Sidhartha

A granite built palace like house with a spacious pentagon shaped living room, a gorgeously decorated king size bedroom, overlooking an inexplicable panorama. Steps leading to a terrace with an eye-catching view, an open courtyard with a palm tree and an open roof bath are added attractions.

Illam /Mana (Deluxe/Ordinary)

Traditional Kerala houses mostly wooden built with antique doors and furniture. Each house has 2 bedrooms, one being deluxe with a living room and the other an ordinary room rented separately. Taken together you own an exclusive compound with greeneries and the ocean for sight.

Arappura / Tharavadu

A traditional Kerala house with one deluxe and one ordinary accommodation. The wood based house.

Jeeva

A Kerala house with two bedrooms rented separately situated on the slopes to the beach amidst verdant coconut grooves.

Nalukettu

A traditional Kerala house with four bedrooms, rented separately, mostly wooden built surrounded by a verandah with an inner open courtyard with antique doors and pillars overlooking the ocean.

Cottages (Special)

Round thatched villas, build of natural mud, bricks and having more sea view.

Cottages (Ordinary)

Round stone or brick built thatched villas with attached toilet and bath room.

Cottages (Mini)

Round villas thatched and built of bricks vis-à-vis the ocean. They are provided with common toilet.

Kerala has evolved from very ancient days its typical dance forms which are highly expressive of the way of living and the outlook of its people.

Mohiniyattom is a typical dance form of Kerala which has had a chequered history. Literally it means the dances of the enchantress. Mohiniyattom, even the costumes and the make up having a distinctiveness of their own. In fact, Mohiniyattom as a dance form has been developed in Kalamandalam to such a perfection as to attract the attention of students and teachers of art from other parts of India and even abroad.

Believed by many histories and scholars as one of the oldest and most scientific and comprehensive system of martial training existing in the world today. Kalaripayattu the ancient martial art of Kerala truly deserves the title of the forerunner of all martial arts.

With the help of the available historical evidences, the present practicing traditions origin can be traced back to the 12th century A.D. The word Kalaripayattu literally means Combat training inside the gymnasium. Kalaripayattu declined after the 17th century but in recent times it has staged a revival, thanks to the activities of various Kalari Sanghams.

The training consists of self disciplinary training and physical culture. The most promising of the trainees are taught the Marmas, viz the vulnerable points in the human system. Based on the Ayurvedic system of medical practice the old masters of Kalaripayattu has indigenously developed methods of treatments for Kalari related injuries like bruises, fractures etc. known as Kalari Chikilsa. The training aims at the ultimate co-ordination of mind and body.

Kerala has enriched the cultural heritage of India in the field of music, vocal and instrumental, both in its art form and in its folk form. A number of musical instruments are used in Kerala namely percussion, wind and stringed instruments. Mridangam, Dolak, Udukku, Chenda, Timila, Edakka, Takil and a few other represent the percussion type. The chief stringed instruments are Vina, Tamburu, Sarangi, Swarabi and Violin.

Kathakali is the most refined, the most scientific and elaborately defined dance drama of Kerala. The stories are selected from epics and mythologies and the actor expresses himself through mime, hand gesture, eye movements and highly complicated steps. Kathakali is a unique combination of the insight of an actor, dancer, singer, drummer, sculptor, designer and dreamer.

Yoga, the science of man, based on ancient Indian wisdom and culture, is an art of living a healthy, balanced, peaceful and contented life. Yoga, being a total integrated system, studies man in his wholeness - body, mind and spirit and is integrated to certain principles, ideas, values, attitudes and a way of life for personal and social benefits.

Conceived by the great sages in their quest for self-realization, it has come to be recognized during its; long travails from the hermitages to the cities, as the science of man, a philosophy old life, a code of conduct, an attitude and an approach, as well as an art of living which is capable not only of ensuring physical well-being, mental peace harmony, moral elevation and spiritual uplift of man but also of transforming man from his gross animal existence to the sublime heights of divinity.

It must, however be kept in mind that it is a long and arduous journey calling for perseverance, persistence, dedication and total surrender.

There is no instant yoga. It is not a question of merely closing one's eyes or of sitting in a posture. It involves cultivation of an attitude and approach to life. It must not only be a philosophy to be imbibed but a practical philosophy which must be lived. It is therefore, not enough to think of yoga but to do it and to live it in our lives. It is also necessary to understand that yoga is not a substitute for action. Human effort is indispensable. The transformation is not at the cost of action but to enable us to perform our duties more efficiently, more effectively and honestly.

Yoga had recognized and accepted the importance of the mind and the subconscious over the total human personality much earlier than modern psychology did in its present form. Yoga is a stepwise, stage wise eight fold path to final liberation from pain and suffering. These steps progressively take us to the highest state of creativity, of discriminative knowledge and towards attaining the desired perfection.

The eight steps are:

• YAMA - Conditional yoga behavior, personal and social
• NIYAMA - Attitude sublimate to yoga norms
• ASANA - Discipline of the physical body
• PRANAYAMA - Control over bio energy through respiratory action
• PRATYAHARA - Withdrawal of the senses inwards through abstraction
• DHARNA - Concentration
• DHYANA - Meditation
• SAMADHI - Trans-consciousness

Of these, the first five, which border on the Psychosomatic Approach, are referred to as External (Bahiranga) yoga, popularly known as Hatha Yoga, while the latter three, which directly affect the psyche are known as internal (Antaranga) yoga, popularly known as Raja Yoga. It is almost impossible to try internal yoga (Raja Yoga) for the average man before accomplishing the external one (Hatha Yoga). The respective sequence of the eight steps as the standard methodology of yoga.

Yoga is based on a deep understanding of man and his position in this world and was the first system evolved in the world to recognize the connection and the interaction between body and mind. It studies in depth the very structure of the human personality, through analysis the psychological complexities and the cause of human pain, sorrow and suffering. It has laid down psychosomatic means through its various psycho-physiological processes for dealing with the body mind complex and tries to harmonize and integrate the human personality at all levels and stages of life.

Yoga is basically a way of LIFE which has been evolved as a system to go beyond the personality - complex and achieve absolute freedom-liberation of the spirit from the matter.