"Singing is my passion,Music is in my blood" says Sudheep Elayidom who is the talented singer from the Land of Aadi sankara.

An expert in both karnatic and light music, Sudheep often thrills and enchants the audience with his mesmeric singing.

This faculty of Cochin University of Science and Technology have the unique record of being the first in all classes he had studied,from first standard to M.Tech.He is often invited to share his talent from all over Kerala.

(Beautiful things to see in kerala)

(Photo by Peter Fristedt)
Kerala backwaters possess mesmerizing natural beauty, Any tourist who visit kerala will surely enjoy a boat ride through these charming natural gift. Let us explore some backwater scenes.(All the images are protected by Creative Commons Attribution License)
Legt us start with a secenic sun rise in blackwaters. See the beauty of the sunrise seen through coconut trees.

Please watch thease amazing videos about veegaland. All are from youtube.This may help you to decide what are there in this beautiful place.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Mon, 2006-12-04 20:41. Stories
Key words: Kerala, Culture,Wedding cards
wedding cards that have caught the fancy of Kizhakkemadam Govindan Nair, a well It is known chronicler. Kizhkkemedam has a rich collection of wedding cards of VIPs of which a few are 100 years old. The size of the cards ranges from that of a match box, to that of a post card. The smaller ones have two or three folds.

Photo By Winchrisabi:
Kerala is a beautiful place. What are the beauties you see in kerala?Let me show you Five beauties of kerala. This is the first of a seris of articles which tries to illustrate kerala with photographs.(All the photographs in this article are protected under under the Creative Commons Attribution License.)

1. Kerala Backwaters:

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2007-01-17 22:39. Events
Music and Fine arts in Kerala is getting a new life with the arrival of TV channels.Many young talents find great opportunities to perform and develop their career in Music. One Striking example is the Unique Music contest “superstar Junior” Now running on amrita TV. This great contest of young school children (10-14) age group has transformed the nights of Keralites and Malyalies all over the world so much .

Submitted by prasanna prabhu on Mon, 2006-11-06 18:38. Tourist_places
key words:Places to visit in Kerala,Kerala tourist attractions, Kochi, Kerala, Cochin
Let us again look at the some of the great things in an around Cochin.If you visit cochin be sure to see thease facinating things.

Chinese fishing net :
(photo by Brian Snelson popularly known as exfordy because he was once an employee of Ford.Under a creative commons attribution license.)

Submitted by aathura on Sat, 2006-12-16 21:51.

Key words: Mammooty, Mohanlal ,Kerala , Movies,Movie stars,Malayalam
Mammootty or Mohan Lal, who’s the Malayalam superstar? I do not think there’s anyone more in the list. Well Mammootty and Mohan Lal have their own special qualities unique to them. They are the two pillars on which the Malayalam cinema today stands. One cannot replace the other.

Thaipooyam is celebrated in Kerala. But in is celebrated all over the world too.
Thaipusam Festival is well known in Malaysia and Singapore. In Kerala this is mainly conducted in Muruka temples.In Subrahmanya temples devotees dance with kavadi on their shoulders. This is an important festival in Tamil Nadu too. See a photo by the famous photographer beggs from Malaysia.

This festival celebrated on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb).

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Tue, 2006-12-19 20:55.
Constructing a house can be quite a torrid affair especially when one’s financial resources are limited. It is an acid test for a man’s ambition planning and perseverance. The question that lingers in the individual’s mind would be will I be able to construct a house with the money I have?

Laurie Baker an architect from Birmingham settled in Thiruvananthapuram has effectively combined traditional techniques with indigenous innovations and has managed to bring down the cost of construction by half.

Submitted by Liba Johnson on Sun, 2006-12-10 10:57. Career
What is Campus Recruitment? Employers are always looking for fresh engineers with brand new ideas. Corporate recruiters look at colleges as their major supply source for bright youngsters i.e. final year (B.E.) students (7th or 8th semester). Its basically young talent recruitment.

Companies in the corporate world are striving to keep the best talent pool within itself. They train the new intakes for six months to a year before actually getting them to work.

Located on the southern tip of India Kerala is one of the most visited travel destinations and beautiful states of India. Fondly known as God s Own Country, it enchants tourists with its unique cultural and geographical features. It has lots of places of tourist interests with the azure Arabian Sea to the west and the Western Ghats towering 500m 2700m to the east. The state is geographically divided into three distinct regions western lowlands (coastal plains), central midlands (fertile plains) and eastern highlands (verdant mountainous region).

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Sat, 2006-12-09 06:46. Tourist_places

Vaikkom Siva temple is located on the eastern shore of Vembanad Lake. The name of Vaikkom become prominent when a Satyagraha campaign was launched in 1924 to throw open temple to the Avarna Hindus to whom they were closed.

