Venice of the East: Alappuzha
The administrative headquarters of Alappuzha District in the Indian State of Kerala is Alappuzha, also known by its former name Alleppey. Alappuzha is a town and municipality in Kerala with an urban population of 174,164 and ranks third in the State of Kerala in literacy rates among the districts. In 2016, the centre for Science and general condition rated Alappuzha as the cleanest town in India. Alappuzha is taken into account as to be the most old made system design and the lighthouse made on the down slope of the great town is the first of its kind along the laccadive Sea go down slope. The great town is placed 28 km from Changanacherry, 46 km from Kottayam, 53km from Kochi, 129.4 km from Thrissur and 155 km North of Trivandrum. A town with man-made waterways, backwaters, sands at edge of sea. Alappuzha was described by Lord Curson as the 'Venice of the East' for this reason, it is experienced as the 'Venetian Money' of Kerala. In Alappuzha, Malayalam is t