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It is an engineering wonder of Kerala. It is the oldest motorable bridge in Kerala. I am talking about the 143 year old Punalur suspension bridge that stands tall amidst Punalur’s modern day traffic and continues to straddle the Kallada river as it did in its hey days. Only difference being, then it was a working bridge, while today it is a historical attraction and a protected monument under the Archaeological department of Kerala. Constructed in 1877 during the reign of the erstwhile Travancore king Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma and under the supervision of the British engineer Albert Henry, the Punalur Suspension bridge is a 400 feet long bridge that connected the town of Punalur with the forest area of old Kattupathanapuram. The idea behind having a suspension bridge was to promote trade with outsiders while preventing the animals of the jungle from entering the village at night. The shaky nature of the bridge used to scare off the animals. Built using iron, Kambakom wood and stone m...

Unboxing videos are a cultural phenomenon and of course we at the ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’ YouTube channel are never ones to shy away from jumping onto any popular band wagon. That being said welcome to our very first Unboxing video where English Horticulturist Lorna opens up a brand new box of lego-likey bricks to build herself a brand new tortoise to add to her already ‘too-many’ collection of tortoise garden art. This my opinion not hers. So start yourself in and prepare you mind for Lorna boxing video and if you like this kind of content then don’t worry as i will be publishing my very own unboxing video in the next to distant future. If you would like to get in contact with us on any subject then write something in the comments, we would love to hear from you. Also don’t forget that you can support this channel by pressing the ‘SUBSCRIBE’ button.