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MALESHWAR WATERFALL

DOODHSAGAR WATERFALL

Concept of Kaavu (കാവ്)

Kaavu (കാവ്) is one of the cultural traditions thats followed widely in different parts of Kerala.

Its widely known myth that Kerala was created by Sage Parasurama by throwing his axe. Its believed that Sage Parasurama did so to in order to provide a place to reside for the Brahmins (Namboodiris) as 'prayaschitam' (penance) for his Kshatriya killings. 

In order to safeguard the natural environment and resources it was suggested to have some area near all houses to be kept untouched by humans. These areas were considered sacred and regular 'poojas'(worship) were done. This is how kaavu developed.

Beaufort Force 7

                         Main question in the minds of people who are reading this blog would be why am I writing something on Beaufort Force 7. Well the answer is these where the winds that hit Trivandrum couple of days back destroying 1/3rd of the 11kV substations.
                         Beaufort scale is a wind speed measure based on sea conditions.The scale was devised in order to standardize the weather observations made by Navy officers.

The Beaufort force 7 wind which hit Trivandrum had a speed of 55km/hr.There was a sudden rise in the wave height. These high speed winds caused large scale destruction to the electricity services.Thankfully there weren't any human casualities :)

Moncompu - Travel review

I don't know how many of the readers of this blog would have heard of this place's name.For starters its a naturally formed island in the Kuttanad taluk of Alleppey district.Another fact reg: the place is that famous agricultural scientist M.S.Swaminathan ( Mancompu Sambasivan Swaminathan ) is from here. The place marked as 'A' is Moncompu.                              

                                       

For those people who have been living in the concrete jungles of the metros and not so metro areas, this will be a refreshing change.The calm,serene waters of Vembanad lake are ideal for the house-boat journeys. 

                                            

Its really heartening to see how nature presents itself with such beauties that leaves its observers enchanted :)

This  is the pic of the  Moncompu temple.Whats peculiar about the visit to the temple is that one needs to take a boat ride for crossing the river. River is not the one seen in pic :P.