KERALA TOURIST GUIDE
Kerala is one of the most frequented tourist destination in India for it has pleasant climate, clean beaches, exotic backwaters, hill stations, network of rivers, waterfalls, wildlife sanctuaries, spice plantations, paddy fields, art, culture, music, dance, festivals, historical monuments, Ayurveda medication, cuisine and houseboat cruise. Malayalam is the official language of Kerala and is widely spoken by the inhabitants. This multi-ethnic and multi-religious state has the highest literacy rate in India. Boat races in Kerala are very popular. The inhabitants of Kerala are proud of their culture and put their effort to keep alive their cultural practices, classical dance and music forms, folklores and traditional life style. The people of Kerala live in perfect harmony.
The culture that we follow shows our inner identity to others in a good way or in a negative way. Alike, the culture of a place portrays its greatness and prosperity to the entire world and drags everyone to explore. Such a culturally rich destination is any there means, Kerala is the one in India. It’s such a wonderful destination, which is culturally and naturally abundant.
The culture of Kerala mostly influenced by Tamil-Dravidian and Arya-Indian culture. Kerala’s unique culture can see in various arts, crafts, language, history, festivals, martial arts, dress, etc a lot. Simply it is boundless everywhere you can sense on the land of Kerala.
Many civilizations and rulings, influenced the culture of Kerala. Among them, the civilizations of Chera, Pandya, and Chola had shown great impact. Coming to the history of Kerala, some mythological stories says that Kerala was formed by Bhagwan Parashuram, who is the 6th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. When he threw axe into the sea from Kanyakumari it was dropped near Gokarna, then the land separated from the ocean and formed into Kerala.
To look into the history of Kerala, many museums and cultural houses will entertain you with their wonderful art facts and historical remants. Moreover, visiting the historical monuments of Kerala will take you very close to the times of Kerala’s back days.
Anywhere in this world, people belong to different religions, races, and communities will live together. It makes people live in different cultures and religions. Keralites mostly speak Malayalam but a few will speak different languages too. Even though Kerala is home to Malayalis, different ethnic groups people will also live here. Due to migrations, many people getting shelter in Kerala. Tamilians, Tulus, Kannada, Konkanis, Mahls, Gujaratis, Bengalis, and Sikhs different ethnic people live in Kerala at different parts. However, Malayalis are the greater population.
Kerala is the name for its exquisite and unique arts and crafts knowledge. Throughout South India, here you can find the best-ever arts and handicrafts products. The products from the Viswakarma community are the best crafts to see the beauty of Kerala’s people’s brilliance in arts.
Temple idols, teapots, brass-inlay, bells, crafted lamps, metal statues, attractive minute figurines on woods, and so on various handicrafts available in Kerala attracts us a lot. When it comes to wooden carvings and coir products, coconut ashtrays, mats, purses, caskets, and carvings on rosewood and sandalwood, etc are the best examples of Kerala craftsmanship.
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