Kappad Beach

Kappad is 16 km from Kozhikode.  Kappad beach is very famous and historically significant because of the fact that the world famous explorer Vasco da Gama set foot first on India with a team of 170 men in three vessels. Vasco da Gama landed on the Kappad beach on 27th of May 1498. The rock-studded beach is locally known as Kappakadavu.

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