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{{short description|Town in Kerala, India}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Varkala | other_name = Udaya Marthandapuram<ref name="varkkala.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.varkkala.com/pages/history|title=Varkala History, Thiruvananthapuram, kerala, india, History of Varkala|website=www.varkkala.com}}</ref> | nickname = Pearl of Arabian Sea<ref name="varkkala.com"/> | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = Varkala Beach, Varkala, Kerala.jpg | spacing = 1 | color_border = black | color = white | size = 300 }} | caption = Varkala Beach | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|8.7432986|N|76.6968401|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Thiruvananthapuram district| Thiruvananthapuram]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = 1980 (Varkala Municipality) | founder = | named_for = | parts_type = [[Taluka]]s | parts = [[Varkala Taluk]] | government_type = [[Municipality]] | governing_body = [[Varkala Municipality]] | leader_title = [[Chairman]] | leader_name = K.M.LAJI | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = 3 | area_total_km2 = 14.87 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 58 | population_total = 40,048 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = 3 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Varkalakkaran, Varkalaite | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=679313 | title=Census of India: Search Details}}</ref> | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 695141 | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 0470 | registration_plate = KL-81 | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest City Airport | blank1_info_sec1 = *[[Thiruvananthapuram]] - 39 km | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Niyamasabha]] constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = Varkala | website = {{URL|www.varkalamunicipality.in}} | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Varkala''' is a major coastal municipality and a northern suburb of [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital city of the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. In legends and myths related to Kerala, texts like the [[Keralolpathi|Kerala Mahatmyam]] describe the Varkala region as one of the sacred places of Kerala. Varkala is the only region in southern Kerala where [[cliff]]s are found adjacent to the [[Indian Ocean]] .<ref>http://www.varkala.info {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107081134/http://varkala.info/ |date=7 November 2018 }} | Details of Varkala</ref> These Cenozoic sedimentary formation cliffs are a unique geological feature on the otherwise flat Kerala coast and are known among geologists as the ''Varkala Formation''. The cliffs have been declared a [[List of National Geological Monuments in India|national geological monument]] by the [[Geological Survey of India]] for their protection, maintenance, promotion, and the enhancement of [[geotourism]]. There are numerous water spouts and [[spa]]s on the sides of these cliffs. In 2015, the Ministry of Mines, the Government of India, and the Geological Survey of India (GSI) declared Varkala Cliffs a geo-heritage site.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Declaration of Geo-Heritage Sites|url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=116848 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201014107/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=116848 |archive-date=Feb 1, 2016 |date=March 11, 2015 |website = Press Information Bureau |access-date = 2016-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Varkala cliff to be nation's first geopark|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/varkala-cliff-to-be-nations-first-geopark/article3610374.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2012-07-07|access-date = 2016-01-28|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN |first=G. |last=Mahadevan }}</ref> Varkala is also known for the 2,000-year-old [[Janardana Swami Temple]], which is an important [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavaite]] shrine in India and is often referred to as ''Dakshin Kashi'' ([[Benares]] of the South).<ref>{{cite web|title=Varkala|url=http://www.keralatourism.org/destination/destination.php?id=4839974|access-date=21 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003926/http://www.keralatourism.org/destination/destination.php?id=4839974|archive-date=19 July 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all |website=Kerala Tourism }}</ref>
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