This beach is situated at a distance of only 16 kilometers from the city of Trivandrum. Till 1960s, Kovalam was only a sleepy fishing village that contained narrow villages and thatched dwellings with huge courtyards that were employed for drying fish.
The Trivandrum beaches, India are famous in the entire world. The Kovalam beach is a sheltered natural bay coupled with four other beaches called Samudra beach, Eve’s beach, Ashok beach and Lighthouse beach. All these beaches are adjacent to each other and bestow the visitors with sun and sand.
Trivandrum beaches, India is the most sought for beaches and some of the popular beaches are Shanmugham beach and Varkala beach. The Shanmugham beach is near the Thiruvananthapuram airport. Beach, this name itself is associated with fun and relaxation, and the city buffs enjoy such places, given an opportunity.
The Trivandrum beaches meet all the needs of a tourist. It has the children’s park that gives them traffic training and an indoor recreation club. Another attraction in this beach is the matsya kanyaka, a 35m long and gigantic mermaid sculpture and a star fish shaped restaurant.
Trivandrum beach, India includes the Varkala beach and is more popular as a pilgrimage centre. This beach is correlated with ancestor worship and is well known as ‘Papanasham beach’ or the ‘Beach of Redemption’. Hindus immerse the ashes of the dead here. A sacred temple of Janardhana Swamy is sited at the heart of the town and this is believed to be over 2000 years old. The deity here is Krishna and it attracts many pilgrims.
This temple has a bell given by a captain of 17th century as gratitude. Trivandrum beaches, consider Varkala as a popular beach for this town has natural springs coupled with therapeutic features and is a centre for yoga and ayurvedic treatment. |
