a six-year-old baby elephant in Kerala's Ernakulam district found herself in a fix yesterday. But determined locals and forest rangers launched a major operation to save the elephant.

wildlife · forest

Labeled as 'God's Own Country' , Kerala is located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act, and it combined various Malayalam speaking regions.

Vanilla beans maturing on vanilla vines in a Kerala plantation in India. This is where the vanilla flavour you taste in your ice creams comes from! Vanilla is a tropical orchid, cultivated for its pleasant flavour, which is one of the costl…

hills · wildlife

View of mist covered rolling hills of Munnar in Kerala, India. Munnar is a hill station on the Western Ghats, a range of mountains situated in the Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala.