Day 08 of Art and Culture Tour
Alleppey - Cochin:
By road covering 60 km in 2 hr
Cochin - Mumbai:
By Air Flight : 9W 404
Airlines : Jet Airways
Aircraft : Boeing 737
Stopovers : Nil
Departure : 1535 hr
Arrival : 1720 hr
Mumbai - Aurangabad:
By Air Flight : 9W 3109
Airlines : Jet Airways
Aircraft : ATR Jet
Stopovers : Nil
Departure : 1825 hr
Arrival : 1925 hr
Breakfast will be onboard the boat.
Cruise through the villages of Aleppey. The coastal town of Alleppey on the Arabian Sea has been called the "Venice of the East" for the numerous canals that meander through the town. It is also popular for its cashew nuts, choir trade and for rice, pepper crops and coconuts. Visit choir Gramams, Kuttanadan paddy fields, enjoy the taste of Kerala 'Toddy' (if you like it) the local liquor.
Disembark from the boat and proceed to Cochin airport by surface. En-route, stop at a restaurant for lunch. Take flight to Mumbai and connecting flight to Aurangabad.
Reach and check in at hotel.
The city of Aurangabad was founded in 1610, on the site of a village, Khirki by Malik Ambar - the Prime Minister of Murtaza Nizam Shah II. When Fateh Khan, Malik Ambar's son turned successor in 1626, he gave the city the name 'Fatehpur'. Later in 1653, when Prince Aurangzeb became Viceroy of the Deccan, he made the city his capital and called it Aurangabad. Aurangzeb added the walls that enclose the central part of the city in 1686 in order to withstand attacks from the Marathas. There are four principle gateways to the city - the Delhi Darwaza, the Jalna Darwaza, the Paithan Darwaza and the Mecca Darwaza. Nine secondary gateways also formed a part of the defensive system of this city.
Aurangabad district has always been a prominent region on the Deccan plateau. Having been inhabited since the Stone Age, it has a long artistic and cultural history - to which several dynasties have made major contributions over the years. Maurya rule marked the arrival of Buddhism in Maharashtra.
Aurangabad today is a bustling city of Maharashtra with diverse big and small industries, fine silken textiles, and exquisite hand woven brocades of silver and gold fabrics, Himroo of world frame. To scholars and lovers of art and culture the city is more familiar as the gateway to the ancient caves of Ajanta and Ellora, both famous as treasure houses of Indian Art and Sculpture.
Overnight will be at Aurangabad.
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