A truly beautiful old Kerala house which belongs to just another place and time! While a traditional kerala house would have one nallu-kattu (translating to one inner courtyard with 4 pillars to support), this house has 4 and in addition to that it has its own pond. So one can only imagine the size!

It has been maintained over generations by a wonderful system in which the responsibility moves to a different branch of the family every four years.
We stayed with them during Onam. The whole family descends down around 50 members or more and the house still seems small and can hold some more people… given that there were 6 guests (4 others like us) staying with them. After the women sang and danced in a separate area of the house, the men-folk played (or fought for) the annual football trophy! The day ended with a dip in the pond. Darkening light and lengthening shadows made the walk to and back from the pond mysterious and from another time, and you can almost put... More