The deity:

Submitted by rafidhasadique on Sat, 2007-04-21 14:19. Puttu is a common break fast in Kerala and it goes along with Kadala curry, Green gram, pappadam, boiled banana, fish, meat, egg etc. From all these very common combination is Puttu and Kadala curry.

Cochin university of science and technology on 19th and 20th December2006 witnessed a hot discussion on the future of IT in kerala.

This was on a two day seminar conducted in connection with the keralappiravi celebrations of the university the first topic was on it infrastructure in Kerala Mr. Sasikumar from CDAC explained how Kerala is blessed with a powerful IT infrastructure also the Akshaya project giving IT facilities in Malappuram was discussed .

Tags:Beautiful things to see in kerala,Varkala
Varkala is a beautiful place no doubt.cliffs and sea come togother in Varkala.
I would say that you should visit Varkala to see it really.But since all of us could not do so lets enjoy the beauty of the place by the photos of famous photographers taken from flickr.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Sat, 2006-12-09 13:11.
Thatched and tiled roofed houses, herds of cattle, cultivated farm, busy mill, hawthorn bushes, sheltered cot, and haystacks –a typical scenario that characterizes any Indian village.
Nevertheless, what makes MYLAUDI so different?
As one approaches this village through a narrow pathway that dissects the paddy field, the clang of greets the ears.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Wed, 2006-12-06 19:25. Other
Her Highness Maharani KARTHIKA Tirunal Lekshmi Bayi recently turned 90.
Excerpts from the interview:

A witness to a tumultuous period of history, epoch making Temple entry proclamation, people oriented schemes, and the post independence era, she is endowed with all good things of life.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Thu, 2006-12-21 20:07. Culture
“Get me a pair of white stone studded ear drops and a colorful attire-then I would sing like her” said ten year Ponnu pointing to the adolescent M S Subbalekshmi. MS’s performance was a great inspiration for her. .

Even at 82 Parassala B Ponnammal maintains the same enthusiasm and spirit. With seven decades of experience behind she still practices for the forthcoming Navarathri Mandapam concert. “I am tense. I am glad. I am blessed and I am honored” was her mixed reaction, when approached.

Let us see how we used to cook a 100 years ago. These cooking tips are extracted from a century old book written by an anonymous author.It is interesting to know that even at that time the english knew that our kangi was nutritious.

RICE OR CHOWL

Rice is consumed by most European families at breakfast, tiffin, and
dinner. It is eaten at breakfast with fried meat, fish, omelet,
country captain, or some other curried dish, and, being invariably
followed by toast and eggs, jams, fruit, &c., one /coonkee/, which
contains about as much as an ordinary breakfast-cup, or say half a

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Sun, 2006-12-24 15:30. ragam bhoopalam
He belongs to the traditional family of musicians and served AIR as the program announcer for three decades. After retirement he found time to focus on his yet another passion that is painting- adding more color to his music. Meet Thiruvizha Jayasankar, the popular Nagaswaram artiste. Chembai Sangeetholsavam begins today with his concert, at the Chembai Trust Sreevaraham.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Tue, 2007-03-13 20:13. Tourist_places
A visit to Padmanabhapuram Palace 50 kms from Thiruvananthapuram has become a fixture in the tour program and a cultural pilgrimage of visitors to the State. The visitors can cherish the visual feast of its unique architecture, sculpture, wood carving, and wall paintings here.

Historical Significance

A young 18 year boy of indian origin has been in a team which won a gold medal in the International Mathematics Olympiad held at Madrid in last July.
The grand father of the boy is a surgeon in MUZAFFARPUR.
Read the full story in http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Muzaffarpur_boy_tops_global_ma...

Also interestingly another boy from bihar has won the physics olymiad gold medel read the full story in
http://www.bihartimes.com/newsbihar/2008/July/newsbihar31July1.html

While universities all over the world are trying to promote research and development,University of Kerala ,the largest and oldest university in Kerala ,has turned it back to researchers.

According to recently amended rules ,only teachers of university departments and affiliated colleges of the university can register for part-time research.It may be noted that in the past people from various walks of life,including MLA's IAS and IPS officers,great luminaries have done part time research in the university.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Fri, 2006-12-08 05:42.
For many, Tripparapu is only a tourist spot known for waterfalls. But how many of us know that there is a cave temple assigned to the 8th century behind the water falls?

Location: It is located five kilo meters from Kulasekharam. As the approach road is at a higher altitude visitors can see the Kothayar tumbling down to a depth of 30 ft.