May
26
2011
Recently I visited wayanad , this visit totally changed my opinion about wayanad. Most of the peoples , including me thinks that wayanad is a forest area, occupied by illiterate tribals . After visiting I understood that the road networks and the accommodation facilities here are better than my home town. The main cities here are kalpeta , sultan bathery and mananthavady .
Firstly we targeted Edakkal caves as our tour destination. From there we moved to Muthanga wildlife sanctuary . Because of bad luck , we didn’t get the entry pass . And then we went to Kuruva islands. The way to kuruva island was a remarkable experience in my life, on the way I saw number of anthills and few deers.
Visitors in Kuruva island permitted only in between 9.30 am and 3.30 pm. It was a shocking news, because already the time was 1 pm , we were only at the half distance. Our tour co-ordinator said that “ already we covered half distance , so the better choice was go forward and we can see the river Kabani on which the kuruva islands are located” we got the permission to go to the banks of river kabani but the securities were not allowed to enter the kuruva islands. The banks of the kabani river has number of rocks . we seated there and skipped from one to another. The guard informed us that the time to leave the banks reached , because after some time elephants would come that may hurt the tourists.
The next day we went to Muthanga wildlife sanctuary . God grace , we got the tickets to enter the wildlife sanctuary. We took a rented jeep and covered all points in the sanctuary. On the way we saw five peacocks, number of elephants, migrating birds and tree houses etc.
From Muthanga wildlife sanctuary we went to a Jain temple . The statues in the temple was so attractive. From the temple we were moved to Karappuzha earth dam and then to pookot lake.
I saw number of handicrafts showrooms at wayanad. I purchased a cap and a bottle of honey .
I enjoyed my holidays very much . wayanad is a good tour place.
May
26
2011
Kerala , the god’s own country has been described in rock inscriptions of third century BC. In the first century AD jewish merchants arrived in kerala . Almost the same time the Christian missionary St. Thomas visited kerala. During the first five centuries of AD kerala was a part of Tamilakam , under the control of Pandya Raja’s .Arab traders were arrived during sixth and eighth centuries . They introduced Islam to Kerala. Malayalam became a distinct language in between the years 900-1100 .During 14 th century , venad ruler Ravi Varma Kulasekhara dominated over the southern regions of India.
A Portuguese merchant Vasco da gama arrived at Kappad near to calicut in 1498 . During the 16 th century Portugal dominated in Malabar regions of kerala, they replaced the arab merchants. In the 17 th century , Dutch peoples arrived kerala, and they dominated over Portugal . In the middle of 17 th century , Marthanda Varma Maharaja defeated Dutch’s in the kolachel battle. Marthanda Varma expanded his state and gave a new name state of Travancore. At the time of India’s independence kerala have three territories , Malabar, travancore and cochin. The travancore and cochin merged in july 1, 1949 formed travancore – cochin state. The present kerala was formed by adding Malabar and kasargodu taluk to the travancore – cochin state.
On November 1 , 1956 , the new kerala state inaugurated. The first election take placed in 1957 and the EMS Namboothiripad elected as the first chief minister of kerala.
May
26
2011
Indian ports
India have twelve major ports and 184 minor ports. Some of them are more than 100 years old , which includes Chennai, Mumbai ,Kolkata. The ports in kochi and vishakhapatanam are only 60 years old. The twelve major ports handle the almost 75 % of the port traffic . The major ports includes kolkata port trust, haldia dock complex , paradip port trust, Chennai port trust, vishakhapatanam port trust, cochin port trust, tuticorin port trust, new mangalore port trust, Mumbai port trust, mormugao port trust, Jawaharlal port trust, ennore port trust, kandla port trust etc
Indian Roads
India have second rank among the largest road network countries. The roads includes national highways , state highways, district roads, village roads and others . National highways carrying more than 40% of the total traffic .
Indian Railways
The first train service in India is in between Bombay and Thane on 1853. Now India has the largest rail network in Asia.
Indian Airlines
Air India, go air, deccan , indigo airline, Indian, jet airways, jagson airways, kingfisher airlines, spicejet airlines, MDLR airline, paramount airline ,jet lite etc.
May
25
2011
In 2006 a global initiative implemented to conserve the migratory birds population . Various educational programs , bird festivals , bird watching etc are organized all over the world during the weekend of May . The theme of world migratory bird day in this year is raising awareness about importance of migratory birds and their conservation. According to the WWF study, the migratory birds in kerala are facing high risk. The migratory birds are shifting their usual destinations , due to lack of food and shelter. The recent studies reveals that , the birds that are visiting kerala are growing in dry habitats , this indicating a change in climate in kerala
May
25
2011
The third phase of haritha keralam project will be launched by forest department on june 5 . The project is under the control of Social forest wing , department of kerala forest. The project will be commission on the same day of world environment day , june 5 . the third phase of haritha keralam will be implemented with the help of students, local governments, religious institutions, and youth organizations. The project aims to plant about 60 lakh of plants all over kerala. The project will use , unutilized lands, road sides , institutional properties, private properties, railways lands, residential areas for planting trees. Haritha keralam project will promote ‘ ente maram’ and ‘nammudae maram’ projects in schools and colleges. Haritha keralam project started in 2009 , planted more than one crore saplings all over kerala.