Kollam or
Quilon, an old sea port town on the Arabian coast , stands
on the Ashtamudi lake. Kollam, the erstwhile Desinganadu,
had a sustained commercial reputation from the days of
the Phoenicians and the Romans. Fed by the Chinese trade,
it was regarded by Ibn Batuta, as one of the five ports
, which he had seen in the course of his travels during
a period of twenty four years, in the 14th century.
Kollam District which is a veritable Kerala in miniature
is gifted with unique representative features - sea, lakes,
plains, mountains, rivers, streams, backwaters, forest,
vast green fields and tropical crop of every variety both
food crop and cash crop, so called 'The Gods Own Capital'.
South
India Tour Packages
Best of Karnataka Tour (Duration
: 8 Days)
(Mumbai - Bangalore - Mysore - Hassan - Bangalore -
Mumbai)
