When Vasco da Gama landed on its shores, thus discovering a sea route to India then the Kappad beach came into historic books 500 years ago.
A pillar with inscription "Vasco Da Gama landed here, Kappakkadavau in the year 1498" stands on the beach. The beach here is very calm with a stretch of rocks projecting into the sea. The rocky surroundings welcome the visitors for an adventure.
Kappad Beach is at a short walk on the Korapuzha River . 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. |
