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JUST IN
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Phase 2 of Responsible Tourism concept launched in kerala
Responsible Tourism (RT) is an innovative and far-reaching concept, which is gradually taking roots in Kerala.
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Fern Hotels & Resorts – Announces the launch of Beaumonde – The Fern, Cochin – 5 star Ecotel* hotel
Beaumonde The Fern is in close proximity to Ernakulam's M. G. Road and is about 35 kms away from Cochin's
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Indriya – premium resort at Cherai set to open
Located at Cherai beach, 25 Km from the Cochin Airport , Indriya Beach Resort and Spa is a premium
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New Team to lead Kerala Tourism Development Corporation ( KTDC)
Mr. Vijayan Thomas, renowned NRI business personal has been appointed as new Chairman of KTDC Hotels
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Season’s Greetings
South India’s distinctive location and cultural multiplicity offers a diverse range of exotic destinations, festivals, flora-fauna, gourmet, unforgetful experiences and unique things and facts. Our Dakshin newsletter this month comes your way to help you unleash all that and more that is still unexplored.
In this edition, read about a lesser known destination Bacud hidden in the Aagasthya hills of Kerala and back with all that fervor again is one of the most revered festival of Kerala ‘Thrissur Pooram’ – it’s the time rejoice. A unique name given to South India Brahmin quarters – Agraharam is the highlight of our letter this month, also read about the lip smacking story of Kethal’s chicken from the very famous Rahmaniya Hotel in Trivandrum, Kerala and do try this simple recipe of a ‘Rasam’.
Hope you enjoy reading this letter as much as we did, putting it together for you. Have an incredible month ahead!
Warm Regards
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Thrissur Pooram Temple Festival, Kerala – 01 May |
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Thrissur Pooram is the most colourful of all the temple festivals of Kerala. Only more than 200 years old, Trissur Pooram is celebrated in Thrissur at Vadakkunnathan
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temple in the month of Medam (April- May). Situated on a hillock right in the centre of the city, the spaciously laid out temple attracts thousands of devotees and tourists from around the world during the festival.
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| DAKSHIN SPOTLIGHT |
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BONACUD |
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Bonakkad (Bonacaud) is a small unpolluted village situated 55 km from Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) city. It is a base camp of the famous peak, Agasthyar koodam in the
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Agasthya hills. The Agasthya hill range is famous for its abundance of rare herbs and medicinal plants. Agasthyakudam which is about 30 km from here. Tea estates, forests and water falls add beauty to this place.
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Mayil Attam |
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Mayilattam is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Lord Subrahmanya ( Muruka)It is performed
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done by girls dressed as peacocks, resplendent with peacock feathers and a glittering head-dress complete with a beak. This beak can be opened and closed with the help of a thread tied to it, and manipulated from within dress.
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| DAKSHIN CUISINE SPOTLIGHT |
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Kethal’s Chicken (Hotel Rahmaniya) |
Lip-smacking, deep fried, tender chicken served in banana leaves is a tempting image for food lovers in Kerala. Kethal Chicken fry is the most tender and flavourful
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Recipe of the Month - Rasam |
Also called as rasam, sar, saru, charu in south indian languages but rasam is a more commonly used name. It is an important accompaniment that is served
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| DAKSHIN PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH |
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SHANKAR - Indian film director and producer |
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He made his directional debut in Gentleman (1993) for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award. He is the highest paid film-maker in India among his
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contemporaries and predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In just a short span of time, Director Shankar has risen to the ranks of India’s best-known directors, with his movies among the biggest grossers of this generation.
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| DAKSHIN HIGHLIGHT |
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Agraharam (South India Brahmin quarter) |
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Agraharam is the name given to the Brahmin quarter of a heterogenous village or to any village inhabited by Brahmins. Agraharams were also known as
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Chaturvedimangalams is ancient times. A garland with open ends is what it was called. An agraharam, the traditional Brahmin settlement, was once a ubiquitous feature of most south Indian towns.
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team, always attentive and timings were all so perfect. Will come back again and will surely recommend Dhakshin Routes to our friends and relative travelling……..thanks !!!!”
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