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Ela Homestay - The Accommodation Hotel Ela Homestay is located in India in the city of Palakkad

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Website: Ela Homestay		 Lowest price of Room in United States Dollars: USD 31
European Euros: 20.66
India, Rupee (INR) EUR: 20.66
Official Money of Country: India, Rupee (INR)

Free Wireless Internet WiFi Hotspot or Access Point No 		Postal Address:
Vaikam House,
Elapully south,
Palakkad, Kerala
India. PIN - 678622
State or Province: Kerala

Number of Rooms: 2

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Photos - Introduction To Hotel And Photo Gallery
Enjoy real, comfortable home stay in a beautiful, quiet, exquisitely preserved ancestral home. Live the simple, harmonious life of Indian Brahmins in the peaceful village of Elapully (near Palakkad), Kerala, in southwest Indian, and take advantage of its central position to visit breathtakingly beautiful nearby sites, immerse yourself in cultural activities and experience the authentic India in a way no casual or group tourist ever can. You will be staying with us at our home. We are not hoteliers or boarding house owners, but cultural and eco tourism promoters. What we offer you is a comfortable stay in a 150-year old traditional house, homemade nutritious vegetarian food, warm hospitality with a real Indian family and guided tours to breathtaking spots untouched by mass tourism.
Enjoy real, comfortable home
stay in a beautiful, quiet,
exquisitely preserved
ancestral home. Live the
simple, harmonious life....... (more)		The front, with the shady porch. When you enterthe door, you will feel transported many years ago. Very few of these heritage homes are now preserved in India.
The front, with the shady
porch. When you enterthe door,
you will feel transported many
years ago. Very few of these
heritage homes....... (more)		This is the view of the south side of Vaikamhouse.The house is extremely quiet and within walking distance of beautiful natural spots
....... (more)
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Photos - Contact Address Directions Maps And Transportation
Here is a map of India, with a red arrow showing Kerala, the green land of coconuts, rice fields, backwaters and beaches, one of the favourite Indian destinations. If you need any extra information, just visit our website, http://www.keralahome.in, and/or drop us a note. Well be happy to receive your enquiry and see how best we can make your stay memorable! Postal address: V.S.Dilip Kumar - Vaikam house - Elapully (Palakkad) - 678622 Kerala INDIA Telephone no. +91-491-2583027 e-mail: info AT keralahome DOT in (to send e-mail, please replace AT with @ and DOT with a real dot also remove all spaces. We are doing this to discourage automatic spammers)
Here is a map of India, with a
red arrow showing Kerala, the
green land of coconuts, rice
fields, backwaters and
beaches, one of....... (more)		Elapully is very near Palakkad. How to reach Palakkad? By air: There is an airport at Coimbatore(Tamilnadu), 55kms. away. with daily flight toMumbai, Chennai, Bsangalore and Delhi. Otherairports are in Cochin, (16O kms away) and Calicut(180 kms away). The car ride from the Coimbatoreairport to Elapully takes only an hour, abeautiful drive alongside the Western Ghats. Byrail: Palakkad junction station is a majorrailway station of the Southern Railway in India. There are a number of trains passing throughPalakkad junction from various parts of India(especially Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai,Thiruvananthapuram and Mangalore). The car orrickshaw ride from the Palakkad Junction stationto Elapully takes hardly half an hour. We canarrange for someone to meet you at the busstation. By road: Palakkad is accessible byregular bus services from Mumbai, Chennai andBangalore, as well as all Kerala and Tamilnaducities. Very frequent buses from Coimbatore. Thecar or rickshaw ride from the Palakkad Junctionstation to Elapully takes hardly half an hour. Wecan arrange for someone to meet you at the busstation.
Elapully is very near
Palakkad. How to reach
Palakkad? By air: There is
an airport at
Coimbatore(Tamilnadu), 55kms.
away. with....... (more)		Here is a map of Kerala, with favourite tourist destinations: towns, ports, lakes, national parks and much much more.
Here is a map of Kerala, with
favourite tourist
destinations: towns, ports,
lakes, national parks and much
much more.
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Photos - Room For Sleeping
This is part of the upstairs bedroom of the main house. The rooms in our house and in other carefully selected traditional houses, are especially prepared for visitors. They dont presume to compete with star hotels: what they offer you is an authentic village experience, but on the same time catering to basic needs you would expect to make your stay more comfortable. The rooms have shared bathroom, electric fan, a small table with bed lamp for every bed, mosquito nets, an almirah for your clothes.
This is part of the upstairs
bedroom of the main
house. The rooms in our house
and in
other carefully selected
traditional....... (more)		You could even choose to lie down the traditional way, with the mattress on the floor (works wonders for bad backs -try it, you ll be amazed).
You could even choose to lie
down the traditional way, with
the mattress on the floor
(works wonders for bad backs
-try it, you ll....... (more)
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Photos - Food Kitchens And Restaurants
We offer delicious home-cooked pure vegetarian Indian food, clean and freshly made from local ingredients. which you can share with us. Either on a table, or the traditional way, cross-legged on the floor, eating with a spoon or with your hands, as we do. Full immersion is your choice! Please note that you cannot bring into the house meat, fish or fowl products, as well as alcohol, drugs. Needless to say, we are also a non smoking house. We respect you as a guest, and expect you to respect our customs as well. Thats what homestay is all about, after all!
