Location: 16 kms from
Kozhikode, Kerala
Commonly Known as: Kappakadavu
Main Attraction: A Sprawling Rock that Protrudes into the
Sea
Significance: Vasco da Gama landed here in 1498
The
beach, 16 km from Kozhikode, stranded on the shore of history
with the landing of Vasco Da Gama on 27th of May, 1498.
Even
after 500 years of the epoch-making mooring of the maverick
navigator, Kappad remains calm, as if cataclysmic changes had
just scrubbed around this spot. The beach, strewn with country
fishing boats, is still in pristine beauty. The shore, bereft
of concrete monstrosities, is in perfect silence ever since
Gama left for other destinations.
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