MY COUNTRY AND STATE
Kerala is a small state, tucked away in the south west corner of India. It represents only 1.18 percent of the total area of india but 3.43% of total population of the country is in Kerala. Physiography: Kerala may be divided into three geographical regions: (1) Highlands, (2) Midlands and (3) Lowlands. The Highlands slope down from the Western Ghats which rise to an averagem hight of 900m, with a number of peaks well over 1800m in hight. This is the area of major platations like tea, coffee, rubber, cardamom and other spices. The Midlands, lying between the mountains and the lowlands, is made up of hills and valleys. This is an area of intensive cultivation. Cashew, Coconut, Arecanut, Cassave(tapioca), Banana, Rice, Ginger, Pepper are grown in this area. The Lowlands or the coastal area, which is made up of the river deltas, backwaters and the shore of the Arabian sea, is essentially a land of coconut and rice. Fisheries and Coir industry constitute the major industries of this area. Kerala is the land of rivers and backwaters. Fortyfour rivers 41-west flowing and 3-east flowing. Backwaters form a specially attractive and economically valuble feature of Kerala. They include Lakes and ocean inlets which stretch irregularly along the coast. The biggest backwater is the Vembanadu lake, some 200 Sq.Km in area.
Kerala the land of art, art is part of our cultrue where ever you go what ever you see, our people keeping in their mind that art is part of culture the given below picture will tell that. Kathakail, Tissur pooram Vaikathashtami, kalamandalam are all examples for that. Even we are on the path of civilization, keeping the old art as part. I am very proud to say that our people are very much affectionate to music.
