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Kochi Touris Places In Kerala (india)

FORT COCHI.

The chinese fishing nets  are distinctly unique to Cochin. It is believed that traders from the court of the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan introduced these nets here. Oddly, these nets are found only in Kochi, outside China! Many fishermen earn their livelihood by fishing using these massive nets. A whole stretch of the coast along Fort Kochi and Vypeen are dotted with these nets. 

Vasco House, Fort Kochi.
Vasco house, located on Rose Street, is believed to be one of the oldest Portuguese houses in India. Vasco da Gama is believed to have lived here. This house features European glass paned windows and verandahs. 

St. Francis Church, Fort Kochi.
It is the oldest church built by Europeans in India. On his 3^rd visit to Kerala, Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese trader who reached India from Europe by sea, fell ill and died in Kochi. He was buried in the St. Francis Church. Later his remains were taken back to Portugal. In spite of that, his burial spot inside the church has been clearly marked out.

Fort Kochi beach.
A stroll along the beach, particularly at sunset with the chinese fishing nets and sailing ships in the background, is a memorable experience. Many European style bungalows can be seen along the shoreline. The coastal stretch has loads of small stalls, which make on demand mouth-watering traditional cuisines using freshly caught fish.  

Tourist Places Area In Chennai City

TOURIST PLACES IN CHENNAI

Amir Mahal
	Amir mahal is one of the oldest heritage building situated in Chennai Royapettah .

Anna Nagar Tower
	This is the highest and biggest park tower in Chennai, located at Anna Nagar Park. It has cyclic stairs. Full view of the city can be seen from Top of the Tower.

Birla Planetarium
	Birla Planetarium is fully computerized; located in the Kotturpuram, near Anna `University, can seat 236 persons.

Fort St. George
	The Fort stands as a symbol of the British rule, facing the sea It is the first British fort build around1653 by the British East India Company.

Fort Museum
	The Fort Museum is in the campus of Fort St George. It exhibits Armory, coins, medals and other artifacts used by the British.

Government Museum Complex
	It was at the behest of Sir Henry Pottinger ,on behalf of Madras Literary society,

Guindy National Park and Snake Park
	Guindy National Park and Snake Park are in Guindy ,a good family picnic spot .It is the smallest of the national parks in India.

Horticultural Gardens
	Sprawling over an area of 22 acres, with rare trees, shrubs, flower beds and bonsais. This garden is situated at the heart of the city,

Marina Beach
	The Second longest in the world. Its uniquersneass is that it is sandy . It is a dream place for ‘Walkers’ .

Muttukadu Boat House
	A wonderful picnic spot. The effect caused by the rocking bridge over backwaters is stunning and exciting.

Rippon Building
	One of the landmarks left by British administration; built in memory of Mr. Ribbon a British Administrator.

Theosophical Society
	It’s the headquarters of Theosophisical society worldwide. Situated in a large property in Adyar close to Besant Nagar.

Ellitiots Beach
	Elliot's Beach is in Beasant Nagar locally called as Beasant Nagar Beach.

MGR Film City
	The new navigator system for knowing that where your train and which route you are upto in your train can be enquired by you when you are in your seat.

Bharathiyar Illam
	It is the house in Chennai where Subramanya Bharthi, one of the greatest of Tamil Poets spent the last few years of his creative life.

Vivekananda Illam
	It’s a circular building , built on 1842 to store ice bars imported from USA by the Tudor Ice company. Vivekananda a great saint,

High Court
	A show piece of Indo-Arabic architecture. It is the second largest court complex in India

Kalakshetra
	Kalakshetra literally means ( Kala - Arts, Kshetra - Field or Holy place ) a Holy place of Arts.

TIDEL Park
	It is one of the few special commercial spaces built exclusively for the IT/software companies with emphasis on modern ,

Connemara Library
	One of the oldest public libraries in India. It has collection of more than 10 lakh books.

Mayajaal
	A one stop sophisticated entertainment multiplex. The Mayajaal offers the visitors besides a unique theatre experience,

VGP Golden Beach
	VGP Golden beach Universal Kingdom Amusement Park is the main attraction for children.

MGM Dizee World
	MGM Dizee world is an amusement park a one of the firsts Amusement parks.

Dakshina Chitra
	Dakshin Chitra is a very famous heritage centre located in the Muttukadu area of Tamil Nadu state.

Crocodile Bank
	Initially established as a kind of research place to study Crocodiles; its on 3.2 hectares land ;

Dolphin City
	An exciting amusement place with sea-lion show and other attractions. Its on East Coast road.

Anna Zoological Park
	Situated on the outskirts of Chennai city (32 km), the sprawling 1, 265 acre (510 hectare) Anna Zoological Park is said to be one of the biggest in South Asia.

