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The Asramam Maidan (Malayalam: ആശ്രാമം മൈതാനം) or Ashramam Maidan is an urban park, or ''maidan'', in the city of Kollam, in Kerala, India. At , it is the largest open space within Kerala Municipal Corporation limits.〔(2,000 saplings for Asramam Maidan )〕 The ''maidan'' is considered as one of the green lungs of the city and regularly hosts the city's main cultural and sports events.〔(Thousands witness Kollam Pooram )〕 It holds an adventure park〔(Sculptors' touch gives a new look to adventure park )〕 children's park,〔(Nod for work on park )〕 picnic village,〔(Picnic Village in Kollam )〕 British residency〔(A historical building floored )〕 and mangrove forests〔(Biodiversity heritage tag for Asramam mangroves soon )〕 making it an important tourism spot in the city. == History == (詳細はaerodrome during the British Raj. At that time there were no civil aerodromes either in Thiruvananthapuram or anywhere else in the erstwhile kingdoms of Travancore and Kochi nor in the British-ruled Malabar area of the Madras Presidency.〔(Aviation school proposal evokes mixed response )〕 Chartered flights, mainly using Avro aircraft, would land and take off from Quilon Aerodrome. The aerodrome was primarily used by VIPs from Madras en route to Thiruvananthapuram, who after landing at Quilon, would proceed to Thiruvananthapuram by car.〔 Quilon Aerodrome was also used for flying training. During one such training exercise, an aircraft hit a tree on the boundary of the aerodrome, killing the pilot and the trainee. Training operations were stopped after the accident, but civilian aircraft continued to use the aerodrome. Because of the loose soil in the Asramam area, the landing and take-off areas were prepared by bringing huge quantities of red laterite soil from the hilly areas. The aerodrome had strong barbed wire fencing round it, with two entry points, one at the south and the other at the north. There were no buildings in the aerodrome, not even a shed, although there was a concreted area in the shape of a ring where the planes stopped after landing. It was here that the passengers alighted and boarded the plane. Planes used to land sometimes once in two months.〔 The airport then came under the control of Kerala Public Works Department (PWD). Residents of Asramam knew in advance about the arrival of planes, because the PWD authorities, on getting information about a coming arrival, hoisted a windsock on a tall wooden mast.〔 After the commissioning of Thiruvananthapuram airport and its development, Quilon Aerodrome went into decline, and finally, planes stopped arriving there. The aerodrome remained fenced off for a long time. Later, the fence was destroyed and its granite stumps pilfered. The only reason the maidan was not encroached upon was that it was a central government property.〔 Now there are two large helipads at the maidan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asramam Maidan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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