Lok Sabha Debates
Regarding Special Project For Tourism Development In Attingal Parliamentary ... on 18 July, 2019
Seventeenth Loksabha > Title: Regarding special project for tourism development in Attingal Parliamentary Constituency in Kerala.
ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH (ATTINGAL): Sir, Kerala is one of the most famous tourist destinations in India. There are some historically important and high tourism potential places in my Constituency which are yet to be developed.…(Interruptions)
Some such tourist attractions are Ponmudi hill station, Kilimanoor Palace.…(Interruptions) Sir, how would I be able to speak like this?…(Interruptions)
HON. CHAIRPERSON : You please continue. Nothing will go on record except that of Adv. Adoor Prakash.
…(Interruptions) …* ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH : Some such tourist attractions are Ponmudi hill station, Kilimanoor Palace, the birth place of a renowned painter Raja Ravi Varma, and the coastal town Varkala.…(Interruptions) The main tourist attraction of Varkala is the Papanasam beach, renowned for a natural spring which is considered to have medicinal and curative properties.…(Interruptions) A two thousand-year-old Shrine, Janardanaswamy Temple, and the Sivagiri Mutt, founded by the great religious reformer and philosopher Sree Narayan Guru is also close by.…(Interruptions) The Samadhi of the Guru here attracts thousands of devotees.…(Interruptions)
HON. CHAIRPERSON: Please maintain order.
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ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH : A century old tunnel built on TS canal, which flows in the eastern part of Varkala, is also a tourist attraction.…(Interruptions) The Geological Survey of India is in a process to declare Varkala as the first national geopark.…(Interruptions) The Varkala beach is a unique sedimentary geo-morphological structure and one of the most popular tourism destinations in Kerala.…(Interruptions)
I urge upon the Government to support the Government of Kerala to develop these places as tourism circuit projects. Thank you.…(Interruptions)
HON. CHAIRPERSON: Now, Shri Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare.
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