ABOUT
MALDIVES...............................................................
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acommodations
Maldives , the coral
island.
Are you interested
to discover the beauty of a coral island? Malidives
is your place. This is a group of coral islands
350 kms away from India. And its 750 kms away
from Sri Lanka. The famous writer Marcopolo, in
his writing, mentions Maldives as the flower of
Indies. Ibn Batuta described Maldives as one of
the wonders of the world. Maldives attracts tourists
with its Golden beaches kissed by the waves of
Indian Ocean. Here, land is surrounded by coral
reef and most of the islands have a shallow Lagoon.
These true coral islands has white sand all over
the beaches. Climate of Maldives is divided by
two monsoon periods. Flora and fauna at Maldives
has a difference. Contrary to the one with palm
trees and other vegetations, in the islands, the
sandy soil of Maldives allows a few plants such
as bamboo, banana, mangroves, bread fruit etc.Natural
fauna is limited to giant fruit bats, colourful
lizard and rats. Domestic animals include cats,
chickens and rabbits. However the underwater fauna
leaves you with excitements. Its comprised of
butterfly fish, angel fish, Parrot fish, rock
cod, Unicon fish, trumpet fish, sharks, etc.Maldives
sought the attention of early mariners as its
was positioned at a strategic Sea rout - West
to East. Chinese traveller Man Huan and famous
Arab traveller Ibn Batuta, mentioned about Maldives
in their writing. The visit of Shake Yusuf Shamsuddin
paved the way for Muslim conversion here. Still
it remain as a matter of controversy. These islands
are famous for two products, the money cowrie
and Maladive fish. According to archeological
records Maldives had inhabitants since 1500 BC.
The inhabitants were said to have migrated (Aryans)
from India. Today Maldives is a country with 100%
Sunny Muslim population. Fishing and tourism are
major means of income.
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