Our Enchanting Kerala Trip

Backwaters at Ponnani
At the Bharatapuzha River-gently swaying in the breeze

A two-storeyed Kerala style house opposite Thiruvegappura Mahakshetram

Kunthippuzha River from atop the Pulamanthole Bridge

The Thirumaandhamkunnu Bhagavathi Temple, Angadippuram

Shruti and I visited Kerala a week back…the first time I was stepping into God’s Own Country after 1978…I was thrilled…we were invited to conduct a 2-day workshop for District Resource Group members (high school teacher trainers) of Malappuram District…we were put up in Malappuram town…and the experience of conducting the workshop and the sightseeing, both were fabulous…the workshop was hosted by the EMEA College of Arts and Science, Kondotty and the District Panchayath, Malappuram…we visited Calicut beach, but it was dark by the time we reached there and the there was some kind of a power cut…so, no power and we saw the beach in darkness! Shruti is a regular water baby and even the darkness did not deter her from having a brief encounter with the Arabian Sea…this was on the evening of the first day of the workshop…

After the two days of workshop, we had kept a day in reserve for sight seeing…the coordinator of the workshop, Mr P P Roy and his colleague, Mr Prem Kumar accompanied us on this sightseeing tour…it was extremely gracious of them to spend a whole day with us...Mr Roy was with us throughout the 12 hours that we spent…we almost went around the district…we visited a couple of temples, just to see the lovely and earthy Kerala style temple architecture …we travelled through roads, lanes and bylanes and were rewarded with enchanting sights of greenery all around and the rivers and the backwaters and the Arabian Sea once again… I have lots to share about this trip … I will only post some photos now … more later ...