Krishnapuram Palace In Alleppey

The charming palace-turned-museum that provides a deep insight into Kerala's glorious past

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Krishnapuram Palace In Alleppey

A rare specimen of the Kerala style of architecture, Krishnapuram Palace in Alleppey is a palace-cum-museum located in Kayamkulam Alappuzha district. The structure is complete with gabled roofs, narrow corridors, and dormer windows. Built in the 18th century by the erstwhile Travancore king Marthanda Varma Maharaja, the palace is today a protected monument under the Archaeology Department.

The traditional architecture of this palace attracts thousands of tourists every year. In addition to its architecture, Krishnapuram Palace has a mural depicting the story of Gajendra Moksham (salvation of elephant). Dating back to the 18th century, this exquisite piece of art is one of the largest murals in India and is a fantastic blend of colours and expressions. This 16-block palace is also famous for its museum that houses antiques, sculptures, paintings, weapons, megalithic remains, stone inscriptions, coins and artifacts in bronze.

Situated on a small hilltop, Krishnapuram Palace is surrounded by a terraced garden with fountains, ponds and lawns. The garden was recently renovated in accordance with the scientific techniques prescribed for the protection of heritage monuments.

While there are several statues inside the museum, the one that attracts the most attention is the statue of Buddha kept in a chamber in the garden. This single piece statue is more than a thousand years old. The museum also has a Bible in Sanskrit that dates back to 1886.<READMORE>

The palace and the museum are open between 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on all days except Mondays. 

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Manojmurthy's 4 days trip to Alleppey

Everything was fine and good. One thing I would like to say is it would be nice when you send the cab driver who knows the language of the customer. P.S. The cab driver you sent was good. If you have sent the driver who knows Tamil it would be well and good

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Vinay's 4 days trip to Alleppey

Everything went well. Great support from Travel agent. Only one feedback is 3 star hotel booked is not upto the mark. Food and room both are not good.

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Abinashsrivastava's 5 days trip to Alleppey

Trip was nice but it was not prepared properly. When we reached Madurai at 3 am we booked a hotel with the help of driver for 4 hrs because the check in time of the hotel booked by travel Kutir was at 12pm. We visited Meenakshi temple ,Jyotirlinga Rameshwaram, Padmanabhan Swamy temple ,Kanyakumari temple and many places in this trip without facing any major problem.

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Sikanthankishore's 6 days trip to Alleppey

The stay in Tekkadday is not well. the hotel is located in a remote area with a narrow approach. The hotel stay in munnar was pleasent

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Er's 7 days trip to Alleppey

We had a great experience of this trip. Hotel of Alleppey tourism development is awesome have great view ( mountain view , see view and swimming pool), clean and safe. Room service is good and food is also good of hotel Tea village and marrari village resort . hotel periyar meadows was not too good and food is of very poor quality. over all this trip worth buying. Marrari village resort Alleppey and Tea village munnar was best and memorable

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Really good planning and place selection. Had the smoothest trip without any hassle.

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Kerela Trip for 7days & 6 nights in Sept,24. Well managed trip. Very supportive response from Driver Sahal and Soni from Kerela Expedition. Soni was always availble to support us and clearing all doubts from day 1 to till the end of the trip. This was our 1st trip managed/package offered by Kerela Expedition (Soni) and we were delighted to get the level of support from Soni & Driver Sahal. Deshashan Hotel was very good in Varkala and also their room service. Neelkanta hotel at Kovalam beach was also good but we were expecting bigger room than what was provided to us. Food was good. The only negative thing on this trip was that we could not enjoy Varkala Beach water activity as it was closed and we were not able to explore Varkala.

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All hotels ware very good, pariyar maedows was quite below expectations....there were no greenery and view from room....thekkedy was not that exciting as it was having paid rides everywhere. Else aranyaka resort was excellent and boat house service was very good.....swagath holiday resort was also at good location rooms were very beutiful Aranyaka resort stay and views exceptionally beutiful....

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We are sold a trip which fitted exactly our route and experience. The hotel matched exactly as given in photos. The location is too good. The room had a view of waterfall and amidst a tea garden.

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The Krishnapuram Palace is a rare specimen of the Kerala style of architecture. It houses a mural, the theme of which is mythological and depicts an elephant saluting Lord Vishnu in devotion while the other gods, goddesses, and saints look on. This mural was placed at the entrance to the palace from the pond to enable the rajas to worship the deity after their bath.

Other attractions here include the beautifully landscaped garden in the palace compound where you have a variety of flora typical of Kerala, and a newly erected Buddha mandapam, which houses a recently recovered statue of Buddha. There are other collections at the museum including rare bronze sculptures and paintings that visitors take great interest in.

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