Anchuthengu Fort, Varkala, Kerala.
Anjengo Fort or Anchuthengu Fort is positioned at the distance of 12 km which was constructed in the year 1965 by the British East India Company while they selected Anjengo to build their first trade settlement in Kerala.
‘Anchuthengu’ literally means ‘five coconut trees’, and as the name signifies, the area around flourishes with coconut trees. Some historians theorize that the name was derived from ‘Anjingal’, which was the original Tamil name of the place. The British mispronounced this as Anjengo and over time it became Anchuthengu.
Overview of Anjengo Fort
At Anjengo, tourists can find the remnants of the ancient English Fort which was targeted several times by the foreign powers, fighting each other to get a firm foothold in Kerala. As you enter inside the fort, you will also found a cemetery that has remains of the fort inhabitants and it’s one of the oldest among the cemeteries dates to 1704.
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