Alleppey

Venice of the East

April 16, 2019
Alleppey ( the english name of Alappuzha ) ,is also know as the venice of the east.

The ‘Venice of the East’ might today appear a far-etched cliche of travelogue author , but this quaint little town is certainly the Venice of India. Nowhere else will you find, spread out across the center of town, a unique crisscrossing meshing of channel s on which thatched commonwealth gravy boat punt along leisurely. The propinquity of lake attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to the Venetian ambience. But when Genus Raja Kesavadasan, the Dewan of Travancore, founded the town in 1762, there was just one duct through the strip of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin between the backwaters and the sea. This soon grew into a bustling waterway , with shops, factories and commercial establishments springing up on either bank of the canal. This attracted merchants from other parts of the body politic .




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