Kishkintha
	The first theme amusement park is Kishkintha near Chennai.

Queens land
	Bangalore Trunk Road, Palanjur, Chennai - 602 103, 25 km from Kathipara Junction(Guindy) in Chennai.

ooty childrens park Nilagiri dist

Ooty a children’s park. A lovely children’s park is in the Eastern end of the lake. The lawn and the budding flowers over looking, the lake of water and grass filled ground make children play joyfully. The views of St.Thomas Church , the moving mountain railway from the railway station, the scene of boating and rowing, are the unique scene of this garden. The climate and natural green carpet adding pride to ooty. Located on the way to Boat House this place is enjoyable for Kids. With some rides and games this is one of the best place for kids

Ooty Lake Area Details

Ooty Lake  is an artificial lake built by John Sullivan. The size of ooty lake at present is 4 km2 and is 2.5 km in length.  The Ooty Lake is just behind the main bus stand of Ooty and the railway line runs along one of the banks of the lake itself.   Boating is the major attraction at the ooty lake.The lake offers the fine boating facilities with row boats, motor boats and paddle boats on hire. The lake garden and the toy train add to the beauty of this beautiful lake.

Ooty Tourism Information Place

About Ooty Details

Ooty is the famous tourist  Hill station in south India. short name    of udhagamandalam or oothacamund . Ooty is also called as Queen of hills . Ooty is one of oldest most popular tourist place in india. It is situated in Nilegiri hils. Nilegiri is also called as Blue Mountains. Ooty is covered by trees and flowers. Main cultivation in ooty is tea. Ooty situated at the height of 2250 meters from the sea level.

Nilegiri mountain railway is one of the oldest railway in india. It is under construction from 1845 finally open by British in 1899. It is also called as nilegiri express.

Botanical garden is one of the famous garden in ooty. It is the most attractive place in ooty. The size of Bottinical garden is over 55 acres . The botanical gardan is collective of different rare tree from different country and different flower from all over the world

Tirunelveli Courtallam details

The falls carry a good amount of water only when there is a rain on the hills, so it is advisable to see the weather forecast, when one plans to come to Courtallam . Season begins from June of every year till September. The South West Monsoon brings in the cold breeze with mild temperature. From October to December North East Monsoon sets over in Tamil Nadu and the climate is cold and the rains are very heavy sometimes. Sometimes the falls get flooded and people are not allowed to take bath during floods.Courtallam or Kutralam, Spa of South India, is a panchayat town situated at a mean elevation of 160 m  on the Western Ghats in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu, India. Many seasonal and few perennial rivers such as the Chittar River, the Manimuthar River, the Pachaiyar River and the Tambaraparani River originate in this region. The numerous waterfalls and cascades along with the ubiquitous health resorts in the area have earned it the title the Spa of South India. Courtallam is not just waterfalls; its temples too attract visitors. The most important among these is the Chitra Sabha, one of the five sabhas with Nataraja, Shiva in the dancing posture as the main deity. The paintings at the Chitra Sabha were renovated about 100 years ago. The others are the Rathna Sabha at Thiruvalangadu, the Kanaka Sabha at Chidambaram, and the Velli Sabha at Madurai and the Thamira Sabha at Tirunelveli. The temple at the foot of the hill is conch-shaped which has special significance in Hindu tradition

Rameshwaram Details & history

Rameshwaram is a town and a second grade municipality in the Ramanathapuram district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.located on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel and is about 50 kilometres from Mannar Island, Sri Lanka.very tip of the Indian peninsula. Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, is connected to mainland India by the Pamban Bridge. Rameswaram is the terminus of the railway line from Chennai and Madurai. Together with Varanasi, it is considered to be one of the holiest places in India to Hindus, and part of the Char Dham pilgrimage. this is the place from where the Hindu god Rama built a bridge, across the sea to Lanka to rescue his wife Sita from her abductor Ravana. The Ramanathaswamy Temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva is located at the centre of the town and is closely associated with Rama. The temple along with the town is considered a holy pilgrimage site for both Shaivites and Vaishnavites.Sri Lanka and geological evidence suggests that the Adam's Bridge was a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka. The town is in news over alleged attack by Sri Lankan navy for alleged cross border activities by fishermen, Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Kachchatheevu and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. Rameswaram is administered by a municipality established in 1994. Tourism and fishery employ the majority of workforce in Rameswaram.

