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Vizhinjam

About 1km south of Kovalam's Lighthouse Beach, Vizhinjam village has a busy harbour from where fishing boats head out each day, along with one of Kerala's earliest rock-cut temples and two distinctive seafront mosques washed in green, gold or cream.

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