SWTD Planning Tourist Boat Rides Linking Kuttanad to Pathiramanal

INSPIRED by the popular Desert Safari in the Gulf, the State Water Transport Department (SWTD) plans to roll out a unique tourism project with boats connecting inland Kuttanad areas and the Pathiramanal island in central Kerala.

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As part of the ambitious plan, an old-styled theatre will be set up on the serene island located in the middle of Vembanad Lake. The island is also a sanctuary for hundreds of rare migratory birds. The visitors including foreign tourists will be treated to folk arts, like 'villadichan pattu, which are on the verge of extinction.