Sundara Mahal situated in Kalpetta at Wayanad, Kerala offers clean elegant rooms and amenities, pure vegetarian home cooked food, is child friendly and welcoming to the elderly. Reviews from guests and leading travel websites adjudge us to be the best Family Homestay in Wayanad. Since 2009 we are richer by hundreds of family friends across the globe. Set in acres of a progeny orchard and garden this exclusive and private bungalow has been home to five generations of our family over a century. It stands as an elegant testimonial to the blessings and skills that have endured the test of time. Generations have lived under this roof over periods that were truly transformational. Sundara Mahal has provided with its ambiance, solace to many as an ancestral home where one could truly relax the mind and regenerate the spirit. Tradition plays a big part in the life style we offer. The food is pure vegetarian or jain food if specifically requested. The big open grounds are for children to play, not for adults to party. The birds chirping, the monkeys screeching and the crickets singing conduct nature’s orchestra 24×7. The woodpecker provides the percussion. None of them are harmed.

Prabha is currently a Post Graduate student of MSW at IGNOU. Besides she is the home maker, mother, manager of the farm, accountant, PR Chief, the chef, a person who is the living embodiment of a workaholic with a variant of productive OCD. Her genuine interest in people reflects on all of us when we have families as repeat guests every year. AV Narayanaswami, after attaining the age of majority legally, purchased Sundara Mahal and adjacent lands from other legal heirs and decided to settle here. He actively ran businesses, Invested well, acted as a retained consultant for UNDP, Kerala State IT Mission, developed Asia’s largest agribusiness database, designed and built the database to protect the IPR of traditional knowledge in Kerala, organised farmers to be aware of the opportunities arising out of Globalised trade regime, appeared on TV channels, enjoyed public speaking and writing articles and essays.

Sundara Mahal lives up to its name, in its splendid Garden. There is more to this Garden than the manicured Lawns, lush greenery and exotic flowers that meet the eyes on first sight.It is home to a lot more species along with its human occupants. A vast number of birds – Parrots, Mynahs, Pigeons, Eagles, Malabar Hornbill, Owls; Rhesus Monkeys, Mammoth Moths, Varieties of Butterflies, cats and Pedigree Dogs continue to find the surroundings secure to live with their mates and offspring.