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Nearest access road: Kumarakom-Cumbam road.

The Kumarakom lake resort is one of

the luxury heritage resorts in India. It
is spread across 25 acres of lush

greenery and set in a lake viewing

ambience away from the city. The
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resort is built with the traditional
Figure 9: View of kumarakom pool villas Kerala architecture style with luxury

rooms, villas and suites an ayurvedic spa, swimming pools and

multicuisine restaurants. The resort offers simple luxuries of life with the
grandeur of royalty. The resort is a village of its own with soothing

backwaters, thick mangrove forests, green paddy fields and ripe coconut

groves all of them symbolizing the Kerala feel.
This resort is a large-scale project with 59 cottages/ villas with 8 different

types of accommodation.

These villas were named after the 4 Vedas and had a similar

planning to that of the Sidhi villas, they had a private

compounded garden with lily pond and sit out. The sit out is

provided with a thatched roof and a small pond surrounding it.

Inside he villa was a space provided for the jacuzzi that was open

to sky.

Size: 60 sqm 4 cottages adjacent to each other.

Features: open to sky outdoor jacuzzi and a pond with gazebo.

2.2.1. Architecture of the resort

2.3. Motivation:
The parameters that would be covered under the “Motivation and

Significance of the Research” for the given text could include:
2.3.1. Historical Progression:

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