Kumarakom
Kumarakom – An Insiders Introduction – PG Padmanabhan
P.G. Padmanabhan was born and brought up in Kumarakom a village 12 Kms west of Kottayam. Studied in local schools, CMS College Kottayam, Cooperative College, Thiruvananthapuram, and Government Law College, Kochi. His real life was lived with Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishat (KSSP), third world’s renowned pioneer people’s science movement in which he has been an active participant since 1972.
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Kumarakom Kerala Backwater
Kumarakom in Kerala is now an internationally renowned backwater tourism hub. More than 17,000 foreign tourists and 30,000 domestic tourists visit and stay every year in this small village. Nature’s bounty is the unique selling proposition to attract different target groups from around the world in the past one decade. Marvellous lake shore, tasteful inland ...
The Victorian Bungalow in Kumarakom
In the beginning land and water in Kumarakom was common property. The officials of the King visited the place and assigned the lands to people who were capable of cultivating them. That was the system then prevailing and that was the king’s decree. Employees of the village office had been going about in search of ...
Kumarakom – Kuttanad
Kumarakom – Kuttanad the reclaimed and converted land Kumarkom is a part of greater Kuttanad. Kuttanad is a low-lying area with backwaters, canals and stream networks extending over 874 sq.k.m. There are garden lands of average elevation of 1 m. above Mean Sea Level (MSL) covering an area of 304 sq. km. About 599 sq.km. ...
Kumarakom – The Land and People
There is no reliable scientific history of ancient Kerala. This lack of scientific understanding of ancient Kerala society was sought to be remedied by a mythological story of the origin of Kerala. The story runs as follows. Parasurama, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu was renowned for his physical strength. He acquired his name from ...
Social History of Kumarakom
Slavery was prevalent in this part of Kerala until the beginning of 19th century. A Slave Sale Deed (translation) kept in the Show Case Records, Government Archives; Thiruvananthapuram executed in 1763 A D is reproduced below. A SLAVE SALE DEED (Translation) This is a Slave Sale Deed executed on the 9th Meenam Sunday 938 M ...
Kumarakom Vembanad Lake
This is the largest backwater in Kerala. It is part of Vembanad-Kol wet land system, which extends from Alappuzha in the south and Azheekkode in the north and measures 96.5 km south to north. Each portion of the Kayal (lake) has its own local name like Kochikayal, Vaikom kayal etc. This wetland system (Vembanad – ...
Thanneermukkam Salt Water Barrage
Arundhati Roy wrote in her “God of Small Things” “Downriver, a saltwater barrage had been built, in exchange for votes from the influencial paddy farmer lobby. The barrage regulated the inflow of saltwater from the backwaters that opened into the Arabian Sea. So they had two harvests a year instead of one. More rice for ...
Kumarakom The Land of Birds
The village Kumarakom is incredibly rich in bird life. Over 180 species of birds are found here (See the Table 5 at the end of this chapter) They include local as well as migratory birds. This abundance is due to the climatic and geographical position of the region, which encourages continuous plant growth and insect ...
Kumarakom Pathiramanal
Pathiramanal is a beautiful island in the Vembanad Lake. It lies between Kumarakom and Muhamma and comes in the Thannermukkom south village of Cherthala Taluk in Alappuzha District(E76o 23′ and 76o 24′longitude and N 9o 37′ and 9o 38′ latitude). The island covers an area of 68 hectares. There is a legendary story regarding the ...
Kottayam The Home Town of Kumarakom
Kottayam is the nearest town, to Kumarakom. It is the district headquarters. This compact town centre is noisy, busy and increasingly polluted but the outskirts are pleasanter. The eastern side of Kottayam district is the foothills of the Western Ghats and is intensively cultivated with cash crops, notably, rubber, tea, cardamom and pepper while the ...
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