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Host: Mr. TS Parameswaran & Mrs. S. Saradammal
When: Any time in the year. Monsoon is during June to August.
Length: As long as the visitor desires
Number of guests: one to several
Fee: $ depends on services provided.
THE HOUSE:
Our home is approved by the Tourism Department of Government of Kerala, under the Grahasthali project to protect and preserve the old houses in its original glory. This was the home of famous Malayalam writer Malayattoor Ramakrishnan, and we bought it from his nephew in 1994. The house is more than 100 years old and after the great flood of ') it got renovated.
Thani Illam (short form of Thannikkatt Illam, my family name) means the original home of a brahmin family. We got a portion of our grand parents' house at Kottayam which is more than 500 years old. And we are making a seperate room with it which is fully wooden. A term loan is sanctioned by KFC.
We offer Kerala vegetarian cuisine and no liquer is allowed inside the house.
We are very flexible about the visitor's activity program. It depends entirely on the visitor's interests and needs. Below, just to suggest the possibilities, is a proposed itinerary:
ITINERARY
Day 1: Airport transfer through the narraow roads of the Village (18 kms), if time allows, take a dip to make the body fresh in the Periyar River.
Day 2:
Ayurveda Oil Bath, breakfast and a walk /cycling / auto rikshaw ride in the village. Have Lunch. Take rest and in the evening go to the river again for a bath.
Day 3:
6 am - a trekking to Malayattoor Church - it is said that in AD 52 St: Thomas came to Kerala and established this church on top of a hill. Come back
by noon, have lunch and take rest.
Day 4:
If one wishes, they can either go to a near by ayurveda centre for a rejuvanation programme. We can organise trips to other parts of Kerala - hill stations, beaches, backwaters, heritage towns etc.
You can fill out the above itinerary with such as the following:
- visit Lord Dhanvanthari Temple (Lord of Ayurveda),
- visit River Periyar and its branch Moozhi Thod,
- visit an Elephent Kraal,
- visit Kalady (birth place of Sree Sankara Acharya - The Advaitha Philosopher
and Hindu reformist)
- visit Iringole Kavu (temple in tropical rain forest in the middle of a town)
- visit Kallil Temple (supposed to be a Budha Temple later converted to a Bhagawathi - Hindu - Temple)
- visit Ayurveda Treatement Centre at Kalady
Other activities:
- Walk or cycle in the village
Bli> bird watch with the help of a manual on common birds that can be seen in the village
- Learn cooking from the host
- Take a sight-seeing trip in "auto-riksha"
- Take a trip in the country boat (vallam)
- Have an appointment with an astrologer
- Do library based Research (or discussion with host) on Kerala culture,
history etc. from the own Library.
- Watch selected Malayalam / Other Indian Languages movies (VCD)
- On request, cultural programme (Bharathanatyam?Kuchupudy?Mohiniyattam etc) by the girls from the village. There is dance school nearby.
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