We offer delicious home-cooked
pure vegetarian Indian food,
clean and freshly made from
local ingredients. which you
can share....... (more)		We use spices for flavouring our food, but if you dont like it spicy, we will adapt your food to your tastebuds, dont worry! Some Western guests have told us that they only discovered the beauty of Indian cuisine when tasting it in a home where the cook made a less hot version for them to try!
We use spices for flavouring
our food, but if you dont like
it spicy, we will adapt your
food to your tastebuds, dont
worry! Some....... (more)		In South India, food is traditionally served on half a banana leaf. Alternatively, in a steel thali, a round plate where the different parts of the meal (typically rice, dhal - a pulse stew - vegetables, a chutney and a sweet) are put one beside the other, to mix and match as the fancy strikes.
In South India, food is
traditionally served on half a
banana leaf. Alternatively, in
a steel thali, a round plate
where the different....... (more)
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Photos - Outside Front And Exterior Of Building
The house to which I am inviting you is 200 years old and was bought by my great grandfather some ninety years ago. Since then, five generations have crossed its doorsteps. Few changes have been carried out in the structure in its history of two centuries. It has the sloping roof and open space in its middle (for letting in fresh air, sunlight and to drain rainwater) that characterize Kerala architecture. The ground floor-sitting area and kitchen-has an area of 3,550 sq.ft. plus a spacious upstairs for bedrooms and WC. It is made in the traditional way, with brick, mortar and wood, making it always pleasantly cool inside, pulsating with the sweet memories of generations. There is a 3/4 acre backyard with a spacious bathroom/washroom and a big well, enough to fulfill all domestic needs as well as watering the garden and the vegetation around. Nowadays you dont have to draw your own water in order to wash and there is running water in the kitchen and bathroom. These are the main innovations made, to make life easier, but taking particular care to respect the look and the feel of the house, without altering its personality.
The house to which I am
inviting you is
200 years old and was bought
by my great
grandfather some ninety
years ago. Since....... (more)		A view of the house from the garden. Kerala is the most lusciously green part of India, and within minutes from the house youll be immersed in nature. The place is blissfully quiet, away from the main road, and you can forget about the sound of cars and motorcycles.
A view of the house from the
garden. Kerala is the most
lusciously green part of
India, and within minutes from
the house youll be....... (more)		Village view, north
Village view, north
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Photos - Management Staff And Owner
My name is Dilip Kumar - here you can see me with my wife Uma, breaking a coconut from a tree in our yard. I was born and raised in Elapully, in the South Indian state of Kerala, from a very old family of educated and open-minded people. I have a degree in English literature, have traveled in European countries and have some very good long-standing European friends. The values my father and mother taught me make me shun the superstitions, prejudices and discriminations (be it race, sex, religion, caste, nationality, social status or whatever) that unfortunately are still a part of Indian culture. Nevertheless, my deep love for my own country and especially the place where I was born, has prompted me, over the years, not only to extensively explore and study the surroundings of my home village but also to carefully study its traditions, seeing for myself that the best of them is a precious knowledge database which deserves to be preserved from the onslaught of modernity. Not only for the sake of cultural and landscape diversity, not only for the sake of environment, but for their own sake! After years of living abroad as an English teacher in a high school in the Maldives, my wish is to spend the rest of my years in my home village, doing something that would enable me to share my love for the place and help preserve its beauty and cultural integrity, while promoting international cultural and hospitality exchange.
My name is Dilip Kumar -
here you can see me with my
wife Uma, breaking a coconut
from a tree in our yard. I
was born and raised....... (more)		And here is a newer picture of us!
And here is a newer picture of
us!		Here is my mother, the life and soul of theoldhouse, and an excellent cook. Come and taste if you dont believe me! By the way, she speaks very good English, and can teach you how to put ona sari in the traditional way.
Here is my mother, the life
and soul of theoldhouse, and
an excellent cook. Come and
taste if you dont believe me!
By the way, she....... (more)
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Photos - Common Areas And Resort Type Benefits
Part of the central ground floor hall, all around the opening (its difficult to frame the whole room, its very spacious).
Part of the central ground
floor hall, all around the
opening (its difficult to
frame the whole room, its very
spacious).		Another view of the hall. On the left you can see the main entrance (where we leave our shoes).
Another view of the hall. On
the left you can see the main
entrance (where we leave our
shoes).		Another part of the hall, as seen from the entrance door. On the right, the door leading to the kitchen area.
Another part of the hall, as
seen from the entrance door.
On the right, the door leading
to the kitchen area.
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Photos - Business Center Internet Fax Telephone
In the main house, there is telephone, TV and a computer with Internet access
In the main house, there is
telephone, TV and a computer
with Internet access
Ela Homestay Photos Business Center Internet Fax Telephone

