(2001 est. pop. 61,000). Lakshadweep is an Indian union territory (capital, Kavaratti) that includes the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands, which are scattered in the Arabian Sea some 300 kilometers off the Malabar Coast of South India. An...

Coordinates: 10°34′N 72°37′E / 10.57, 72.62 Lakshadweep (pronunciation (help·info); (Malayalam: ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്) , [Lakṣadvīp]) is the smallest union territory of India. The group is located 200 to 300 km off of the...

Introduction India, one of the oldest maritime nations of the world, has been maintaining commercial and cultural contacts with African, Arabian and Southeast Asian countries for the last 5000 years. The findings of excavations at various coastal sites of India have provided...

Tell a friend that you're off to the Lakshadweep islands and the response is likely to be a look of blank incomprehension. Not surprising, as these 36 specks of white sand off India's Kerala coast hardly go out of their way to pull in...