seventh largest state in India‚ located in the western part of India with a coastline of 1600 km (longest in India). It is the tenth most popular state in the country for tourists with annual footfall of 18.9 million tourists.[8] Gujarat offers scenic beauty from Great Rann of Kutch to the hills of Saputara.Gujarat is the sole home of the pure Asiatic Lions and is considered to be one of the most important protected areas in Asia. During the Sultanate reign‚ Hindu craftsmanship mix withIslamic architecture
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Rajaraja Varma (1863-1918)‚ the celebrated poet‚ critic and grammarian is known as Kerala Panini for his lasting contributions to Malayalam literature. He wrote books on grammar and rhetoric which earned him the title of Kerala Panini and eventually prepared the ground for an enlightened renaissance in Malayalam poetry and literary criticism. He is said to have inaugurated a new era in modern Malayalam poetry. Kerala Panineeyam is considered to be an authoritative work on Malayalam grammar. He was
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any street corners and lanes one come across in Kerala countryside. Ration shops were supposed to be the meeting places of the daily wage earners where they buy subsidies at government rates and also the place where they discuss politics‚ gossip and exchange news. As mentioned in the novel such Ration shops are still a common sight in Koattayam Alleppy districts of Kerala. The sorrow of chacko and Mamachi is compared to a typical sight found in Kerala as " slumped in their bereavement‚ like a pair
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near Kozhikode in north Kerala has nearly forgotten its tradition of pottery-making. Today‚ it is known as the state’s "gold village"‚ boasting more than 100 jewellery shops. Their clientele: hundreds of families who have relatives working in the Gulf. The number of gold retailers in Kerala has gone upto 5000 In spite of sky-rocketing prices of the yellow metal-from Rs.4‚395 per 10 gram in 2000 to more than Rs.20‚000 in 2011-its demand has not been seriously affected in Kerala. The South Indian states
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CONSERVATION OF MEDICILNAL PLANTS] Ms RESHMA R Mr VISWESH VISWANATH ABSTRACT The sacred groves of Kerala are the remnants of evergreen forest patches‚ protected and conserved based on religious beliefs and a great repository of many endemic‚ endangered and economically important plant species. The study reports revealed that floristic diversity indices of the sacred groves of Kerala are equal or nearly equal to the forests of the Western Ghats. It is also revealed that these isolated patches
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Kerala poets and writers * Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri - A famous Malayalam poet who is honored by the epithet Mahaakavi. He won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award for Malayalam in 1973. His famous poems include ’Irupatam Nuttantinte Ithihasam. Akkitham is associated with Tapasya _ a cultural organization. * Arundhati Roy - Writer‚ awarded the Booker Prize in 1997 for The God of Small Things‚ which is set in Kerala. Born in Kerala. * Balachandran Chullikkadu - Poet admired for his realistic
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KOTTAYAM is a land of unique characteristics. Bordered by the lofty Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanand on the west‚ it is the only district in Kerala that neither shares a border with neighboring states nor with Arabian Sea. The city of Kottayam is called "Akshara Nagari" considering it’s contribution to print media and literature. It is also called the land of LATEX‚ LETTERS‚ LAKES & LEGENDS. Kottayam can claim many firsts to it’s credit LAND OF LETTERS
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ESSAY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN KERALA INTRODUCTION Tourism is an economic activity of global importance. It is the temporary movement of people from one place to another mainly for pleasure. It is a rapidly growing industry which provides employment opportunities to millions of people‚ generates foreign exchange and promotes balanced regional development and revives the art and culture. It is one of the biggest industries in the world. Tourism is not a single industry
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Beauty and the Beast is one of the fairy tales which has been narrated through various media such as oral storytelling‚ written short story‚ film‚ opera and musical theatre. With each interpretation‚ the story is given a new perspective and distinct elements are being highlighted in every presentation. Each of these versions leave an indelible imprint on the mind of readers or viewers. Subsequently‚ in 1946‚ Jean Cocteau adapted Madame Leprince de Beaumont’s short story of "Beauty and the Beast"
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THE KERALA MODEL Based on the development experience of the southern Indian state of Kerala‚ refers to the state’s achievement of significant improvements in material conditions of living‚ reflected in indicators of social development that are comparable to that of many developed countries‚ even though the state’s per capita income is low in comparison. Achievements such as low levels of infant mortality and population growth‚ and high levels of literacy and life expectancy‚ along with the factors
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