Kerala with the Arabian Sea on the west, the Western Ghats towering 500 - 2700m on the east and networked by forty-four rivers. Kerala is a very easy place to simply sit back and enjoy. The name means ’’land of coconuts. ’’ Kerala is a land of rivers and backwaters. Forty-four rivers (41 west-flowing and 3 east-flowing) criss-crossing kerala Cuisine of Kerala Sadya, the typical kerala feast served on a banana leaf, is a sumptous spread of rice and more than fourteen vegetable dishes - sambar, rasam, olan, kaalan, pachadi, kichadi, aviyal, thoran etc.
The culinary skills of the various communities of kerala have given us a cuisine of great variety. Most every dish prepared in kerala has coconut and spices added to it. Tender coconut water, ’the world’s safest natural soft drink’, is a refreshing nutritious thirst quencher Kerala the land of ayurveda Kerala’’s equable climate, natural abundance of forests (with a wealth of herbs and medicinal plants) and the cool monsoon season (june-november) Are best suited for ayurveda’’s curative and restorative packages. In fact, today, kerala is the only state in india which practises this system of medicine with absolute dedication Kerala - a perfect blend of culture & nature Capital:Though a bit of a tongue-twister, Thiruvananthapuram - the present official name, is closer to it’s mythological origins. Cities of Kerala –Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Thekkady (Periyar), Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur, Kasaragod, Munnar.