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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Varkala Beach.jpg|thumb|Sunset at Varkala Beach]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Varkala Beach.jpg|thumb|Sunset at Varkala Beach]]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Varkala <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Beach''', also known as '''Papanasham </del>Beach''' is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a beach </del>situated in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala Town </del>of [[Varkala <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Municipality</del>]] in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Thiruvananthapuram district<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, Kerala, India. The beach skirts the [[Arabian Sea]], part of the Indian Ocean.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Varkala Beach''' is situated in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the town </ins>of [[Varkala]] in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala Municipality, </ins>Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/india/2017/06/22/top-10-places-to-visit-in-kerala|title=Head Straight to Kerala, God's Own Country, for a Perfect Vacation|website=thequint.com|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref> </ins>The beach skirts the [[Arabian Sea]], part of the Indian Ocean.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File</del>:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thumb</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Evening at Varkala beach]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Geography==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala is located at {{Coord|8.73|N|76.71|E}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/13/Varkkallai.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Varkkallai, India|website=fallingrain.com|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https</ins>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">//web.archive.org/web/20180205232544/http://www.fallingrain</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/world/IN/13/Varkkallai</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">html</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">archive-date=5 February 2018</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">url-status=live}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sights</del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Culture</ins>==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala beach is the only place in southern Kerala where </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cliff</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s are found adjacent to the Arabian Sea</del>.<ref>http://www.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">karthikaplaza</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com</del>/varkala.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">html {{Webarchive</del>|url=https://web.archive.org/web/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">20100310071242</del>/http://www.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">karthikaplaza</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com</del>/varkala.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">html </del>|date=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2010</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">03-10 </del>}} <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">| Details of Varkala</del></ref> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These cliffs are of tertiary sedimentary formation, and named by geologists as ''Varkala Formation''. They are a geological monument as recorded by the Geological Survey of India. Water spouts and [[spa]]s occur on the sides of these cliffs.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Janardana Swami Temple</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is known for a ten-day festival held twice a year, called Arattu</ins>.<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{cite web|url=</ins>http://www.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">keralatourism</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org</ins>/varkala<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/janardhana-temple--arattu-festival.php|title=Arattu Festival, Janardhana Temple, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – Kerala Tourism|website=keralatourism</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org|access-date=31 August 2018</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">archive-</ins>url=https://web.archive.org/web/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">20180122020119</ins>/http://www.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">keralatourism</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org</ins>/varkala<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/janardhana-temple--arattu-festival</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">php</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">archive-</ins>date=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">22 January 2018|url</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">status=live</ins>}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nearby attractions and activities</del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Activities</ins>==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Janardana Swami Temple</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is situated near the Beach</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known for a 10-day festival held twice a year, called Arattu</del>. <ref>{{cite web|url=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http</del>://www.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">keralatourism</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">varkala</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">janardhana</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temple</del>--<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">arattu</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">festival.php</del>|title=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Arattu Festival</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Janardhana Temple</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Kerala Tourism</del>|website=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">keralatourism.org</del>|access-date=31 August 2018<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122020119/http://www.keralatourism.org/varkala/janardhana-temple--arattu-festival.php|archive-date=22 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all</del>}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala Beach has adventure and leisure activities such as boat riding, [[parasailing]], </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jet ski</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ing, and horse-riding</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">There are also restaurants and cafes; alcohol </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not served</ins>.<ref>{{cite web|url=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https</ins>://www.