Finally it eas the time to return....It was also the time to see few remaining monuments around kanyakumari...So we began before it was noon....
We hired a taxi from a nearby agency...The agency promised 5 venues to be covered...They were the suchindram temple,padmanabhuram palace,hanging bridge,the thiruparappu waterfall and kovalam beach-all en-route from kanyakumari to Trivandrum.
Would talk about each in partial detail now....
Suchindram temple- a 7 storey huge sculpture,temple of brahma,vishnu and mahesh.....It also contains a Hanuman idol which is 18ft long...crafted from a single stone...may be you could google out the photos online...
Talking about interiors it was very dark temple...full of stone sculptures all around...the entire outside sculpture is very nicely sculpted....so its a worth visiting stuff for people interested in archeology and historical monuments...:)
The palace, if we talk about, was not of much interest to our group specifically as it contained merely a museum of antiques and a partly broken palace...could be considered an attraction for the archeologists again...
It has got few shops near the entrance which contains good range of novelty and artistic items.You might find interest in buying them.
The next venue-hanging bridge.Not entirely disappointing but the name seems to hardly mean anything whem compared with reality. The first thing that comes to our mind hearing the term hanging bridge is a wooden bridge hanging on ropes and oscillating due to wind blows.But this was nothing as such.It was a walkway constructed on a series of pillars.The height of the bridge made it seems like a hanging bridge.The scenic beauty was just awesome.Greenary all around when you look far off.The view gives a feel of satisfaction...one cant stop from taking pictures here.There are fruits available on the way to bridge.You can have them...they're good.Not a trouble.
Would like to put one point off the mark-Branding of Modi has creeped into every indian it seems.Even a fruitseller here says Gujarat-ohhh modi ka state!!
Dats real marketing!! Hats off!!
The next place to visit-Thiruparrapu waterfall-if you dream of seeing water falling from a high hill in the midst of coniferous forests-just put a break.
It is an artificial fall.It is a waterfall from a hardly 25ft high reservoir. The people bathing in it make it seem worse.They dont even realize that the same water is being sucked in and dropped down on them.Advice fromy side-go to the place if you are with a group of fun loving people as you would anyhow make your visit worthwhile once you are there. :D
Now would like to end with a short review of Kovalam beach. A high tide beach-risky to go far inside.A pretty small beach when compared to Varkala beach which was a beauty. Would write in more detail about it during my next visit to it when we might actually try out the water....:D
So enjoy your journeys,be safe and keep exploring.
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