Most of the properties listed are located in Kerala State on the south-west coast of India, sandwiched between the Arabian Sea on the west and the Western Ghats to its east..
Since time immemorial Kerala has always represented many things to many people. The Arabs and the Chinese considered it an important trading port for spices, the early Christian missionaries a new frontier to spread `The Good News', for the early Jewish settlers, an abode away from persecution and for the Dutch, the Portuguese and the British a strategic natural harbour.
The present day state of Kerala formed out of the erstwhile princely states of Travancore, Cochin and Malabar is perhaps India's most idyllic state. With a social health index comparable to developed nations, a 100% literate population and a low mortality rate, Kerala is definitively one of India's most progressive states.
With its tropical green landscape, flowing rivers, the incredibly beautiful network of lagoons and a colorful, indigenous culture and cuisine, Kerala is, as the National Geographic once termed it `one of the 50 best destinations of the world'
Perhaps why we call it ` God's own country'.