Lakshadweep

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Lakshadweep is a group of islands situated off India's west coast, in the Arabian sea. It is India's only Coral Islands.

	lakshadweep Travel Guide : 1 Cities 2 Understand 3 Talk 4 Get in 5 Get around 6 See 6.1 Itineraries 7 Do 8 Eat 9 Drink 10 Stay safe 11 Get out

Cities

• Kavaratti
• Minicoy

Understand

Lakshadweep is India's smallest union territory. The name literally means "a hundred thousand islands" in Sanskrit (laksha = lakh, hundred thousand. dweep = island) It has ten inhabited islands, 17 uninhabited islands attached islets, four newly formed islets and 5 submerged reefs 1 (http://lakshadweep.nic.in/location.htm). The inhabited islands are

• Kavaratti
• Agatti
• Amini
• Kadmat
• Kiltan
• Chetlat
• Bitra
• Andrott
• Kalpeni
• Minicoy

Talk

Get in

By Ship: Take a ship from Kochi (Cochin). Takes approx. 24 hours

By Air: Indian Airlines flies from Kochi and Goa. Kochi flights are daily (except Sunday) and Goa flights are twice a week. Flights land at Agatti island which is the only airport in the Lakshadweep

Get around

By boats/ferries: These can be used for getting around from one island to the other

Once on an island, there arent' too many options. You can travel by foot or hire a bicycle.

See

Itineraries

Do

Eat

Drink

Tap water here is through bore wells and a bit hard. Rainwater harvested during the rainy season is the major source of drinking water. Non availability of drinking water accounts for a number of islands being uninhabited.

Stay safe

Get out

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