• A hundread per cent literate society

• World-class health care systems

• India’s lowest infant mortality and highest life 
  expectancy rates

• The highest physical quality of life in India

• India’s cleanest and most peaceful state.
  
  
  ”Kerala is a bizarre anomaly among developing nations, a place that offers real hope for the future of the Third World. Consider: This small state in India, though not much larger than Maryland, has a population as big as California’s and per capita annual income of less than $300. But its infant mortality rate is low, its literacy rate among the highest on Earth, and birth rate below America’s and falling faster. Kerala’s citizens live nearly as long as Americans or Europeans. Though mostly a land of paddy-covered plains, statistically Kerala stands out as the Mount Everest of social development……”
  
  Bill Mckibben  National geographic Traveler, October 1999

Kettuvallam: The houseboat of Kerala Showcasing a unique heritage

The kettuvallams(houseboats) of Kerala are giant country crafts, measuring up to 80 feet in length, retrieved from being lost to the State altogether. Once, they ruled backwaters, poled along by one or two men, heavily loaded with rice, coconut and other commodities. But in recent times the Kettuvallams have been replaced by modern modes of transport, relegating them to neglect and decay. It takes great skill and meticulousness to construct these giants tying huge planks of jack wood together. Curiously enough, not a single nail is used in their making. There used to be an entire clan of artisans who were involved in Kettuvallam construction. Today, an innovative holiday idea has restored these majestic representatives of a unique culture, and with them their makers.