...and the Little Shanti Coffee Shop
Beach Road, Kovalam,Trivandrum 695527, Kerala, India 


A Marvel on the
Arabian Sea

Muringa Vila is, at first sight, a private little guest house located right at the beachfront of Kovalam. A closer look at the enterprise reveals a lot more. Muringa Vila is a private development project, undertaken by local people in cooperation with foreign inspiration. 

The first and most important goal of the project has been the creation of a beautiful and useful structure which provides living facilities for the local participants as well as for the foreign friends. We finally succeeded with that task. 
The construction of the building started in 2006 after a year of dreaming, discussing and pondering options. Successively during the following years the building process took shape and as of today, there are three finished floors with room for 12-16 guests, yoga hall, roof garden and an outside sitting area with the Little Shanti Coffee Shop. 

During the winter season of 2009/10 the first visitors could enjoy life with us on the airy balconies facing a lush coconut tree cladded valley which opens up to the Arabian Sea, only a hundred steps away...but above their heads the construction process kept on going.

During winter season 2010/11 the third floor and the coffee shop have been finished for occupation and the roof garden materialized as wonderful as expected. 

Well, we are almost there. The following year, 2011/12, we finally built the sitting area in the front, started planting flowers and dining outside. Yes, it was fun when the Coffee Shop opened its doors... we were all smiles! 

Check out the latest standings at MV-Blog+Updates and the Images-page.
The second step of our development plan is the creation of a sustainable source of income to ensure the ongoing processes. All the friends, foreign and local, and all the guests that spend their time with us, are shaping the atmosphere and the future course of things around the use of the building as a self sustained full time home for some, part time residence for others and vacation or education facility for lots. 

A good plenty of folks from Kerala, greater India and the rest of the world are meeting, interacting and getting to know each other, make personal connections and real life experiences with the going ons in this part of the world. Yoga and Ayurveda,  healthy food, leisure life on the beach, cultural exchange, the building up of an international network of friends with common interests - that is the glue and the fuel of the dynamics on the property. 

Everyone with good intentions can join in the process, use the place after its potential and help with creating a peaceful, trusty togetherness of human beings. 

If you are interested in visiting Kovalam and Muringa Vila, please contact us here.



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