Kainakari... Ramankari... Nedumudi... Pathiramanal... Kumarakom ...
Workers in Kuattanad paddy field
Beside the hay heap in Kuttanad, Kainakari.
House boat in Pathiramanal
Houseboats in Kerala are huge, slow-moving barges used for leisure trips. They are a reworked model of Kettuvallams (in Malayalam), which, in earlier times, were used to carry rice and spices from Kuttanad to Kochi port. Now mainly for tourists for leisure purpose.
Chinese net in Pathiramanal
Inside the Pathiramanal island, pathway
Beauty of Kuttanadan areas. Bake water and its side growing coconut trees
Thanneermukkam bund near Kumarakom.
Ploughed field in Kuttanad for paddy cultivation
Kuttanad lake- another seen on the way Changanassery- Alappuzha road
A house boat
Houseboat in Kerala is about 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) long and about 15 feet (4.6 m) wide at the middle. The hull is made of wooden planks that are held together by ropes of coconut fiber; the usual wood is 'Anjili'. The roof is made of bamboo poles and palm leaves. The exterior of the boat is painted with protective coats of cashew nut oil.
Near the paddy field in Kainakari on 25th Dec 2013
Near the green paddy field in Kuttanad Kainakary on 15-9-2016, the 3rd Onam day.
Sambhu with his favourite SUV
On the side way of Paddy field in the Kuttanad
Kaushik S Nair is enjoying the greenery of the rice growing land
House boat, the tradition of backwater tourism in the God's Own Country
Sambhu steering the house boat in the backwater of Wembanad lake, the largest lake in Kerala
A distant view of this houseboat
near the Pathiramanal island
Enjoying the movements of house boats in the backwater, one of the busiest season in Onam 2016 holidays covering 7 days to Govt employees and teachers. All are enjoying the holidays in tourism destinations.
Houseboats in Kerala are huge, slow-moving barges used for leisure trips. They are a reworked model of Kettuvallams (in Malayalam), which, in earlier times, were used to carry rice and spices from Kuttanad to Kochi port. Now mainly for tourists for leisure purpose.
Houseboat in Kerala is about 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) long and about 15 feet (4.6 m) wide at the middle. The hull is made of wooden planks that are held together by ropes of coconut fiber; the usual wood is 'Anjili'. The roof is made of bamboo poles and palm leaves. The exterior of the boat is painted with protective coats of cashew nut oil.
Sambhu with his favourite SUV
On the side way of Paddy field in the Kuttanad
near the Pathiramanal island
