Charachira Pond (Thiruvananthapuram)

India / Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram
 lake, pond
Charachira Pond. This used to be the Dhobi Ghat (Washerman Working Area) during the Travancore King's time, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The pond's shores were inhabited by washer man communities.
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Coordinates:   8°30'59"N   76°56'58"E

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  • priya's favorite place
  • my favorite place too.. used to have my quite time there every morning !
  • Have very good memories of walking along the Charachira kulam. Very beautiful
  • the new cleaned up kulam is very beautiful
  • My childhood memories - the Charachira kulam.
  • We threw stones to check the ,maximum distance the stones went. When the water overflow back in the 60's it was fun to walk with the over flowing water on the road. Miss that area very badly.
  • Were you having a nursery school nearby the one called Douglas memorial school?
  • did people bathe and fish there then?
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This article was last modified 12 years ago