Trichy - sri rangam details

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

Hindu temple dedicated to Ranganatha, a reclining form of Hindu deity, Vishnu located in Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India .  the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Alvar saints from the centuries AD and is counted as the first and foremost among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu. Vaishnava temples in South India rich in legend and history. Its location, on an island in Cauvery river, has rendered it vulnerable to natural disasters as well as the rampaging of invading armies – Muslim and European – which repeatedly commandeered the site for military encampment.The temple is enclosed by 7 concentric walls termed prakarams outer courtyard or mathil suvar with a total length of 32,592 feet or over six miles. These temple has 21 gopurams towers, 39 pavilions, fifty shrines, Ayiram kaal mandapam a hall of 1000 pillars and several small water bodies inside. The space within the outer two prakarams outer courtyard is occupied by several shops, restaurants and flower stalls. Non-Hindus are allowed up to the second prakaram outer courtyard but not inside the gold topped sanctum sanctorum.

Kovil is generally used in Tamil to signify any temple, for many Vaishnavas the term Kovil exclusively refers to this temple, indicating its extreme importance for them for saivas and all other Tamil people the term kovil refers to Thillai Natarajar Golden Shrine Chidambaram Temple. The presiding deity Ranganathar is praised in many names by his devotees, including Nam Perumal our god in Tamil, Azhagiya Manavaalan beautiful groom in Tamil.

The complex houses shrines of dozens of forms of Vishnu including Chakkarathazhwar, Narasimha, Rama, Hayagreeva and Gopala Krishna. There are separate shrines for Ranganayaki and the major saints in the Vaishnava tradition, including Ramanuja. The Venugopala shrine in the south-west corner of the fourth enclosure of the temple is the work of Chokkanatha Nayak. An inscription of 1674 specifies this Nayak king as the patron. The exterior of the vimana and attached mandap hall have finely worked pilasters with fluted shafts, double capitals and pendant lotus brackets. Sculptures are placed in the niches of three sides of the sanctuary walls; maidens enhance the walls in between. The elevation is punctuated with secondary set of pilasters that support shallow eaves at different levels to cap larger and smaller recesses. The sanctuary is crowned in the traditional fashion with a hemisphrical roof. The double-curved eaves of the entrance porch on the east side are concealed in a later columned hall. Dhanvantari, a great physician of ancient India is considered to be an incarnation of Vishnu – there is a separate shrine of Dhanvantari within the temple

Marudhamalai murugan temple details

Lord Muruga is glorified as the God of mountain and mountainous regions in 
THIRU MUGURUGATRUPADI, a noted work of the Tamil Literature of the Sangam Age.The word Muruga is a comprehensive term, connoting several meanings such as sweetness, youthfulness, beauty, divinity and honey and therefore it is but natural for the Lord to have His abode amidst scenic beauty among hills and mountains. Situated at a height of about 500 feet in a plateau on the western Ghats, fifteen kilometres north west of Coimbatore, amidst lush vegetation and salubrious climate, Marudhamalai Hills, dedicated to Lord Muruga Dhandayudhapani is classified under one of the six main abodes of the God, the others being THIRUVAVINANKUDI PALANI, THIRUPARANGUNRAM, NEAR MADURAI, THIRUCHEERALAVAI Thiruchendur, THIRUVERAGAM Swamimalai and PAZHAMUDHIRSOLAI Azhagarkoil near Madurai. Set against the backdrop of hazy blue hills dotted with shrubs and bushes of varied hues, the sacred shrine verily reflects the picture of Lord Muruga, magnificently mounted on his vehicle peacock, flaunting and swaying its feathers and plume in full bloom. The origin of the temple is rooted in legendary antiquity and dates back to the age of Surapadama, the demon destroyed by Lord Subramanya referred to in SKANDAPURNAM. The inscriptions found in Thirumuruganathaswami Temple, Thirumurganpoondi places the origin of the temple in the 12th century A.D.According to Perurpuranam, Soorapadama, the scourge of the gods aided by his mighty brothers, Singamukha and Tharaka arrayed against them and struck terror in their already agitated minds by his sudden and surprising charges and depredations. Unable to bear the agony and anguish, the gods approached Lord Siva and sought His succour. Lord Siva comforted the Gods that Lord Muruga would come to their rescue, root out and destroy Surapadama and his retinue enmasse. The gods should hasten to the Marudhamalai Hills and await the advent of Lord Muruga, their Saviour! Perupuranam also alludes to a king called Kusathvajan, who, it is said, was blessed with a male issue, only after worshipping Marudhamalai Muruga.The Divine Cow Kamadhenu is reported to have grazed in the pastures of the hills of Marudhamalai.Perurpuranam lists the three neighbouring hills, vellingiri, Nili and Marudhamalai as the very manifestations of Lord Siva, Parvathi and Subramanya respectively and the three hills taken together as the very symbol of Somaskanda.