Varkala
Varkala, a popular tourist attraction and pilgrim centre lies in the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, about 41 km by rail and 51 km by road. The lofty rocky cliffs and the water springs at the Papanasam beach here are some of the highlights here. There are many tourist attractions here namely the 2000-year-old Vishnu temple, the Sivagiri Mutt asramam founded by the great social reformer Sree Narayana Guru, his final resting place and the Janardana Swami temple all of which attract devotees from