Audioguía Kozhikode (Calicut) - Kerala - The City of Sculptures

Kozhikode or Calicut is the district where the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama first arrived in the year 1498, opening a new sea route to Asia. This is one of the largest urban areas in the state and the 195th Urban area in the world. 

Though this tour will take you to some of the most popular tourist attractions in Calicut, there are many more places in this district to tell you stories that had brought wind of changes in the history and culture of the state. To know everything about this district you have to explore a few more places which you can find below.

Beaches & light houses

Kozhikode Beach

Beypore Beach

Payyoli Beach

Kadalur Point Lighthouse

Religious places

Tali Temple

Pishari Kavu Temple

Lokanarkavu temple

Nature & wild

Peruvannamuzhi Dam

Arippara Waterfalls

Vellarimala

Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences

Sarovaram Bio Park

Kakkayam Dam

Culture & heritage

Mananchira Square

S.M. Street or Sweetmeat Street

Thayat illam

Moidu Moulavi Memorial Museum

Stone Memorial for Vasco De Gama

Kunjali Marakkar Museum

Beypore Pulimuttu

References:

www.kozhikode.gov.in

www.keralatourism.org

Acknowledgements:

We express our sincere gratitude to the Director of Kerala Tourism, for the support and to grant permission for using Kerala Tourism content and photographs for the production of this audio tour. We also give due credit to the photographers in Wikimedia for using the photographs listed under Wikimedia commons collection for some of the attractions with appropriate citation.

Content Provider Details:

Content Author           : Ms Ambili Prabhakaran, Kannur

Editing & Scripting      : Ms Bharaty Menon, Kottayam

Voice Over Artist         : Ms Bharaty Menon, Kottayam

Disclaimer:

The content and photographs used in the audio tour are aggregated from Kerala Tourism website and from various other published sources, written, edited and scripted by the respective authors and does not reflect Kerala Tourism's official position in any way. Informap and its authors disclaim any direct or indirect harm, loss or injury caused by using this audio tour.