Poovar Trip [ Kerala, India]

We went to Poovar with two of our friends and their fiancees. It was a day trip, which we planned for a long long time.

Poovar is a small coastal fishing island at the southern tip of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, India. The village is embraced by a beautiful beach on one side and the backwaters on the other. During high tides, an estuary links it to the sea, so we went to Estuary Islands Resort to spend the day :)

According to legends the port Ophir where King Solomon's trading ships landed is said to be Poovar. Another legend describes this as the place as where Maharaja Marthanda Varma was given protection from his enemies by the powerful merchant, Moosa Marikkar. It is said that the picturesque sight of red kovala flowers floating in the Neyyar River led the Maharaja to describe the river as pu (flower) ar (river) or the river of flowers.

The view of the so called "pozhi", is something I cannot forget. We all went to the beach in the evening and enjoyed a lot.

The end of all my trips gives me a heavy heart, as I am not sure when all go together for a similar trip.I loved taking pictures of ashima along the beachside playing with the waves. She loves beaches !!