Kerala

Kerala is one of the most beautiful states in India situated in between the Western ghats on the East and the Arbian sea on the West. Kerala is famed for its arresting natural beuti. It lokks like a fairyland with its deuse forest, fresh green hills, palan fringed lakes, rivers backwater, sandalwood tea, coffee and rubber and most of Kerala’s exotic spices coconut, jackfruit, mango, banana and pepper vines are grown.

Kerala is a happy mingling place of all major religious, ancient temples, churches and mosques are scattered all over the state. There are synagogues too built by the ancient jewish settlers.

According to a popular legend, Lord Vishnu after slaying the evil kings, descended from the heavens in his incarnation of Parashuram. He did penance for waging the terrible war and threw his axe into the sea. The place where the axe landed from shaft to blade.

The locals call it "God's own country", and there is no denying that Kerala is spectacular. Lined with palm trees and golden beaches, the state's famous back waters are quite stunning. Forty lazy rivers run through canals and rice paddies from the Western Ghats down to the sea. channeling their way through tiny fishing villages and islands of palm grooves. Kerala, the fertile narrow strip on the south-west coast of india is believed to be the gift of the Arabian sea.Kerala is one of the four states of south India.

South India boast such a a full and flavor, some diversity of landscape, culture & history. The name kerala is given widely explained today as meaning 'land of coconuts', derived from the Malayalam word 'Kera' (coconut palm).However this is not its origin 'keralaputva' - land of the sons of cheras - putra, son - was referred to in Atoka's edicts dating from between 273-236BC, over a thousand years before the Malayalam language of contemporary kerala took shape. To the tamils the region was known for centuries as seranadu again meaning the land of the CHERAS.