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Pookode: A Cool Lake at the Gateway of Wayanad

// April 12th, 2011 // No Comments » // Culture and Ecology, Eco Watch

Up the ghat pass of Wayanad at the very gateway of this ancient elevated paddy land or Wayal Nadu at around 700m lies this tropical blue lake skirted by vernal wet green forests and grass land tops. The Pookode lake is a natural freshwater spring lake having great ecological, geographical and cultural antiquity. This refreshing [...]

Revisiting Beypore Sulthan

// April 11th, 2011 // No Comments » // Cultural Politics, Culture and Ecology

Beypore or Bepur is one of the ancient port cities of Kerala only after Kodungallur or Muziris. Even today it is the second port of Kerala after Kochi which came to prominence in the 15 century after the flood in river Periyar that ruined the fame of Vanchi or Muziris. In terms of people and [...]