Golden Island (Ponnumthuruthu) is a small 🏝 in Varkala, Kerala
2 urban legend stories are there surrounding the mystery of naming the place as the Golden Island
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Story 1: It is believed to be the kings of Kerala were extremely wealthy with huge possesion of gold and they decided to hide all their gold possesions in this island to protect those against Tippu Sultan's massive raid, thus giving the name.
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Story 2: Another version of story is little exotic. The Hindu deity Shiva had dispute with his wife Parvathi over not satisfying her urges as either Shiva is most of the time meditating or when he is free she is occupied taking care of her 2 sons Ganesh and Karthik.
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