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6 South Indian Backwater Destinations Beyond Alleppey Worth Visiting
If you are tired of Alleppey's crowded backwaters, here are some alternatives that offer the charm of Kerala's backwaters in quieter and lesser-known ways.
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7 Lakes And Backwaters In South India To Visit On Your Next Holiday
Here is a list of a few lakes and backwaters you need to visit for a serene and blissful experience on your next trip to South India
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Gateway To Kerala Backwaters A Sewage Dump "Floating With Filth": Report
Kerala's once scenic Ashtamudi Lake, described as the gateway to the state's backwaters and preferred by tourists world over for houseboat rides, has become a dump site for sewage which is slowly choking it to death, according to a KeLSA inspection.
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Kerala Boatman Turns Saviour For People Stranded On Island Amid Lockdown
In the Kerala backwaters in Kuttanad, a 50-year-old boatman is ferrying essential commodities including rice and grains, to around 60 families on an island here, who have been left with no mode of transportation after the coronavirus lockdown.
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Kerala Boatman Turns Saviour For People Stranded On Island Amid Lockdown
In the Kerala backwaters in Kuttanad, a 50-year-old boatman is ferrying essential commodities including rice and grains, to around 60 families on an island here, who have been left with no mode of transportation after the coronavirus lockdown.
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Watch: Kochi Luxury Flats Come Crashing Down In Seconds During Demolition
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Kochi this morning as two luxury apartment complexes - overlooking Kerala's stunning backwaters - came crashing down in seconds in a highly controlled demolition process of four apartment complexes. Over 350 flats in the coastal city - that housed 240 families - will be razed to the ground over this weekend as the Kerala...
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4 Arrested For Disrupting Nobel Winner Michael Levitt's Boat Ride In Kerala
Four people were arrested on Thursday for blocking the houseboat carrying Nobel laureate Michael Levitt in the backwaters here during the nation-wide strike against the Centre's "anti-labour" policies.
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"As If A Bandit Stopped Us At Gunpoint": Nobel Winner After Boat Blocked In Kerala
The houseboat of Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt was blocked in the backwaters here for some time by trade union activists, who were on a nationwide strike against the Centre's "anti-labour" policies on Wednesday.
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Kerala Flood Highlights: Kochi Airport To Resume Operations On August 29
As Kerala struggles to recover from devastating floods, the worst in over a century, experts on Tuesday said that certain warnings and predictions had gone unheeded. Kerala, criss-crossed by 44 rivers and backwaters, a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes running parallel to the Arabian Sea.
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Two-Year-Old Girl Drowns After Fall From Houseboat In Kerala
A two-year-old girl slipped and fell off a houseboat into the backwaters here while playing with her parents and drowned, police said today.
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Kerala Island Finds Mention In NatGeo's Best Destinations List
The tiny island of Kakkathuruthu in Kerala's backwaters has made it to a select list of stunning destinations across the world compiled by the National Geographic magazine.
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Tiny Islands In Kerala 'Sinking' Due To Rising Sea Levels
Some tiny islands formed by backwaters of scenic Ashtamudi Lake and Kallada River in Kollam Disrict in southern Kerala, among the major tourist attractions, are sinking due to rising sea level and erosion, according to local authorities.
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Water Sports to be Initiated at 19 Locations in Andhra Pradesh
19 locations across the state of Andhra Pradesh will be equipped to provide water and adventure sports, beaches, backwaters and theme parks with an investment of about Rs 21 crore, a top state government official said in Hyderabad today.
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Kerala Tourism, a Hit in Japan
Kerala's tradition of ayurveda and its unique backwaters have found numerous admirers in Japan where these were showcased at the state's theme pavilion at one of the biggest travel events in the world.
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Indian Food Tours: The Growing Trend of 2014
From snow-speckled peaks that crown the country to the lazy backwaters down south, from the earthiness of the east to the spunk of the west, India offers a variety of mind-stirring backdrops for foreign tourists. While the tourism industry is blossoming...