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thequint</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/india</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2017</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">06/22/top</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">10</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">places</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">visit-in-kerala</ins>|title=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Head Straight to Kerala</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">God's Own Country</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for a Perfect Vacation</ins>|website=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thequint</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com</ins>|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sivagiri Mutt </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">another attraction, located atop </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sivagiri, Kerala|Sivagiri</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hill</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Landmarks==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala beach </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the only place in southern Kerala where cliffs are found adjacent to </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Arabian Sea</ins>]].<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>http://www.karthikaplaza.com/varkala.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310071242/http://www.karthikaplaza.com/varkala.html |date=10 March 2010 }} | Details of Varkala</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Train service is available at [[Varkala Sivagiri Railway Station]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Train service is available at [[Varkala Sivagiri Railway Station]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala beach has adventure and leisure activities such as boat riding, parasailing, jetting, and horse-riding. There are also restaurants and cafes; alcohol is not served.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/india/2017/06/22/top-10-places-to-visit-in-kerala|title=Head Straight to Kerala, God’s Own Country, for a Perfect Vacation|website=thequint.com|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Geography==</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Varkala is located at {{Coord|8.73|N|76.71|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/13/Varkkallai.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Varkkallai, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205232544/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/13/Varkkallai.html|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Uber]]'s co-founder [[Travis Kalanick]] once said that he spent weeks here writing code.</del><<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</del>><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Cite web</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">url=https://www</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/Fight-for-something-you-believe-</del>in<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-but-dont-be-a-jerk-Uber-CEO-Travis-Kalanick/articleshow/50631568</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cms</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">title='Fight for something you believe in but don’t be a jerk': Uber CEO Travis Kalanick {{!}} Gadgets Now</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">website=Gadget Now|access-date=2018-09-03}}</del></<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</del>></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gallery</ins>></div></td></tr>
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<p>Undid revision 1054174812 by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/202.83.59.67" title="Special:Contributions/202.83.59.67">202.83.59.67</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:202.83.59.67&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:202.83.59.67 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) Not sure how you would play water sports on the edge of a cliff...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|cliff beach in Trivandrum,Kerala, India}}<br />
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[[File:Varkala beach from above.jpg|thumb|Varkala Beach]]<br />
[[File:Varkala Beach.jpg|thumb|Sunset at Varkala Beach]]<br />
[[File:Varkala natural spring.JPG|thumb|upright|A natural water spout in Varkala Beach]][[File:Karkkidaka vavu bali at varkkala.jpg|thumb|Karkidaka Vavu Bali ritual being performed at Varkala Beach]]<br />
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'''Varkala Beach''', also known as '''Papanasham Beach''' is a beach situated in Varkala Town of [[Varkala Municipality]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]], Kerala, India. The beach skirts the [[Arabian Sea]], part of the Indian Ocean.<br />
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[[File:Varkala. jpg.jpg|thumb|Evening at Varkala beach]]<br />
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==Sights==<br />
Varkala beach is the only place in southern Kerala where [[cliff]]s are found adjacent to the Arabian Sea.<ref>http://www.karthikaplaza.com/varkala.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310071242/http://www.karthikaplaza.com/varkala.html |date=2010-03-10 }} | Details of Varkala</ref> These cliffs are of tertiary sedimentary formation, and named by geologists as ''Varkala Formation''. They are a geological monument as recorded by the Geological Survey of India. Water spouts and [[spa]]s occur on the sides of these cliffs.<br />
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==Nearby attractions and activities==<br />
The [[Janardana Swami Temple]] is situated near the Beach. It is known for a 10-day festival held twice a year, called Arattu. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralatourism.org/varkala/janardhana-temple--arattu-festival.php|title=Arattu Festival, Janardhana Temple, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Kerala Tourism|website=www.keralatourism.org|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122020119/http://www.keralatourism.org/varkala/janardhana-temple--arattu-festival.php|archive-date=22 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Sivagiri Mutt is another attraction, located atop the [[Sivagiri, Kerala|Sivagiri]] hill.<br />
Train service is available at [[Varkala Sivagiri Railway Station]].<br />
[[File:Panoramic view of varkala beach cliff.jpg|thumb|Panoramic view of Varkala beach cliff]]<br />
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Varkala beach has adventure and leisure activities such as boat riding, parasailing, jetting, and horse-riding. There are also restaurants and cafes; alcohol is not served.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/india/2017/06/22/top-10-places-to-visit-in-kerala|title=Head Straight to Kerala, God’s Own Country, for a Perfect Vacation|website=thequint.com|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Varkala is located at {{Coord|8.73|N|76.71|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/13/Varkkallai.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Varkkallai, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205232544/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/13/Varkkallai.html|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[Uber]]'s co-founder [[Travis Kalanick]] once said that he spent weeks here writing code.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/Fight-for-something-you-believe-in-but-dont-be-a-jerk-Uber-CEO-Travis-Kalanick/articleshow/50631568.cms|title='Fight for something you believe in but don’t be a jerk': Uber CEO Travis Kalanick {{!}} Gadgets Now|website=Gadget Now|access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category|Varkala Beach}}<br />
* [http://indiatourism.ws/kerala/varkala/ Varkala Beach] photographs and 360° panoramas<br />
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{{Waters of Kerala}}<br />
{{Tourism in Kerala}}<br />
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[[Category:Beaches of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Varkala]]</div>
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