Qualla: Little Andaman https://qualla.com/little-andaman en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Little Andaman https://qualla.com/little-andaman Little Andaman: Introduction https://qualla.com/little-andaman/ The Onge people call it Gaubolambe. They have lived on Little Andaman for thousands of years, long before the Bengali settlers arrived, before the lighthouse keepers, before the surfers discovered Butler Bay's reef breaks. At 707 square kilometers, it is the fourth largest of the Andaman Islands, separated from the Great Andaman group by the Duncan Passage and lying 88 kilometers south of Port Blair. It is a place where the rainforest still runs thick to the coast, where marine turtles nest on white sand beaches, and where waterfalls drop through canopy so dense the sound reaches you before the sight does.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/1/c/v/little-andaman-wp/w1cv-little-andaman-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Little Andaman: Where the Archipelago Ends https://qualla.com/little-andaman/ Little Andaman marks the southern boundary of the Andaman group, a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal that belongs to the South Andaman administrative district. The Duncan Passage separates it from Rutland Island and the Great Andaman chain to the north. It is the principal is...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/1/c/v/little-andaman-wp/w1cv-little-andaman-where-the-archipelago-ends.mp3 0:06 2 full Little Andaman: A Babel of Settlers https://qualla.com/little-andaman/ The demographics of Little Andaman tell a migration story compressed into a few decades. Bengali is the most widely spoken language, claimed as a first language by nearly half the population in the 2011 census. But the linguistic map fragments quickly from there: Telugu speakers,...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/1/c/v/little-andaman-wp/w1cv-little-andaman-a-babel-of-settlers.mp3 0:06 3 full Little Andaman: Arriving by Sea and Air https://qualla.com/little-andaman/ Hut Bay, on the island's east coast, is the gateway. A deep-water wharf accessible through a gap in the coral reef handles daily boat services from Port Blair -- a seven-hour voyage across open water. For those unwilling to spend a day on the sea, Pawan Hans operates helicopter f...

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