Bekal Fort

  • The first public sector caravan park in Kerala will come up at Bekal fort of Kerala.
  • Bekal Fort is exquisitely designed and built with dark maroon laterite stones.
  • It was built in the 17th century.
  • While the bastions are equipped with several large and small openings for guns, the walls are interspersed with windows and peepholes. These were used to spot the enemy from afar in the past
  • A unique and eye-catching feature is a lone bastion, projecting out into the sea.
  • This historic monument offers a superb view of the Arabian Sea from its tall observation towers, which were occupied by gigantic cannons till ....
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