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Tuesday, February 25th, 2003
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1:05p - NEXT STOP KANYAKUMARI!!
Well as now we are at a place called balaramghad....which is about 70 km from trivandrum..and here we will be getting down for a walking to the palace...
Now about the palace - it was built by the famous ruler of kerala (i couldn't remember the name now coz it was a tongue twister )...he even defeated the great Tipu Sultan the ruler of mysore..in a fight for his land.The main attraction of the palace were:-
1)The wooden work was many hundred years ago,and the wood was still intact and shining as new.
2)the wood carving was exclusive and really mind bongling.
3)there was a dancing hall with granite stone on the floor. and life size statues of dancing apsara all around it.
4)there was a special bed for the queen made up of as i remember of now about 63 herbal wood..to keep her from sickness and to keep her skin glowing as ever.
5)there were many hide-out and an emergency exit ( atunnel which opens about two km from the palace).
after the seeing the palace and taking the pics we set of to get the bus to kanyakumari.(PALACE-ticket for entrance rupees 30 with 15 extra for the camera and 1000 for the handicam)
Welcome to the ancient and holy city of kanyakumari...the place famous for it's sunrise and sunsets..and also for the Vivekanand memorial...other than that there is a 133ft large statue of some famous South Indian poet .
We stayed for the night in a hotel giving us the picturesque view of the sea with the giant statue and the
noisy sea waves...the room was affordable as we were five people staying together in a three-bed room set.
We had a great time roaming around in the markets full of seashell goods and .i bought a "shankh"(it is a shell which is used to make a holy sound ,used mostly by the hindu community)....u get real cheap sea-shell stuff here...
The next morning we went to the Vivekanad memorial by a ferry and took a lot of pics there ...it was really peaceful..and one somehow feels at peace..there.....it was all so tranqilising...so peaceful..it's inexpressible....
so thats it we saw sunset and sunrise and took..lots of pics ....we also went to see the Gandi ashram..that was where gandhi ji's ashes were kept before setting them in the holy sangam of the three oceans in kanyakumari shores.....
Our jouney of kanyakumari is coming to an end...as we are going to catch a bus to kovallam that is near trivandrum...
So check out the Kovalam Beach..in the nextjournal...
Till then chill out...and keep smiling...C U
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