Thodupuzha.com
Thodupuzha.com
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Thodupuzha.com - The Gateway to Highranges, Kerala, India - Information on tourism, hill stations, agriculture, nature tours, personalities, history, industries, business, education, health, accommodation, religions, events and activities of Thodupuzha in Idukki district.Thodupuzha falls in the Idukki District of the state of Kerala in India. The place has its own history which can be traced to 1000 A.D. A place of varied flora & fauna, Thodupuzha also has numerous ancient places of worship. Like all areas of Kerala, Thodupuzha also has temples, churches and mosques symbolising religious unity.Thodupuzha is a little, picturesque town situated on the banks of the Thodupuzha river.The name Thodupuzha might have been derived from of two Malayalam words, "Thodu" (which means canal) and "puzha" (which means river). The conjecture is that a canal eventually became a river and that this town is close to it. There is yet another version that the word "Thodu" also means "touching' and "puzha" means "river", which makes it a place that touches a river. It is an ancient town with a history dating back to many centuries ago. It is a neat, quiet town and the cradle of religious harmony and peaceful co-existence., Christian churches, Hindu temples and Muslim mosques abound in Thodupuzha and co-exist next to each other.
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It describes all about Muvattupuzha. The great country India consists of 28 home states excluding the union territories. Kerala (keralam) is the southernmost state of india inhabited by the most cultured and educated people of this ancestral land. Formerly kerala extended up to kanyakumari, the point of harmony of three oceans, highly famous for tourist attraction. But after the restructuring of the country on linguistic basis the beautiful landscape of kanyakumari was affiliated to chennai (tamilnadu). Still the easy access to this holy place is through the state of kerala. Kerala, embracing one side the sea and the other side laying its head on the array of mountains, is famous for fascinating natural scenery and cultural legacy. It has already captured a prominent place in the tourist map of india.Muvattupuzha is one of the important places in the state of kerala. It is a municipal town situated almost in the middle of the state. People of all communities and castes hindus, muslims and christians live here in perfect harmony and amity. Muvattupuzha has a rich cultural heritage and memorable tradition. A host of cultural and educational institutions, temples, mosques and churches dignify this traditional town and draw people from even other parts of the state. It is a business centre too from times immemorial. One noteworthy thing about muvattupuzha is that there is a market, commercial centre, sponsored by the european economic community (EEC) which functions well at present. In spite of all these, muvattupuzha is still a hamlet with the traditional kerala dwellings, paddy fields, coconut gardens and extensive greenlands. The most fascinating magnetic element of muvattupuzha is the river there cutting the city into three segments resembling the most lovely thames river in london. This river is a union of three streams, thodupuzha river, kaliyar river and kothamangalam river. These three small rivers conglomerate at muvattupuzha to transform to the big muvattupuzha river and there from flows smoothly to rest at the vaikom backwaters embracing the various interior areas of ernakulam and kottayam districts. Since the merger of three rivers realizes at this place, this area was named Muvattupuzha, meaning the place where three rivers unite.
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