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Asramam Adventure Park is an urban park in the core Kollam city of Kerala state. It was opened after 1980, on 48 acres (19 ha) of city-owned land. Located beside the Kerala's pride, backwaters of Ashtamudi, this place popularly known as Asramam Picnic Village.

Adventure Park is the main centre of recreational activities in Kollam city. The Kollam District Tourism Promotion Council conducts regular backwater cruises in houseboats, luxury boats and speedboats from the Boat Club. The mangroves near this park is very famous in all over India. So many endagering species of trees are surviving here in the park. There are so many attractions in and around Asramam Adventure Park. 10 splendid artistic sculptors are the major eye-catching attraction in the park.

1. Asramam Park 2. 10 out of 10 for adventure park

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A large Chinese fishing net at Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam city
Credit: Soman

Kollam is one of the rare places in India were Chinese fishing nets are being used by traditional fishermen.


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O. Madhavan (1922 – 19 August 2005) was an Indian theatre director and actor. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India in Kerala. He is considered as one of the great masters of the theatre, he has made major contributions for the evolution of theatre in Kerala. He was the founder of the renowned drama company Kalidasa Kala Kendram. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2000 for his role in the film Sayahnam. His wife, Vijayakumari, is an actress herself and his son Mukesh an actor. He also has two daughters, Sandhya Rajendran and Jayasree. Sandhya's Husband, E.A.Rajendran is also a film and television actor. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2000 for his movie Sayahnam

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An evening view of Kollam Junction railway station

  • ...that Kollam–Sengottai railway line was the first railway line in Travancore Kingdom?
  • ...that Kollam is a rare Kerala city with crisscross waterways through the city which is in use for transportation and tourism?
  • ...that during the reign of the British, Kollam was known as Palace city of Kerala?

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