Kerala
(['keËÂɹəˌÉÂÉÂ] (help·info); Malayalam: à ´•à µ‡à ´°à ´³à ´‚,
â€" KÄ"raḷaá¹Â) is a state on the
Malabar Coast of southwestern India. To its east
and northeast,
Kerala
borders Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; to its west
and south lie the Indian Ocean islands of Lakshadweep
and the Maldives, respectively.
Kerala
envelops MahÃ(c), a coastal exclave of Pondicherry.
Kerala
is one of four states that
compose the linguistic-cultural region known as
South India.
Visitors to Kerala who are searching for a tropical paradise will find it in Lakshadweepwhich lies between 200km and 400 km off Kerala in the deep blue of the Arabian Sea. 
