Day 13 of the cycle · South

Kerala

Kerala is a state tucked away in the southwest corner of India. The state is often referred as “God’s Own Country”.

Wedged in between the Western Ghats with its highest peaks of Anamudi and Agasthyarkoodam on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west and blessed by North-East (October – November) and South-West (June – August) monsoon seasons this evergreen land of Kerala in the South-Western part of the Indian Peninsula, with mountains, hills valleys and lakes, deserves to be praised with the epithet ‘God’s own Country’ which the famous English Poet Dylan Thomas used to eulogise the Wales Countryside.

Thiruvananthapuram is the Capital City of Kerala.

Kerala has a population of 3,44,79,000 and is spread over an area of 38,863 km.

An Indian state with a literacy level of 100%. Both Malayalam and English are widely taught Language in the state.

The State of Kerala is divided into fourteen districts.

Kerala has a history dating back to the Christian era, although the modern Kerala was created on 1st November 1956.

It has the highest literacy rate in the country, lowest infant mortality rate.

366/417 Groups are yet to be reached with the Gospel.