Alappuzha (pronounced Alapura), (also known as Alappy or Alleppey – the name still used by many Keralites), is a town in the Alappuzha District of Kerala in southern India.
The Town was founded by Divan of Travanacore – Raja Keshawadasan in 1762. Owing to its propinquity to the sea, the town of Alappuzha previously called Alleppey, [...]
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Alappuzha
February 4th, 2010 by admin
Kozhikode District Kerala
February 4th, 2010 by admin
Calicut is the anglicised form of Kalikut. The Arabic for the Malayalam , Kozhikode. It is also called the Cock Fort. According to the historian, K.V Krishnan Iyer, the term means koyil (Palace) Kodu (Fortified). Anyhow, it is a historical town with a hoary past. From time immemorial, the city attracted travellers, with its charming [...]
Munnar in Kerala
February 4th, 2010 by admin
Munnar was once the summer capital of the British in southern India. Munnar was urbanized to cultivate tea plants by British though it was first discovered by Scottish planters. In the early on developmental stages only Tamilians worked ther as few Malayalis occupied in that area Munnar.
But later more and more Malayalis were recruited as [...]

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