PARAPALLY BEACH

PARAPALLY BEACH-A SERENE ROCKY  WATERFRONT

PARAPALLY BEACH IS A SERENE ROCKY BEACH IN THE NORTH MALABAR COAST OF KERALA AT KOLLAM ,A SMALL FISHING TOWN NEAR KOILANDY 30 KMS AWAY FROM KOZHIKODE.IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF ROCK FORMATIONS EXTENDING INTO THE ARABIAN SEA AT VARIOUS PLACES WITH ONLY A SHORT STRETCH OF SANDY BEACH IN BETWEEN THEM.

IT IS AN IDEAL VANTAGE POINT FOR CATCHING THE MAGNIFICIENT VIEW THE EVENING SUNSET FAR WAY INTO THE SEA AS WE LEISURELY STROLL OVER THE ROCKS.WE GET TO SEE ONLY A FEW VISITORS AND A HAND FULL OF HONEYMOONERS AT THIS ROMANTIC PLACE AS IT WAS A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN SITE AMONG THE SIGHTSEERS.

NOT MUCH OF LITERATURE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL SITE AND HAS TO BE VISITED FIRST HAND TO GET THE EXPERIENCE ONESELF TO FULLY FATHOM THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THIS SPOT.

APART FROM THE NATURAL BEAUTY ,THIS PLACE HAS ALSO ACQUIRED ITS PLACE IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY AS RECORDED BY THE FAMOUS 14TH CENTURY MOROCCAN TRAVELLER AND SCHOLAR,IBN BATUTA WHO HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS PLACE IN HIS RECORDS WHILE HE HAD HIS SOJOURN HERE.

RELIGIOUSLY SPEAKING,PARAPALLY MOSQUE  IS SITUATED NEAR THE BEACH ON AN ADJACENT HILL WHERE THE UNDERGROUND SPRINGS FLOWING FROM THE ROCKS IS COLLECTED AND SERVED TO THE BELIEVERS AS A SPIRITUAL BLESSING.

THE APPROACH TO THE PARAPALLY BEACH,AFTER TAKING A DEVIATION FROM THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY NH66 AT KOLLAM,KOILANDY IS QUITE NARROW FOR SIZEABLE VEHICLES AND IS TOPSY-TURVY DUE ITS MANY BENDS AND TURNS FORUNATELY,THERE ARE SIGNBOARDS AT EVERY CORNERS TO GUIDE US TO THE BEACH.

AT THE MOUTH OF THE BEACH,THERE IS AN AREA FOR CAR PARKING WHERE A FEW SHOPS AND STREET VENDORS HAVE FOUND PROFESSION OF SELLING MINOR REFRESHMENTS AND STATIONARIES.

AUTHOR WITH FRIENDS AT THE BEACH ENJOYING THE SCENIC VIEW OF EVENING SUNSET