TRIVENI KALLAR THEERAM
The backwater at dusk, where Triveni's three waters meet

TWO STAYS  ·  ONE WATER  ·  KERALA

Triveni

Where nature finds its flow — and its shore.

One house in the Ponmudi foothills, where the river still argues with the rock. One on the sand, where it stops arguing. Eight rooms between them, and nothing much to do.

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8 rooms across 2 houses 40 min from Thiruvananthapuram Whole-house bookings welcome Open all year

01 — THE STORY

Triveni is where three waters meet. Ours are the river, the backwater and the sea — and the road between them takes ninety minutes, which is the whole idea of a stay with us.

Triveni is not a hotel with two wings. It is a family, and two houses that happen to be theirs — Kallar inland in cardamom air, Theeram low and white on the coast. Each is booked, run and remembered on its own. Guests often take both: three nights up, three nights down, one driver between them.

You will see a small gold dot between our names — Triveni Kallar, Triveni Theeram. That dot is a pause: the moment between where the waters meet and the place where you finally stop.

There is no spa menu here, and no itinerary handed to you at check-in. What there is: a river that does not care what time you wake up, a verandah that turns gold for twenty minutes every evening, and people who have lived on this water long enough to tell you exactly where to be, and when. You come for the two houses. You stay for how little there is to do in either of them.

02 — THE HOUSES

Two houses, each its own place

Separate houses with their own rooms, rates, listings and reviews. What follows is a taste of each — the full story, rooms and booking links live on their own page.

Kallar house from the river side
TRIVENI KALLAR INLAND · PONMUDI ROAD

Three rooms above the rapids

Built in the 1970s and rebuilt in laterite and reclaimed teak, the house sits on a rock shelf where the river drops and widens — mist off the water at dawn, the generator off and the river up by evening. No televisions; the wifi reaches only the verandah.

3 roomsFrom ₹5,200★ 4.9

The experience

A two-hour walk upstream over rock to a pool cold enough to hurt — best before nine, and ten minutes from the door. Guests who stay three nights usually do it twice.

"The river is louder than you expect, and you stop minding by the second night."

Ananya R. · Kallar guest, March

Explore Kallar in full → Booking & reviews →
Launching soonTheeram verandah facing the sea
TRIVENI THEERAM COAST · NORTH OF VARKALA

Five rooms and a long verandah

Lime-washed and low, the house faces west — the whole verandah turns gold for twenty minutes each evening, then it is dark. Swimming is a hundred paces away, flat enough to do before the sun is properly up.

5 roomsFrom ₹5,800★ 4.8

The experience

Down to the beach at six when the boats land — the loudest market in Kerala, over by eight. Most guests are back on the verandah with coffee before it's fully light.

"We swam before anyone else was awake, every single morning."

Thomas W. · Theeram guest, January

Explore Theeram in full → Booking & reviews →

03 — LOOK AROUND

A room looking out over the water
Detail of an oxide floor
Coffee on the verandah
The coast at dusk

04 — GETTING HERE

Both houses, one airport

Trivandrum airport → Kallar1 hr 30 min
Trivandrum airport → Theeram20 min
Kallar → Theeram1 hr 30 min
Trivandrum Railway Station → Theeram20 min

Pick-up is included from the airport or either station. Send us your train number and someone will be standing there with your name.

Directions to Kallar Directions to Theeram
Illustrated map of the coast, the river and both houses

05 — ENQUIRE

Tell us when, and which water.

This form reaches both houses — useful if you are not sure which one you want, or want a few nights in each. To book one house directly, the listings and reviews sit in its own section above.

WhatsApp · +91 97787 63244FASTEST Call the house · 9 am to 9 pmIST

No deposit at this stage. We hold the room for 48 hours once we reply.