Hundreds of acres of undrained pokkali rice fields and the Vemabanad backwaters adjoining the coastal ... In and around Kochi, it is generally blue coloured while in other parts of the country ...

Tucked away in the northern reaches of Kerala, Calicut (Kozhikode) and Wayanad are two of the state's most mesmerising yet lesser-explored destinations, writes Gyaneshwar Dayal ...