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Just 8 km from the city, this is a favourite haunt of sunset watchers. The beach is adjacent to the Thiruvananthapuram Airport and Veli Tourist Village. An indoor recreation club, the matsya kanyaka (a gigantic, 35 m long sculpture of a mermaid) and a restaurant shaped like a starfish are some of the attractions here. Chacha Nehru Traffic Training Park here provides opportunity for children to learn the traffic rules.  
Walk out of Sunday B&B to Shanghumugham beach to enjoy the beautiful sunset. Shanghumugham beach is barely 150 meters from Sunday B&B. It is a very popular beach for the sunset watchers. From Trivandrum city center, the beach is about 8 kilometers. The Mermaid- Kanai
Indian Coffee House The
best location to watch the sunset sipping a cup of hot tea is the
Indian Coffee House overlooking the beach. The coffee house run by the
workers cooperative of the coffee board serves various south Indian
snacks along with coffee and tea from 7.30 am to 9 pm
Traffic ParkThe Chacha Nehru Traffic Training Park here attracts children and helps them to learn the traffic rules.
The beach occupies an important place in the
cultural heritage of the city. The two major festivals of Sri
Padmanabha Swami temple, Alpashy in October/ November and the Painkuni
festival in March / April, culminate with the Aarattu (holy bath)
procession to the Shankumugham Beach. The procession of the deities
starts from the temple and crosses the airport. The airport would be
closed for flights during the Aaratuu. The foot procession, accompanied
by the king of travancore, ends with the holy bath of the deities in
the sea at Shankhumugham. After the ritual bath in the sea, the idols
of Sri Padmanabhaswamy, Krishna and Narasimha are taken back to the
temple. The procession in the night is a throw back to the antiquated
past, with the traditional torches.
Some views of the beach 
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The beautiful sculpture of a mermaid is a major attraction here.
Kanai Kunjuraman, one of the most renowned sculptors of Kerala created
this breathtaking nude mermaid.
