After the floating cafes and restaurants, a mall that floats is the latest addition to the speckled life along the backwaters. A huge hit among the tourists and a handy shop at their doorsteps for the local community where they can replenish their daily ration, this shopping mall run by the state government agency of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alappuzha’
Shop at the floating mall at Kuttanad!
Posted in Backwaters, Village Life, tagged Alappuzha, consumerfed, Floating mall, Kerala, Kuttanad on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Alappuzha-Kollam boat service re-launched
Posted in Backwaters, Kerala Destinations, Tourism News, Travel, tagged Alappuzha, backwater tourism, Kollam, Luxury boat service on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alappuzha-Kollam boat service, which used to attract tourists in large numbers and which was stopped in 1996, has now been re-launched, after a long gap of 14 years.
The Alappuzha-Kollam luxury boat service of the State Water Transport Department (SWTD) has been re-launched yesterday, February 9th, with the State Coir and Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran [...]
From Sivagiri to soap wrappers, the ‘Guru’ is everwhere
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kerala, Kochi, Kollam, Sivagiri, Sivagiri Theerthadanam, Varkala on December 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Varkala, my home-town is known far and wide for the Papanasam beach that attracts tourists from all over and for Sivagiri, the hillock on which Sri Narayana Guru, one of the greatest of social reformers in Kerala, had attained ’samadhi’, where stands now the famous Sivagiri Mutt, often referred to by many as a centre [...]
Missing – the cock that crowed at Udaya!
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Travel, tagged Alappuzha, Chennai, Kerala, Malayalam Cinema, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaya Studio on November 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There was a time when the cock crowed aloud at Udaya, evidently happy that Malayalam Cinema was free from the clutches of the all-powerful Madras studios.
It was Kunchacko who started Udaya Studios at Alappuzha and dared to free Malayalam Cinema from the clutches of the Madras studios. Yes, Malayalam Cinema had drifted gradually from Modern [...]
Rowing all the way to Olympics!
Posted in Kerala, tagged Alappuzha, boat races, Kerala Backwaters, london 2012 olympics, snake boat races, snake boats on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Snake Boat race lovers who flock to “The Land of Snake Boats” just to be a part of the boat race fervor are in for some good news. You can keep your eyes open and lookout for the 2012 London Olympics. For people who have not yet had the blessed opportunity to see the wonderful [...]
Cholera in Kerala
Posted in Backwaters, tagged Alappuzha, Backwaters, Cholera on June 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The arrival of the monsoon in May 2009 has brought with it some unwelcome visitors that the government is loathe to admit or even discuss – viral fever and cholera.
The scale of the epidemic is hard to quantify and assess and likely to be seriously understated. 10 cases have been acknowledged in the Kuttanad area [...]
Champakulam snake boat race to be held today
Posted in Kerala, tagged Alappuzha, aranmula, champakkulam, Kottayam, palliyodam, snake boat race on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alappuzha: Once again the festive calendar of Kerala would be festooned with an array of snake boat races, the first of which will begin on Thursday. Known as the Champakulam snake boat race, it will be held in the Pampa River at Champakulam, 25km from Alappuzha. An interesting feature is the presence of three thekkanodi boats [...]
Kerala Houseboats double up as corporate meeting venues
Posted in Kerala, tagged Alappuzha, Backwaters, business meetings, Houseboat on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alappuzha: Companies looking out for five star hotels for carrying out their business meetings have long become cliché. More and more companies are opting for the piping hot option of sprawling and drop dead gorgeous houseboats, which are fully air conditioned to convene their business meetings. It goes without saying that not many options can [...]
Coir exports all set to scale new heights
Posted in Kerala, tagged Alappuzha, Coir, exports, mat on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alappuzha: Coir and coir products have always been major revenue earners of Kerala, touted as the land of coconuts. Alappuzha is the major hub of coir production in Kerala with almost 80 per cent of the coir factories in the State located in this district. The newly launched Alappuzha Coir Cluster Development project, with a [...]
Online registration of Foreign Tourists in Alappuzha soon
Posted in Kerala, tagged Alappuzha, Beach, Registration, tourist on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ALAPPUZHA: Alapuzzha, more famous as the ‘Venice of the East’ for its meandering canals and waterways has made news recently for a different reason. It will be the first district in Kerala to introduce an online registration form (C Form) for foreigners touring this coastal town.
The District Police is planning an online registration system for [...]
