Nursery Rhymes

Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1

During a Tour Kerala, tourists come across all kinds of historical stories – stories that begin right from the origin of Kerala. Local folklore has it that Kerala was "reclaimed" from the sea by the warrior sage Parasuraman by a throw of his battle-axe. Whatever the truth behind the legend, the fact remains that Kerala is a land with a huge necklace of canals, lagoons, lakes and rivers. This peculiar landscape has had a distinct impact on the lifestyle of the people who live along the banks of these backwaters.

A Tour Kerala will obviously include a cruise through its backwaters. The backwaters are a gateway for the visitor to see first hand the unhurried village life of rural Kerala. The life is tough and traditional work is highly labor intensive. Here one meets the people engaged in country boat building, prawn cultivation, sand mining, coir manufacture, limestone collection, rice farming and duck rearing.

Such unhurried life holds a certain fascination for the visitor to these places. It is small wonder then, that a Tour Kerala is a strong magnet for the millions of tourists who come here from all over the globe to encounter the unbelievable beauty of the place and the life of the locals besides these backwaters.