ARCHITECT OF ALAPPUZHA
Raja kesavadas
More than two centuries after Raja Kesavadas passed away, the Alappuzha town, which owes its beautiful canals and a major share of its history to him, is yet to honour his contributions.
Apart from the occasional meetings discussing the role that Diwan Raja Kesavadas ( 1745-1799) played to shape. Alappuzha in to what it is now, little has been done to honour the person, called the architect of what is known the world over as the Venice of the East
Raja Kesavads, who changed the Alappuzha port into the busiest ones of that period and the region as the commercial capital of the erstwhile state of Travancore, developed the parallel canals here to ensure that cargo from the port had a smooth pathway to inland regions.
He also invited businessmen from the then Bombay, Rajasthan and Gujarat among other places to invest here. It is not as if there were no any plans for a memorial. A Project report, envisaging a statue of Raja Kesavadas near the Stone Bridge junction here, has been gathering dust for several years now.
According to N. Aravindakshan, chairman of the Raja Kesavadas memorial Committee that was formed around 12 years ago, the initial idea was to erect a statue at kalarcode junction, on the sides of the national High way-47. But possibilities of highway expansion thwarted the plan.
Prof John Kurakar
Raja kesavadas
More than two centuries after Raja Kesavadas passed away, the Alappuzha town, which owes its beautiful canals and a major share of its history to him, is yet to honour his contributions.
Apart from the occasional meetings discussing the role that Diwan Raja Kesavadas ( 1745-1799) played to shape. Alappuzha in to what it is now, little has been done to honour the person, called the architect of what is known the world over as the Venice of the East
Raja Kesavads, who changed the Alappuzha port into the busiest ones of that period and the region as the commercial capital of the erstwhile state of Travancore, developed the parallel canals here to ensure that cargo from the port had a smooth pathway to inland regions.
He also invited businessmen from the then Bombay, Rajasthan and Gujarat among other places to invest here. It is not as if there were no any plans for a memorial. A Project report, envisaging a statue of Raja Kesavadas near the Stone Bridge junction here, has been gathering dust for several years now.
According to N. Aravindakshan, chairman of the Raja Kesavadas memorial Committee that was formed around 12 years ago, the initial idea was to erect a statue at kalarcode junction, on the sides of the national High way-47. But possibilities of highway expansion thwarted the plan.
Prof John Kurakar
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