Kovalam beach, Trivandrum

Kovalam is a beach town on the Arabian Sea in Kerala, a state in south India. It is located around 16 km outside Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) City in the Thiruvananthapuram district. There are a large number of beach resorts in and around Kovalam. The sea port of Vizhinjam is about 3 km away and famous for its special varieties of fish, old Hindu temples, big churches and a mosque. The Proposed International Trans shipment Terminal at Vizhinjam is also close to Kovalam. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... , Thiruvananthapuram   (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം TiruvanÅ­ntapuraṁ), also known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. ... For other uses, see Beach (disambiguation). ... The Arabian Sea (Arabic: بحر العرب; transliterated: Bahr al-Arab) is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... South India is a linguistic-cultural region of India that comprises the four states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the two Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, whose inhabitants are collectively referred to as South Indians. ... , Thiruvananthapuram   (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം TiruvanÅ­ntapuraṁ), also known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. ... Thiruvananthapuram District is the southernmost district of the Indian state of Kerala. ... Vizhinjam is a small coastal Town in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala state, South India. ... Vizhinjam is a small coastal Town in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala state, South India. ...

Kovalam was among the most prominent tourist spots in India during the hippy era. It still has a high status among tourists, who arrive mostly from Europe and Israel. Kovalam is finding a new significance in the light of several Ayurvedic salons, and recuperation and regeneration resorts which provide a wide variety of Ayurvedic treatments for tourists. The Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, is one of Indias most popular tourist destination India is one of the popular tourist destinations in Asia. ... Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Shirodhara, one of the techniques of Ayurveda Ayurveda (Devanagari: ) or Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient system of health care that is native to the Indian subcontinent. ...

There are three beaches at Kovalam, separated by outcrops jutting out to the sea. The larger one is called Light House Beach for its 30 odd metre high light house. The second largest one is Hawah Beach named thus for the topless European women who used to throng there. It was the first topless beach in India. Topfree bathing and parading is banned now except in private coves owned by resorts. Visitors frequent these two beaches. The northern part of the beach is known as Samudra Beach in tourism parlance. A large promontory separates this part from the southern side. Samudra Beach doesn't have tourists thronging there or hectic business. The local fishermen ply their trade on this part. The sands on the beaches in Kovalam are partially black in colour due to the presence of ilmenite and thorazite. The normal tourist season is from September to May. Ilmenite is a weakly magnetic iron-black or steel-gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks. ...

Politics

The constituency of Kovalam is represented by George Mercier of Congress. He defeated the independent A. Neelalohitadasan Nadar (who represented the constituency four times earlier), in the 2006 Kerala legislative assembly elections. The Left Democratic Front candidate, Rufus Daniel of the Janata Dal (Secular), came third.^{[1] [2]} Indian National Congress, Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Left Democratic Front is one of the two major alliances that dominate the political life of the Indian state Kerala. ... The Janata Dal (Secular) is a left of centre Indian political party. ...

How to reach there

Foreign Tourists in the international beach of Kovalam

Kovalam beach - view from lighthouse

• The nearest airport is Trivandrum International Airport.
• Nearest Metropolitan City is Trivandrum - 16 km
  • Regular buses ply to Kovalam from the City Bus Stand at 'East Fort', Trivandrum.
• Trivandrum Central Bus Station is 14 km away.
• The nearest railhead Trivandrum Central in Thampanoor is 14 km away and it is just opposite the Trivandrum Central Bus Station.

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Notes

1. ^ News The Hindu
2. ^ Election results Election Commission of India

External links

• Kerala Tourism
• Kovalam travel guide from Wikitravel

• Kovalam travel guide from Wikitravel