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The Antique
Sellers of Jew Street
It's almost a walk down the lanes of antiquity. The Jew Street is lined with
shops that sell curios, antique pieces of crockery, carved wooden furniture,
bronze and brass sculptures, remnants of traditional houses, and jewellery.
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Aranmula
This month, head for Aranmula. This small village is world-famous for its
metal mirrors with no refraction, the Aranmula Kannadi kannadi means mirror
in Malayalam). The technology for this is not used anywhere else in the world.
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Bolghatty
Island
In the historic town of Fort Kochi in Ernakulam district, the commercial capital
of Kerala, is the Bolghatty Island - your destination of the month!
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Chendamangalam
A church, a temple, a mosque and the remains of a Jewish synagogue - all lying
in close proximity is an ideal example of the ancient Indian tradition of
religious tolerance and peaceful co-existence.
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Dutch Palace
Built by the Portuguese in 1557 and presented to Raja Veera Kerala Varma of
Kochi, the Palace was renovated in 1663 by the Dutch. The palace with a Bhagavathi
temple in the central courtyard is built like the typical Kerala style mansion...
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Fort Kochi
Welcome to a 60-90 minute walking tour of the old streets of Fort Kochi. This
is the ideal way to discover a historic town brimming with tales of myriad
seafaring visitors who came here to trade and then stayed on to cease their
work on this impressionable land.
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The
Hill Palace Museum
Location : 10 km from Ernakulam town,central Kerala.
Visiting hours : 9.00 to 12.30 hrs. and 14.00 to 16.30 hrs.
on all days except Mondays.
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The
Museum of Kerala History
One picture can say what a thousand words cannot! That being the case, without
further ado, we recommend that you pay a visit to The Museum of Kerala History
in Edapally, Kochi. And once you are on the lush grounds of the museum,
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Kerala
Kalamandalam
Location : In Thuckalay, 64 km from Thiruvananthapuram, situated in
Tamilnadu, a neighbouring State.
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Koyikkal
Palace
Location : Nedumangad, about 18 km from Thiruvananthapuram city on
the way to the Ponmudi hill station and the Courtalam waterfalls, Thiruvananthapuram
district, south Kerala.
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Krishnapuram Palace, Kayamkulam
The Krishnapuram Palace is a rare specimen of the Kerala style of architecture
- complete with gabled roofs, narrow corridors and dormer windows. Residence
of the rulers of Kayamkulam kingdom, the age of the palace is unknown.
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Kunchan
Smarakam
Kunchan Smarakam, the memorial to poet Kunchan Nambiar, is not a conventional
monument. In this house where the inventor of the satirical art form was born,
young artists are trained in the various divisions of the art form - and Parayanthullal.
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Madhavan
Nayar Foundation
Located a little distance from the crowded urban centre of Ernakulam is a
quiet ethnic building hidden in the shades of huge trees. A statue of Parasurama,
the sage who is said to have created Kerala, greets the visitor.
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Mattancherry Palace
Built by the Portuguese in 1557 and presented to Raja Veera Kerala Varma of
Kochi, the Palace was renovated in 1663 by the Dutch. The palace with a Bhagavathi
temple in the central courtyard is built like the typical Kerala style mansion
- the Nalukettu...
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Padmanabhapuram
Palace
The antique interiors are replete with intricate rosewood carvings and sculptured
decor. The palace also contains 17th and 18th century murals. One can see:
the musical bow in mahogany, windows with coloured mica, royal chairs with
Chinese carvings,
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Synagogue
The Synagogue at Fort Kochi,constructed in 1568, is the oldest in the Commonwealth.
Destroyed in a shelling during the Portuguese raid in 1662, it was rebuilt
two years later by the Dutch. Mid-18th century hand painted, willow patterned
floor tiles from Canton in China, a clock tower,
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Thangasseri
Thangasseri was once a favourite settlement of the Portuguese, the Dutch and
the English in succession, as Kollam was one of the oldest and most important
port for international cashew trade on the Malabar coast.
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Thrithala
Thrithala is noted for its monuments and historic ruins and hence, has great
archaeological importance. The ruins of a large mud fort with a deep moat
hewn from laterite and the Siva temple are notable cultural monuments.
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Vasco da Gama Square
Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala, the last port of Vasco Da Gama, where
you will find synagogues, mosques, churches and temples side by side, is a
place with a fascinating history. The huge cantilevered fishing net, the Chinese
fishing nets...
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