Kappil is a tourist place in Thiruvananthapuram district , Kerala state, India. It is located in Edava Panchayat at the cost of Arabian Sea, near Varkala..[2] Currently kappil is under Attingal Constituency.
Contents
1Transportation
2Tourism
3Gallery
4References
5Near by Places
6External links
Transportation
Road
Kappil is connected with Varkala - Paravur - Kollam Road. Varkala Municipal Bus Station opposite to Varkala Railway Station is well connected to Attingal, Trivandrum, Kollam, etc. KSRTC and private buses are doing services in Kappil village to adjacent cities like Varkala, Trivandrum, Kollam, Paravur, etc.
Rail
Varkala Railway Station
which is 7km from Kappil is well connected to major cities like Trivandrum ,Delhi,Chennai ,Goa,Hyderabad,Kollam , Kochi , Mumbai , Kanyakumari, Banglore etc
Kappil Railway Station is within the village (700m) is connected by passenger trains from Trivandrum, Kollam,Nagercoil,Kanyakumari etc
Edava Railway Station with in the panchayat is also situated 4km from Kappil is connected with passenger trains from Trivandrum,Kolllam,Nagercoil etc.
Air
Trivandrum International Airport which is 48km from Kappil.
Tourism
Kappil beach
Kappil beach sunset
Scenic backwaters, beach and facilities for watersport are available. Nellatil, Edava, Paravur, Nadayara, Varkala etc. are locations in the vicinity which are worth visiting.[opinion]
Kappil is also famous for Kappil Bhagavathy Temple and a tourist spot during the festival season.
Gallery
Kappil boatclub
The lonely beach
A beautiful evening view from Paravur-Kappil bridge
Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin Born 23 April 1908 Kholmech, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire Died 29 August 1990 (1990-08-29) (aged 82) [1] Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) Nationality Soviet Alma mater Leningrad University (1929) Known for Elasticity theory singular integrals numerical analysis Awards Order of the Badge of Honour (1961) Laurea honoris causa by the Karl-Marx-Stadt Polytechnic (1968) Membership of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1970) Membership of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (1981) Scientific career Fields Mathematics and mechanics Institutions Seismological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1932–1941) Kazakh University in Alma Ata (1941–1944) Leningrad University (now Saint Petersburg State University) (1944–1990) Academic advisors Vladimir Smirnov, Leningrad University, master thesis Doctoral students see the teaching ac...
For other uses, see Schooner (disambiguation). A traditional gaff topsail schooner Schooner rigging: 1 ) Bowsprit 2 ) Jib & fore staysail 3 ) Fore gaffsail & topsail 4 ) Main staysail 5 ) Main gaff topsail 6 ) Mainsail 7 ) End of boom A schooner / ˈ s k uː n ər / is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. The most common type has two masts, the foremast being shorter than the main. While the schooner was originally gaff-rigged, modern schooners typically carry a Bermuda rig. Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Usage 4 Schooner sail plan 4.1 Schooner rationale 5 Multi-masted schooners 6 Famous schooners 7 Gallery 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Etymology Traditional square topsail schooner Shenandoah , sailing in Nantucket Sound. The first detailed definition of a schooner, describing the vessel as two-masted vessel with fore and aft gaff-rigged sails appeared in ...