Historic Kollam, is also known as the "Cashew Capital of the World," is a vital district in Kerala, serving as a major hub for cashew processing, marine exports, and coir production.
Kollam beach is also known as Mahatma Gandhi Beach, is a beach at Kollam city. Kollam Beach is the first 'Beach Wedding Destination' in Kerala.The beach also features a park of international standard, the Mahatma Gandhi Park, which was inaugurated on 1 January 1961 by the then Vice President of India, Zakir Husain. Kollam beach is one among the few beaches in Kerala with a lifeguard outpost.[] Lifeguards were stationed at the beach from 2005. As of July 2015 Kovalam, Kollam is one among the three beaches in south Kerala with lifeguard outposts.
It is one of the popular beaches in the city of Kollam and a tourist destination in the state of Kerala. The beach is situated at Thirumullavaram, an important neighborhood of Kollam city. The beach is very famous for conducting the KarkidakaVavubali rituals. Thousands of devotees arrive on the beach to perform the VavubaliTharpanam every year. It is one of the most attractive beaches located in South India.
Now a days lots of domestic & international travellers are attracted to see a genius mind of converting a craggy, barren piece of land into a splendidly astonishing work of art. It’s a genius mind to convert a craggy, barren piece of land into a splendidly astonishing work of art. Jatayu Earth’s Center, that visionary is none other than the Sculptor Rajiv Anchal have done it It took 10 years of hard work, his team to actualize this dream and elevate the locale into one of the most ambitious eco-tourism projects ever in Kerala. Rock by rock and step by step, it passed through several phases across two decades to make it remarkable piece of work.
The magic of houseboatparadise, established in 2014 in Ashtamudi lake, particularly notable air-conditioned services from the Kollam District Tourism Promotion Council , were active as early as 2005 for custom-made vessels, with specific notable launches, recorded in March 2014. The area is a prominent backwater destination. Now lots of private firm are doing house boat services from Kollam to Alapuzha in different packages on esteemed guest’s request.
Munroe Island in Kollam is a serene, scenic cluster of eight islands at the confluence of Ashtamudi Lake and the Kallada River. It’s a beautiful village area blended with a couple of tourist sports like Mundroe S-Curve a narrow water way bend popular for photography, Peringalam Islanda cluster perfect for nature lovers, rural life & traditional coir retting, fishing & local Kerala village life are the main tourist attraction over there