出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/24 11:38 UTC 版)
'Beypore is a small coastal census town in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. The place was formerly known as Vaypura / Vadaparappanad. Tippu Sultan named the town “Sultan Pattanam”. This place also has a small port and a beautiful beach. Beypore port is one of the oldest known ports in Kerala from where trading was done with the Middle East. Beypore is also famous for building wooden ship, it is called Dhow, or Uru in the Malayalam language. These ships are usually bought by arab merchants for trading, fishing and now used as a tourist ships. TASARA creative hand weaving centre in north Beypore attracts visitors and students from all around the world. Chaliyar Puzha which is the fourth longest river in the Kerala state flows through this village.The Indian Coast Guard has commissioned a station here in 2006.