Tharavad is the place to experience the village life
of Kerala. The house set in a rustic village outside Palakkad Town takes
you back to a by gone era. Away from the busy traffic and into a
countryside that is absolutely quiet and calm. Tharavad is the place to
experience the village life of Kerala. The house set in a rustic village
outside Palakkad Town takes you back to a by gone era. Away from the
busy traffic and into a countryside that is abso- lutely quiet and calm.
The morning walks with the fresh bre- eze blowing against you and the
evening starlit skies in a silent surrounding are some of the treasures
of this abode.
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Kandath Tharavad the ancestral home of the Kandath
family is set in the lush rice paddies of rural Kerala in South India.
The house is a two hundred year - old gem of domestic architecture
constructed primarily of mud and teak.The house was built in 1794 by
Bhagwaldas's Great Great Grandfather,Mr. Kuppavelan, a landowner and
money - lender. Situated in Thenkurussi Village in Palakkad, the nearest
town, an equidistant two-hour drive from Cochin airport to the West or
Coimbatore to the East. Five generations have lived here, as evidenced
by the five ancestral stools in the Puja Room.
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raised area ("Purathalum") with grand bulbous pillars fashioned in teak
at each corner rising to glorious carvings of elephants, snakes, fish
and dragons. The floor is covered in natural dyed tiles of ochre,
terracotta and blue. It was here until Bhagwaldas's Grandfather died in
the seventies that the serious business of money - lending took place -
most of it tiding the locals over between rice-crops. |
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No more than twenty feet away from the front
purathalam where the men would congregate is another raised area at the
rear of the house for the ladies to gather. It was acoustically
contrived that no word spoken by the women could be heard by the men and
vice-versa.The two areas are diagonally separated by a reception chamber
in which there is a "Nadumuttam" or open area in the center. You can
stand under this and see the stars. It is created by four roofs (now
tiled but once palm thatched) descending into the room to shoulder
height allowing monsoon rains to plash into a central sunken area below.
Kandath Tharavad is an Ettukettu (Ettu-eight: Kettu- Block) structure
having not one but two such areas, Built according to the principles of
Vaasthu Shastra ( ancient science of architecture). |
| The principal sunken area is where a goat is still
slaughtered annually on Ancestor Day and its meat offered to the
forbears in the Puja Room before family and friends make their feast.
All doors in the house are low, narrow and stepped, constructed with
teak hooped with brass. The theory is that whoever the visitor, any
entry to the house was impossible without them according respect in the
form of a low bow. The bedrooms have ensuite facilities. But the whole
emphasis of the house iesis on its cool and airy public areas. |
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Our facilities includes Four naturally ventilated
rooms with ensuite facilities, Cuisine: Authentic Kerala Cuisine
-Vegetarian & Nonvegetarian, ATelephone available, Laundary Services,
Doctor on call, Bicycles available, AIRPORT/ RAILWAY STATION TRANSFERS
and Beer and Wine can be arranged. |
A morning visit to the corner tea shop to share your
world with that of villagers over a tumbler of tea or an evening walk
through the village and through the green paddies to watch the sunset
are some of the past times you will enjoy.
If you are keen on the Kerala cuisine the cook is always ready to fill
your appetite with a variety of dishes both special and authentic. |
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Tariff valid from May 01, 2011 to March 31,
2012
All rooms are Air
Conditioned |
| Room |
with all meals and
taxes |
with breakfast and
taxes |
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| Deluxe Suite |
Rs 11450 |
Rs 10450 |
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| Deluxe Semi Suite |
Rs 9500 |
Rs 8500 |
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| Double Bedrooms Standard |
Rs 7350 |
Rs 6350 |
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| Single Occupancy |
Rs 6000 |
Rs 5500 |
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| Extra Bed |
Rs 3500 |
Rs 3000 |
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