{"id":95105,"date":"2022-04-05T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=95105"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T07:53:01","slug":"ashtamudi-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/ashtamudi-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"ASHTAMUDI LAKE: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 5 April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ASHTAMUDI LAKE.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 Ashtamudi Lake or Ashtamudi Kayal , is in the Kollam District of Kerala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 It possesses a unique wetland ecosystem and a large palm-shaped water body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 Ashtamudi means \u2018eight braids\u2019 in the local Malayalam language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 The name is indicative of the lake\u2019s topography with its multiple branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 The lake is also called the gateway to the backwaters of Kerala and is well known for its houseboat and backwater resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 Ashtamudi Wetland was included in the list of wetlands of international importance, as defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASHTAMUDI LAKE. \u25c7 Ashtamudi Lake or Ashtamudi Kayal , is in the Kollam District of Kerala. \u25c7 It possesses a unique wetland ecosystem and a large palm-shaped water body. \u25c7 Ashtamudi means \u2018eight braids\u2019 in the local Malayalam language. \u25c7 The name is indicative of the lake\u2019s topography with its multiple branches. \u25c7 The lake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":95106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755],"tags":[1797],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-95105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upsc-important-topics","tag-upsc-daily-important-topic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95107,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95105\/revisions\/95107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95105"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=95105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}