Marari Beach is a beach in Alappuzha District of Kerala, India. Barely 11 km from Alappuzha (Alleppey) town, this sleepy little village (also called Mararikulam), is an idyllic location for a vacation. Currently the only resort in the area is the ‘Marari Beach Resort’ belonging to CGH Earth chain of resorts, although there are a number of homestays and a new resort called Pollethai which is 1 mile south of Marari. Muthoot Leisure & Hospitality Services part of the Muthoot Group has begun construction of a 100 bedroom resort with an investment of Rs.60 Crores at Marari, this would make it the biggest resort at Marari. The resort is expected to be completed by 2011. The beach is clean and safe for swimming.
Get around
By bus
Alappuzha has an excellent local bus service system and it is cheap.
By boat
When you are visiting places like Kuttanad, it’s better to opt for boats, as many places in Kuttanad are inaccessible by road.
There are also good ferry services between places that are widely used by the locals, a cheap and scenic way of getting around.
By foot
Many of Alappuzha’s attractions are easily accessible by foot.
See
- Alleppey is known for its snake-boat race – the Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race , held on the second Saturday of August. It is named after Jawaharlal Nehru, who inaugurated it in 1952. The race is very popular with the locals. Traditional snake boats, each manned by over a hundred local people compete for the Cup. Tourists could rent a houseboat and watch the race close up from those boats.
- If you are visiting Alappuzha, enquire about the schedule of temple festivals. Alappuzha is one of the few towns in Kerala where non-Hindus are generally allowed enter the temple premises. Most of the famous Kerala temples do not allow such thing, and if you are a foreigner you are immediately branded as non-Hindu and prevented from entering. Alappuzha temples are generally not that narrow-minded, though there might be a few areas inside the temples where the entry is restricted. The Ambalapuzha temple festival is particularly impressive. Five elephants carry the Krishna idol for quite a long distance with a music accompaniment. The temple is 14 kilometres away from Alappuzha. It is famous for its rose palpayasam. The temple makes this traditional very sweet milk-based dish as an offering. Because of long boiling the milk condenses turning light pink colour.
- Alleppey has a high percentage of Christians. St. Mary’s Church (Champakulam) is believed to be one of the seven churches established by St. Thomas.
Do
- Houseboat cruises Alappuzha is inlaid with channels that support its thriving backwater tourism. Many tourists that come to Alappuzha take a houseboat cruise along the backwaters. Houseboats can be rented for 12 Hrs to few days and there is a new hop-on, hop-off service through remote backwaters in a shared-houseboat. They come equipped with well furnished bedroom, sit-outs, kitchen and modern bath and toilet facilities. Some of the house boats even sport an air-conditioner, though most people prefer a calm cruise with lanterns which add to the rustic feel. The houseboats are manned by drivers and a cook. From the boat one can observe the everyday village life of people, stop for toddy (traditional mildly alcoholic drink made from coconut sap) with grilled prawns, watch birds, and relax in the middle of the lake. It is nice to go towards Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala, where rice farming is done below sea level.
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Dear author, I take offence at your unfortunate choice of words to describe entry into temples
‘Alappuzha temples are generally not that narrow-minded’
A devout Hindu, I am of the opinion that temples should be thrown open to all irrespective of caste and creed, PROVIDED they are not treated as places for sightseeing. We have a certain dress code for entering temples, and all devotees should be freshly bathed, wearing clean clothes, barefoot. People who are in ritual mourning after the death of a close family member, menstruating women etc do not enter temples. I am sure we all agree that purity is a relative concept, and different communities might have different yardsticks for the same, however the very reason that entry is restricted to Hindus is that such information may not be available to other communities, or if they do, it is not practised. In my own family there are people who eat beef; this does not in any way make them any less religious than other Hindus who are pure vegatarian !
There are other religions also where their places of worship are not open for entry to all and sundry, and though we might question such decisions and customs, we do not call them narrow minded, because that makes us bigoted.
Regards, Ashvin.
Kerala is popularly know as the “God’s Own Country”. The Merari beach one of the best tourist beach in Kerala. Its natural beauty attracts tourist from all over the globe.
very nice place to visit…