Tourist Attractions in Alleppey
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The major tourist attraction in Alleppey is the
Alleppey Beach, Krishnapuram palace, Pathiramanal,
Arthunkal, Ambalappuzha and Kuttanad.
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Arthunkal (about 22 km)
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St. Sebastian’s Church at Arthunkal is an
important Christian pilgrim centre. The annual
festival, Arthunkal Perunnal is celebrated in the
month of January.
Chettikulangara Bhagavathy Temple, Mavelikkara
The Kettukazhcha festival at this
temple draw large crowds of devotees. This
festival is celebrated in February and March.
Processions of tall decorated structures on
chariots, brightly decorated effigies of horses
and bullocks and cultural performances make a
spectacular pageant |
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Ambalappuzha (about 14 km)
The
Sree Krishna temple in Ambalappuzha is built in
the typical Kerala style of architecture. This
temple is famous all over Kerala for Palpayasam,
the daily offering of deliciously sweet milk
porridge.
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Mannarasala (about 32 km)
Situated near Harippad, Mannarasala is one of the most
important serpent temples in Kerala
Kuttanad
Kuttanad is also known as the ‘rice bowl of Kerala’.
It is known so due to such large area of 55000
hectares of unending paddy filelds with very endemic
salt and flood tolerant rice varieties, which is the
heart of the backwaters. This is one of the places in
the world where farming is done below sea level. The
paddy fileds lie about 0.6 - 2 m below mean sea level.
Inland waterways which flow above land level is an
amazing feature of this unique land. The scenic
countryside here display a rich crop of bananas, yams
and cassava.
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Krishnapuram Palace
The Krishnapuram palace museum is known for its collection
of antique sculptures, paintings and bronzes. The 18th
century mural Gajendramoksham is located on the ground
floor of the palace and is the largest mural in Kerala. It
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Alleppey Beach
The Alleppey Beach is one of the most popular picnic
spots in Alleppey. The pier, which extends into the
sea here, is about 140 years old.
Pathiramanal
According to mythology a young Brahmin dived into the
Vembanad Lake to perform his evening ablutions and the
water made way for land to rise from below, thus
creating the enchanting island of Pathiramanal (sands
of midnight). This little island on the backwaters is
a favourite haunt of hundreds of rare migratory birds
from different parts of the world. The island lies
between Thaneermukkom and Kumarkom, and is accessible
only by boat. |
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