Sightseeing in Kerala with chldren

Some of the beautiful locations in Kerala where we can visit and spend a day. I will keep updating this as and when I can.

Asuran Kund dam is a scenic place in Attur/Akamala/Thonnurkara, about 30km from Thrissur town. Pristine location, deep forest closeby and a good destination both for a family picnic and/or an adventure trip. The guards have done a commendable job of keeping it plastic and litter-free.

       

                                       

                                                    

Ilaveezha poonchira is a wonderful place with great breeze. Good for light trekking- not very exhausting.

(Ref: Wikipedia) "Ila-veezhaa-poonchira" means 'the pond of flowers where the leaves do not fall'. During the monsoons, the valley between a complex of mountains fills up to form a large pond. According to a legend, the Pandava had a sojourn here during their life incognito. Their wife, Draupadi, came to take a bath at a lake, which was present at that time. Some devas, bewitched by her beauty, tried to satisfy their voyeuristic itch. King of devas, Lord Indra, came to know about what was going on, and built screens or hills heaping flowers and prevented them from indulging in such a practice. And the pond thus became a dam isolated by floral hills. Since there were no trees around the bund, it was always free of leaves and so it was called Ila-veezha-poonchira. Some say that the name comes from the fact that it is always windy at the place and hence the leaves are carried away. Poonjira's myth is closely related to Agastya and his hermitage,he lived here and the native people believes that he still lives here,his hermitage is hidden in somewhere here. Another important attraction is the ancient krishna temple, that was founded by panjaly herself.the mass belief is that panjaly's akshayapatra is hidden here and it is protected by agastya.The myth is also associate with ramayana his vanavasa popularly believes that he lived here with lakshmana for few months. Ilavvezha Poonchira is located 55 km from Kottayam, and is 20 km from Thodupuzha. Melukavu is the highest part of the kottayam district.

Poomala Dam is an irrigation purpose dam and a tourist spot situated in Mulankunnathukavu Panchayath under Puzhakkal block inThrissur, Kerala. Pomala is a tourist attraction and Cheppara is a nice, light, trekking area.

Thrissur has no scarcity of dams. Chimmini Dam and Vazhani are beautiful locations. Vazhani is a good place to spend a half-day. Chimmini can be best explored in bamboo rafts arranged by the Tourism Department- https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/chimmini-thrissur/57