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Photos - Toilets Showers And Saunas
Until a decade ago, we had to draw water from the well to take a bath, and bathe using a bucket. Not so anymore! We have now a modern bathroom with running hot water (not that youll need it that hot - Kerala has tropical climate!).
Until a decade ago, we had to
draw water from the well to
take a bath, and bathe using a
bucket. Not so anymore! We
have now a modern....... (more)
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Photos - Neighborhood Ambience And Annoyances
If you are a lover of nature, clean air and peaceful surroundings, then you will love Elapully. And its very centrally located in Kerala, so that you can explore all its treasures.
If you are a lover of nature,
clean air and peaceful
surroundings, then you will
love Elapully. And its very
centrally located in....... (more)		Theres plenty of beautiful walks just minutes from the house, if you want a more relaxing day without getting on a motorized vehicle.
....... (more)		You wont find Elapully on the tour circuit, nor mentioned in travel guides. And thats a good thing, because here youll meet real Indians, not fellow-tourists. Thats what you came to India for, no?
You wont find Elapully on the
tour circuit, nor mentioned in
travel guides. And thats a
good thing, because here youll
meet real....... (more)
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Photos - Rules And Policies
The owners of the house are Kerala brahmins. While we keep an open mind and respect everybodys beliefs, we also keep some traditional rules in our house: no meat, fish, fowl or any other products coming from killed animals. No eggs as well. The food served is vegetarian with dairy (lacto-vegetarian) No smoking in the premises or garden Everybody takes out their shoes on entering the house. You may bring a clean pair of slippers or flip-flops for use in the house.
The owners of the house are
Kerala brahmins. While we
keep an open mind and respect
everybodys beliefs, we also
keep some traditional....... (more)
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Photos - Tourist Attractions And Entertainment
From Elapully, we can arrange for you to take day tours to sites of great natural beauty such as Dhoni, Parambikkulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Nelliyampathi (pictured here), Silent Valley National Park, Attappadi
From Elapully, we can arrange
for you to take day tours to
sites of great
natural beauty such as
Dhoni, Parambikkulam
Wildlife Sanctuary,
Nelliyampathi....... (more)		The town of Palakkad, with its famous Tippu fort, and its ancient banyan tree, is very near Elapully. You can go there for shopping, or take the bus or train from there to a great number of destinations
The town of Palakkad, with its
famous Tippu fort, and its
ancient banyan tree, is very
near Elapully. You can go
there for shopping,....... (more)		Palakkad is a place of colourful festivals you can watch. Onam is one of these, with people making stunning designs with flowers.
....... (more)
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