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Varkala Papanasam Beach
One who takes a bathe here
will be relieved of all his sins.

Varkala: (40 km from Thiruvananthapuram) Varkala is a religious, spiritual,
pilgrim and tourist spot. It is also a sea side resort and spa. It is at
Sivagiri, a hill top near Varkala that Sree Narayana guru, is laid to eternal
Samadhi. High cliffs with mineral springs rise majestically from the coast
line of Varkala. The Papanasam beach here is very famous. It is believed
that any one who takes a bathe here will be relieved of all his sins.
(Papanasam = redemption from sins). Myth explains that a group of
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