Adventure Park, Kollam
| Adventure Park Asramam Adventure Park |
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Asramam in Kollam city, India |
| Coordinates | 8°53′50″N 76°35′06″E / 8.897217°N 76.584920°ECoordinates: 8°53′50″N 76°35′06″E / 8.897217°N 76.584920°E |
| Area | 48 acres (0.19 km2) |
| Created | 1980 |
| Owned by | Kollam Municipal Corporation (KMC) |
| Operated by | DTPC, Kollam |
| Status | Open all year |
Asramam Adventure Park is an urban park in the core Kollam city of Kerala state. It was opened after 1980, on 48 acres (19 ha) of city-owned land. Located beside the Kerala's pride, backwaters of Ashtamudi, this place popularly known as Asramam Picnic Village. It is the main centre of recreational activities in Kollam city. The Kollam District Tourism Promotion Council conducts regular backwater cruises in houseboats, luxury boats and speedboats from the Boat Club. The mangroves near this park is very famous in all over India. So many endagering species of trees are surviving here in the park.
There are so many attractions in and around Asramam Adventure Park. They are,
In 2012, the then Tourism Minister of Kerala, A.P. Anil Kumar had inaugurated 10 sculptors at Asramam Adventure Park. This had happened as part of a 10-day State-level sculpture camp named ‘Monsoon Sculptures’ at an estimated expenditure of Rs. 8 lakh sponsored by various Kollam-based business groups. Aryanad Rajendran's Meditation, V. Satheesan's Story Teller, Sivan’s Bundle of slogans, Shenlay's Do not disturb, Saju Mannathur’s She, Guruprasad’s Love without heart and brain, Chavara Vijayan’s Buddha 99 and Biju Bharatan’s Victim are the major sculptors that makes adventure park one of the major eye-catching attractions in Kollam city.
The first open gym of the state is coming-up at Asramam Adventure park at a cost of Rs.15 lakh. Morning walkers in Kollam city, arriving at the Asramam Maidan area, will be the biggest beneficiaries of this facility. Former Kollam Rajyasabha M.P K.N. Balagopal allocated the money for it from his Local Area Development (LAD) Fund. 19 fitness equipments have been installed and it would be open for the people by October end.
The thick mangroves that grow on the shore of Ashtamudi Lake along the side of Asramam Adventure Park is another significant attraction in this spot. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has provided the Asramam mangrove forest with a biodiversity heritage tag. Asramam mangrove spread was habitat to the highly endangered Syzygium travancoricum species of mangroves. Several species of mangroves and mangrove associates thrived there. The belt had all the characteristics of a coastal rainforest and was habitat to several species of wild animals and diversified flora. In addition to being a major spawning ground for several edible marine species, the Asramam mangroves in the past was also home to otters and migratory birds.
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