Two Must Visit Places In Trivandrum Kerala For the Holidays
The two places you shouldnt miss are Varkala Beach and Vizhinjam Varkala Beach: Varkala beach, which is among the fascinating tourist spots in small village known as Varkala which is situated in the Trivandrum district. Actually it really is 42 kilometres away from the Trivandrum city. It is among the beautiful places to pay our holidays. This is among the best places in Kerala for watching sunset. The panoramic landscape, seascapes and the brown sands of the beach makes every spectators mind cool. It really is believed when we go there and taken a holy dip in the holy waters of the beach, your body and the soul of the pilgrims will get purified. Due to this belief, the beach is also called? Papanashini? meaning destroyer of sins. The beach is always well crowded with pilgrims in just about all the holidays. Since the beach is bordered by hills, we could see high steep cliffs with red brown stones surrounding the beach and there is also another belief that the reverse osmosis water filtration gushing from the hills has medicinal properties. The two other important attraction points of the place are the 2000 year old Janardana Swamy Temple and the Nature Centre. The type Centre offers Ayurvedic treatments like Yoga and meditation courses specifically for the visitors. A lot of people stumbled on the beach with family, and they enjoy swimming, playing volley ball, water spots such as Parasailing, Scuba, wind surfing etc which is a fantastic fun. The transportation to the Varkala beach is not so difficult. We can reach there by road, rail or by air. Buses can be accessible from all of the areas of Kerala and the neighbouring states too. A railway station itself is owned by Varkala, so getting out there by train can also be no hassle. The nearest airport from Varkala may be the Thiruvananthapuram airport terminal which will be 52 kms away from Varkala. Vizhinjam: Vizhinjam, which can be thought to have been an ancient port, is situated in Trivandrum district to the south of Kovalam. This is situated almost 17kms from the Trivandrum city. Vizhinjam, which can be now a fishing harbour, is really a very attracting tourist place. The area was once a commercial centre for the Portuguese and Dutch. During those times the Europeans have experienced commercial establishments there. Near the sea shore, Portuguese have built a church which can be named as Old Vizhinjam Church and is still functional. Vizhinjam is now known for the Ayurvedic treatments since it has some celebrated beach resorts in round the place. The major picnic spot at Vizinjam may be the Vizhinjam Rock Cut Cave. Earlier, it had been left unnoticed for long time but now it’s a famous historic spot. In the cave temple at Vizhinjam, we could begin to see the rock cut sculptures of the 18th century. This is just amazing and I think everybody should to look at it again and again. There’s a one celled shrine loose sculpture of Vinandhara Dakshnimurthi which will be enclosed by the granite cave. Huge rocks are drilled to make the ruins of the rock temple and this must be the main attractive spot of the tourists. A Marine aquarium can also be developed here which contains a wide collection of sea animals. This aquarium is among the famous aquariums which house the worlds rarest and most exotic species of invertebrates and fishes. The area has its natural depth and because of its proximity to International Shipping channel, now Vizhinjam will be resulted in an international Deep Water Container Transshipment Terminal. We can reach Vizhinjam by road, rail or air. There is regular bus service from Trivandrum. The area is about 12kms away from Thiruvananthapuram Airport terminal and about 16kms Thiruvananthapuram central railway station.