- When nature is all you need to recuperate,Kumarakom is undoubtedly the most invigorating,fascinating paradise in Kerala, God's own country.
The slender coconut palms standing here, there and everywhere, its
never ending paddy fields, meandering lagoons and backwaters, mangroves
nesting birds of a hundred varieties can peacefully calm and invigorate
your mind with renewed inspiration for your vocation and life. That is
the pristine beauty of Kumarakom. Kumarakom is a popular tourism
destination located near the city of Kottayam (16 kilometres (10 mi)),
in Kerala, India, famous for its backwater tourism. It is set in the
backdrop of the Vembanad Lake which is the largest freshwater lake in
the state of Kerala. Boats and Kumarakom Boat Race Kumarakom has a wide
variety of houseboats and is well known throughout the world for
houseboat experience. They are used only for tourists these days. A
separate boat known as Kettuvallam is used by the people to go fishing
or to transport
- Tourism in Kumarakom largely
revolves around thebackwaters of the Vembanad Lake.Several luxury and
budget resorts lined up on the shores of the lake provide tourists with
facilities for boating, yachting and fishing, with panoramic views of
the lake. The other major attraction is theBird Sanctuary which can be
visited by canoes arranged by local fishermen at the entrance to the
sanctuary. A two-hour rowing canoe trip is quite cheap, and is best
undertaken in the evening or early morning to avoid the afternoon sun
- Taj Garden Retreat the first modern tourist resort in Kumarakom is
established in the Victorian two storied bungalow built by Alfred George
Baker in the year 1881, on huge pieces of Teak wood rafters packed in
mud as a base. This house on the lake at Kumarakom was the house of four
generations of the Baker family, for over a hundred years. The bird
Sanctuary and the two storied Bungalow built by Mr.A G Baker on the
muddy land are places of interest for tourists from all over the world.
The bungalow still remains grand but silent reminder of an age and
people whose hard work cannot be erased by time.
- The BahHouse of Worship in New Delhi, India, popularly known as the Lotus Temple due to its flowerlike shape, is a BahHouse of Worship and also a prominent attraction in Delhi. It was completed in 1986 and serves as the Mother Temple of the Indian subcontinent. It has won numerous architectural awards and been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. Tourism Since its inauguration to public worship in December 1986, the Bah House of Worship in Delhi has, as of late 2002, attracted more than 50 million visitors, making it one of the most visited buildings in the world. Its numbers of visitors during those years surpassed those of the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal. On Hindu holy days, it has drawn as many as 150,000 people; it welcomes four million visitors each year (about 13,000 every day or 9 every minute). This House of Worship is generally referred to as the "Lotus Temple". In India, during the Hindu festival Durga Puja, several times a replica of the Lotus Temple has been made as a pandal, a temporary structure set up to venerate the goddess Durga. In Sikkim a permanent replica is of the Hindu Legship Mandir, dedicated to Shiva.
- Since its inauguration to public worship and visits in December 1986, the Bah House of Worship in New Delhi, India has drawn to its portals more than 70 million visitors,making it one of the most visited edifices in the world. On an average, 8,000 to 10,000 people visit the Bah House of Worship each day. These visitors have admired itsuniversal design in the form of a lotus and have been fascinated by the Teachings of the Bah’ Faith, especially its tenets of the Oneness of God, the Oneness of Religions,and the Oneness of Mankind.
- This Bah House of Worship of the Indian subcontinent joins six other Bah Houses of Worship around the world: Apia, Western Samoa; Sydney, Australia; KampalaUganda; Panama City, Panama; Frankfurt, Germany; Wilmette, USA. Each of these Houses of Worship, while sharing some basic design concepts, has its own distinctcultural identity embodying the principle of unity in diversity.
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