Kerala To Unveil India’s First Literary Tourism Circuit Soon & Here’s All About It

Book lovers, we have some news for you all! Kerala is building India’s first literary tourism circuit in its northern Malabar region. This literary circuit will offer literature enthusiasts a rare opportunity to explore towns and villages of the state’s most revered writers. Scroll on to know more about this.

Kerala To Soon Get India’s First Literary Tourism Circuit

Kerala’s Malabar Literary Tourism Circuit will be India’s first literary tourism circuit and it will help bibliophiles revisit works of legendary Malayalam writers like Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and OV Vijayan. According to Hindustan Times, the upcoming literary tourism circuit is nearing completion and will take book lovers down memory lane in towns and villages where their favourite novels are set. In fact, the homes of many Malayalam literary bigwigs are set to be part of the circuit.

Spearheaded by Kerala Tourism, this initiative aims to celebrate the lives and works of iconic Malayalam authors. The government is transforming birthplaces, memorials, and residences of famous authors into must-visit cultural landmarks. Museums and memorials for writers like Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and OV Vijayan are currently in different stages of construction in Kerala’s Malabar region.

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A Paradise For Book Lovers

The Malabar Literary Tourism Circuit will connect northern districts of Kerala like Kozhikode, Malappuram and Palakkad in a new tourism network. This region is often called the heartland of Malayalam literature as it fosters some of India’s most influential literary voices. Just two years ago, UNESCO named Kozhikode the ‘City of Literature’ as it the the birthplace of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. It is also the venue of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF).

Hindustan Times reported that the Kerala literary tourism circuit will include museums dedicated to the memory of Malayalam literary legends like poet Thunchathu Ezhuthachan in Tirur and legendary travelogue writer S K Pottekkatt and poet Akitham Achuthan Namboodiri’s in Kozhikode. A memorial of novelist M T Vasudevan Nair will also be part of the circuit along with several others.

This literary tourism circuit in Kerala is likely to open mid-year in 2025. It will attract book lovers, history buffs and cultural travellers from all over India.

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So, are you excited to travel on this circuit in Kerala soon? Let us know in the comments!

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