page_title: Varkala
section_title: Paravur: Land of Backwaters, Estuaries, and Beaches
hierarchical_section_title: Varkala / Tourism / Paravur: Land of Backwaters, Estuaries, and Beaches
caption_attribution_description: English: Paravur is a blessed place with full of estuary, beaches and backwaters
context_page_description: Varkala, also known as The Pearl of the Arabian Sea, is a municipality in the Thiruvananthapuram district, situated in the Indian state of Kerala. Varkala is home to 3% of the total urban population of the district. It is the headquarters of Varkala Taluk, and the important government institutions such as the Taluk office, court complex, Sub RTO, legal metrology, civil station, District Ayurveda Hospital, Govt Nature care hospital, IMD Rain Gauge Station,
  Treasuries etc are situated in Varkala. It is one among the oldest municipalities of Kerala established in 1980. It is the second largest coastal city in the district after the state capital and northern suburb of Trivandrum City. It is located 36 kilometres north of Trivandrum, which is the capital and largest metropolitan city of Kerala and 28 km south of Kollam City.
  Varkala is the only place in Kerala where cliffs are found adjacent to the Arabian Sea. These Cenozoic sedimentary formation cliffs are a unique geological feature on the otherwise flat Kerala coast, and are known among geologists as Varkala Formation.
context_section_description: Paravur is another municipal town with estuaries and backwaters, situated 13 km from Varkala. Paravur is in Kollam district, sharing borders with Thiruvananthapuram district. Paravur has an array of backwaters and lakes surrounding the town. With the advent of roads and others means of transport, the inland waterways have been neglected. Renewed efforts are underway to start linking the waterways to an ambitious inland waterway system being sponsored by the state government along the lines of what once existed.
  Paravur Lake attracts tourists. The lake meets the sea and can be seen from a small stretch of road which divides them.
caption: Paravur: The land of estuaries, beaches, and backwaters
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