{"id":263055,"date":"2023-10-06T19:58:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=263055"},"modified":"2023-10-07T09:11:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T03:41:52","slug":"first-public-sector-caravan-park-in-kerala-to-bring-in-more-tourists-to-bekal-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/first-public-sector-caravan-park-in-kerala-to-bring-in-more-tourists-to-bekal-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"First public sector caravan park in Kerala to bring in more tourists to Bekal Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cFirst public sector caravan park in Kerala to bring in more tourists to Bekal Fort\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published i<\/span><b>n \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 6th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation(KTDC) will develop the caravan park and camp shelter at Bekal Fort.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Bekal Fort?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bekal Fort is located in Kasargod district, Kerala.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the largest fort in Kerala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built in the 17th century by Shivappa Nayaka of the Keladi dynasty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fort has seen rise and fall of several dynasties and later came under the control of the Kingdom of Mysore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Structure: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fort appears to emerge from the sea.Almost three-quarters of its exterior is in contact with water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 An important feature of the fort is the water-tank and the flight of steps leading to an observation tower built by Tipu Sultan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The fort&#8217;s zigzag entrance and surrounding trenches reveal its defensive strategy.Holes on the outer walls are designed to defend the fort effectively from naval attacks.The upper holes are meant for aiming at the farthest targets; lower holes below for striking as enemy nearer and the lowest holes to attacking enemy closest to the fort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The fort\u2019s solid construction resembles the Thalassery Fort and the St. Angelo Fort at Kannur built by the Dutch.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: \u00a0The post is based on the article \u201cFirst public sector caravan park in Kerala to bring in more tourists to Bekal Fort\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 6th October 2023 What is the News? The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation(KTDC) will develop the caravan park and camp shelter at Bekal Fort. What is Bekal Fort?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/first-public-sector-caravan-park-in-kerala-to-bring-in-more-tourists-to-bekal-fort\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First public sector caravan park in Kerala to bring in more tourists to Bekal Fort<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,9],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-263055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":14,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698307256},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}