Kerala

coastline

Baywatch Beach Resort, a beachfront property is located 100 metres from Alleppey Beach, 300 metres from Jain Temple and 1 km from Ravi Karunakaran Museum. Free WiFi access is available in this resort.

industry

Sapota, popularly known in India as chiku, is native to tropical America Most probably to south Mexico or Central America. This plant is also grown for its Latex. Chicle and gutta parcha are extracted from its latex.

ceremony · festival

Chenda percussionists during the celebration of Theyyam festival in Kerala. The Chenda is a cylindrical percussion instrument used widely in the state of Kerala, and Tulu Nadu of Karnataka State in India.

industry

Workers engaged in making coir rope inside coir 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. This twists the coir while more is added.

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.

Nutmeg plantation in Kerala. Nutmeg is harvested through out the year in South India. Nutmeg and mace (known in India as jayphal / jayaphala and javitri) are grown in various parts including Kerala and Goa.

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…

coastline

Kerala, regionally also Keralam, is a state located in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast. It was formed on 1 November 1956 per the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam-speaking regions.

Nileshwaram, also known as Nileshwar, is a municipality and a town in Kasaragod District of Kerala state, South India. It is one of the three municipalities of Kasaragod district, the other two being Kasaragod and Kanhangad.

Renewable energy sources in South India. Windmills in Kerala state, along the coastline of south India.

A rubber plantation in Kerala, India. Cups are placed next to grooves notches on the tree's trunk, to allow the sap to gently drip into them, for collection.

Old cinema halls of Kerala like the Dhanya and Remya Theatre, Sreekumar and a man paints the entrance of Sree Visakh theatre. Painters paint the statues outside the Sreekumar cinema hall.

festival · sport

Kerela with its rich culture and traditional background will for surebewilder any visitor anytime of the year.

boats · river

Houseboats sailing on the backwaters of Kerala. One can see interiors of living room area. Kerala houseboats or Kettuvallam are country boats that were used to transport goods in early days from the isolated village of Kerala backwater to t…

river · lake

Chef of Punnamada Resort showing how to cook Chicken Shashlik which is a special dish in the resort.

Nutmeg, jackfruit, betelnut, coconut and banana plantation in Kerala, India. Nutmeg and mace (known in India as jayphal / jayaphala and javitri) are grown in various parts including Kerala and Goa.

railway · farmland

Journey by train to Kerala were we see paddy fields and lush green forest... Kerala regionally referred to as Keralam, is a state in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast.

hills · wildlife

The hill town of Munnar in Kerala. Munnar is a hill station on the Western Ghats, a range of mountains situated in the Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala.

coastline

Kerala, regionally also Keralam, is a state located in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast. It was formed on 1 November 1956 per the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam-speaking regions.

coastline

Timelapse view of moving clouds over the mountains in Kerala. Kerala is a state in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast.

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.

wildlife · forest

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.

festival

Elephants are dressed up for a special occassion in Kerala. The Elephants are an integral part of the daily life for the people in Kerala.