Revi Karunakaran Museum

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Sight Address : Revi Karunakaran Museum, XIII/990 A, NH 47,Near Power House Bridge,, Alappuzha, India
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Revi Karunakaran Museum is a marvelous monument in the memory of the coir industry stalwart built by wife betty and her daughter in 2006. The Ravi Karunakaran museum is a white Greco Roman building on the national highway of alleppey, only 3km from the city. The courtyard is decorated by superb sculptures among there is a marvelous seven foot high statue of the prodigal son made by Israel sculpture Sam Phillipe. One of the attractions is the addition of “Steel Grey Classic Buick”. It is the only buick imported in the south india in 1945. In the museum there is a section in which flags of 194 countries are painted on the walls. There are 50 rare tanjore paintings, camphor and liquor boxes form china , parrots made of silver form mexico.
On the first floor there is an ivory collection which is supposed to the largest collection in the country. Among them there is a falcon made of 43164 crystal pieces and also have a good Swarovski’s sculpture.

Revi Karunakaran Museum, Alappuzha

HistoryEdit

Ravi karunakaran is regarded as the architect of Indian coir industry. His father and grandfather where prominent industrialists ,education in UK, Switzerland and USA . He was fluent in German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and Malayalam. In 1952 after his father away he took over the reign of Karunakaran group of companies at the age of 20. In recognition of his service to the coir industry revi has given life time architect award by the coir board government of India in 2001.

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09:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.

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Mondays & National Holidays.

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September to March.

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Morning, Afternoon.

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1 to 2 hours

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The Royale Park ; Hotel Royale Park, Y.M.C.A Road, Alappuzha, Kerala, India. ; Ph/M – 91-477-2264828/2237828 ; Food Serve –South Indian, Indian Cuisine.

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Local taxis are also available at cheap rates. There are many Car rental companies offering cars with drivers or self drive. Rates are around Rs 7 per km but there are all sorts of extras.

Bus : There are bus services operating from cities like Cochin (1:15 hours, Rs 33), Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Chennai, Bangalore (overnight luxury Rs 650), Mysore, Coimbatore (overnight Rs.220) to Alappuzha. Alappuzha has an excellent local bus service system and it is cheap.

Train : Alappuzha railway station is a major station, which link every important city in India. This railway station is easily accessible throughout India. There are direct trains to Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam and also to further North from this station. from railway station taxi or autorickshaws are easily available to reach the site.

Air : Cochin International Airport is the nearest airport. Expect to pay about Rs.450 for a taxi to get from Cochin airport to Cochin, then Bus or train to Alleppey. Alternatively come to airports at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kozhikode (Calicut), Chennai, Bangalore and catch a train to Alappuzha. from airport buses, taxi or autorickshaws are easily available to reach the site.

Others : Autorickshaw : This is cheap way of transportation between attractions in Alappuzha.

Ferry services : Regular ferry services connect most locations on both banks of the backwaters.The Kerala State Water Transport Department operates ferries for passengers as well as tourists. It is the cheapest mode of transport through the backwaters.