Kerala’s new luxury boat service

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Kerala’s new luxury boat service

The Kerala State Water Transport Department (SWTD) has launched a new luxury boat service. This venture is aimed at showcasing the natural beauty of the interior regions of Kuttanad to both foreign and domestic travellers and to give them an authentic experience of the coir villages, paddy fields, and backwaters of Kerala. Tourists can now experience Kerala in a whole new way by travelling through its backwaters in style.  The service will follow a major route in Kerala’s backwaters transporting guests from Alleppey and Kollam. The double-decker boats have all the modern facilities and are able to seat up to 80 passengers with 20 seats on the upper deck. The services will start from Alappuzha and Kollam jettys simultaneously at 10:30 AM every day, passing various places of historical importance like Karumadikuttan (Buddha statue) and Kumarakodi, the resting place of Malayalam poet Kumaranasan at Pallana. The boat will also stop at other villages and ashrams, during the seven hour journey.   Take in the swaying coconut trees, ancient temples and teeming villages dotted along the winding water ways of God’s Own Country.
Our recommendations: Visit the Arthunkal Church, located 22kms outside of Alleppey, Arthunkal—also known as St. Andrews Church which was established by Portuguese missionaries in 1591 AD. Today, it’s one of Kerala’s most important Christian pilgrimage centres and every November, the Arthunkal Perunnal, a feast dedicated to St. Sebastian is celebrated here. Other must-sees are the temple of Ambalapuzha, located 14 km outside of Alleppey, which was the once capital of the Chembakassery Kings and dates back to 800 AD. This holy site was built in typical Kerala architectural style and is an important pilgrim centre for Hindus. Today, the temple houses a black granite stone idol of Lord Krishna and devotees perennially look forward to the sweetmeat offering called paal paayasam, a rice pudding.
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