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6 South Indian Backwater Destinations Beyond Alleppey Worth Visiting
If you are tired of Alleppey's crowded backwaters, here are some alternatives that offer the charm of Kerala's backwaters in quieter and lesser-known ways.
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7 Lakes And Backwaters In South India To Visit On Your Next Holiday
Here is a list of a few lakes and backwaters you need to visit for a serene and blissful experience on your next trip to South India
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Gateway To Kerala Backwaters A Sewage Dump "Floating With Filth": Report
Kerala's once scenic Ashtamudi Lake, described as the gateway to the state's backwaters and preferred by tourists world over for houseboat rides, has become a dump site for sewage which is slowly choking it to death, according to a KeLSA inspection.
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Kerala Boatman Turns Saviour For People Stranded On Island Amid Lockdown
In the Kerala backwaters in Kuttanad, a 50-year-old boatman is ferrying essential commodities including rice and grains, to around 60 families on an island here, who have been left with no mode of transportation after the coronavirus lockdown.
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Kerala Boatman Turns Saviour For People Stranded On Island Amid Lockdown
In the Kerala backwaters in Kuttanad, a 50-year-old boatman is ferrying essential commodities including rice and grains, to around 60 families on an island here, who have been left with no mode of transportation after the coronavirus lockdown.
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Watch: Kochi Luxury Flats Come Crashing Down In Seconds During Demolition
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Kochi this morning as two luxury apartment complexes - overlooking Kerala's stunning backwaters - came crashing down in seconds in a highly controlled demolition process of four apartment complexes. Over 350 flats in the coastal city - that housed 240 families - will be razed to the ground over this weekend as the Kerala...
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4 Arrested For Disrupting Nobel Winner Michael Levitt's Boat Ride In Kerala
Four people were arrested on Thursday for blocking the houseboat carrying Nobel laureate Michael Levitt in the backwaters here during the nation-wide strike against the Centre's "anti-labour" policies.
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"As If A Bandit Stopped Us At Gunpoint": Nobel Winner After Boat Blocked In Kerala
The houseboat of Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt was blocked in the backwaters here for some time by trade union activists, who were on a nationwide strike against the Centre's "anti-labour" policies on Wednesday.
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Kerala Flood Highlights: Kochi Airport To Resume Operations On August 29
As Kerala struggles to recover from devastating floods, the worst in over a century, experts on Tuesday said that certain warnings and predictions had gone unheeded. Kerala, criss-crossed by 44 rivers and backwaters, a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes running parallel to the Arabian Sea.
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Two-Year-Old Girl Drowns After Fall From Houseboat In Kerala
A two-year-old girl slipped and fell off a houseboat into the backwaters here while playing with her parents and drowned, police said today.
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Kerala Island Finds Mention In NatGeo's Best Destinations List
The tiny island of Kakkathuruthu in Kerala's backwaters has made it to a select list of stunning destinations across the world compiled by the National Geographic magazine.
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Tiny Islands In Kerala 'Sinking' Due To Rising Sea Levels
Some tiny islands formed by backwaters of scenic Ashtamudi Lake and Kallada River in Kollam Disrict in southern Kerala, among the major tourist attractions, are sinking due to rising sea level and erosion, according to local authorities.
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Water Sports to be Initiated at 19 Locations in Andhra Pradesh
19 locations across the state of Andhra Pradesh will be equipped to provide water and adventure sports, beaches, backwaters and theme parks with an investment of about Rs 21 crore, a top state government official said in Hyderabad today.
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Kerala Tourism, a Hit in Japan
Kerala's tradition of ayurveda and its unique backwaters have found numerous admirers in Japan where these were showcased at the state's theme pavilion at one of the biggest travel events in the world.
-
Indian Food Tours: The Growing Trend of 2014
From snow-speckled peaks that crown the country to the lazy backwaters down south, from the earthiness of the east to the spunk of the west, India offers a variety of mind-stirring backdrops for foreign tourists. While the tourism industry is blossoming...
