Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, like Rome, stands on seven hills, sloping towards the Arabian Sea. Kerala a land believed to have been raised from the sea and gifted to the Brahmins by Lord Parasurama. It is the most beautiful part of tropical India with evergreen forests. It is the...

Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, like Rome, stands on seven hills, sloping towards the Arabian Sea. Kerala a land believed to have been raised from the sea and gifted to the Brahmins by Lord Parasurama. It is the most beautiful part of tropical India with evergreen forests. It is the land where six religions - Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism and Islam have peacefully co-existed through the centuries; the land where the Chinese and the Arabs, the Portuguese and the Dutch, the French and the English left their mark. Kerala has also witnessed European and Arab merchants lured by timber, ivory, pepper, ginger, cinnamon and other spices. It is the land of Kathakali.

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