Welcome
Welcome to the official home page of the Kandath Tharavad, the ancestral home of the Kandath family which is set in the lush rice paddies of rural Kerala in South India.
Tharavad is the place to experience the village life of Kerala.
Read moreAbout Tharavad
Kandath Tharavad the ancestral home of the Kandath family is set in the lush rice paddies of rural Kerala in South India. The house is a three hundred year – old gem of domestic architecture constructed primarily of mud and teak.The house was built in 1723 by Bhagwaldas’s Great Great Grandfather
Read more“Birding” @ Tharavad
If you are happy for what you are, and grateful for what you have; and your thanksgiving is perpetual; and if you have a passionate appetite for the wild, then Palghat is the place for you to be. And what better place to stay than at home! Mr. Bhagwaldas runs a home-stay in Thenkurussi village.
Read moreExotic Weddings
The Kandath Tharavad offers the perfect ambience and setting for Weddings (Christian or Hindu), in the sacred environs of our heritage pandhals. We’ll roll it out for you – right from pre-wedding rituals to the wedding ceremony, the attire, décor, entertainment… and banquet arrangements that are meticulously planned.
The Bride is dressed in a traditional Saree and the Groom is attired in Silk Dhothi… the festivities commence with traditional musicians accompanying the Bridegroom on Elephant – back to the Bride. The Grooms’ entourage is received by the ladies of the Bride’s family with ‘Thalams’