Alappuzha Beach

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Alappuzha Beach
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Alappuzha Beach
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Alappuzha Beach
Alappuzha Beach (India)
Coordinates: 9°29′35″N76°19′04″E / 9.492990°N 76.317698°E / 9.492990; 76.317698
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Alappuzha District
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
688001
Telephone code0477
ISO 3166 code IN-KL
Vehicle registration KL-04

Alappuzha Beach is a beach in Alappuzha town and a tourist attraction in Kerala, India. [1] Beach has an old pier which extend to sea is over 150 years old. [2] Alappuzha beach host many events annually like Alappuzha beach festival, [3] Sand art festival [4] and many more.

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Overview

Alappuzha beach is one of the major tourist spot in Alappuzha town. Alappuzha Lighthouse situated near to the beach. [5] Beach is accessible through various town roads and an elevated highway will passing by the beach as part of Alappuzha bypass in order to preserve the beauty of the area. [6] Camel safaris was another attraction in beach which introduced a couple of years ago but it got banned by authorities. [7]

Events in Alappuzha beach

Alappuzha beach festival is a famous event organised as part of new year celebration. It's organised as an annual event in every year. Thousands of people gathers in the event includes from other district. [3] Kerala's first international sand art festival and competition held on April 26-2015 in Alappuzha beach. Many national and international sand artists participated in event. The state tourism department and the Alleppey Foundation has jointly organised the event. [8]

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