Aymanam
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Aymanam അയ്മനം Ayemenem |
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 Aymanam
 Aymanam
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| Coordinates: 9°37′29″N 76°29′06″E / 9.6246600°N 76.4851070°ECoordinates: 9°37′29″N 76°29′06″E / 9.6246600°N 76.4851070°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 35,562 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 686015 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-05 |
| Kottayam | Olassa, Kottayam |
| Climate | tropical (Köppen) |
Aymanam is a village in the Kottayam District of Kerala, India, and the setting for Arundhati Roy's 1997 novel, The God of Small Things. Aymanam is about 4 km from the railway station in Kottayam along the road to Parippu, and 85 km from the Cochin International Airport.
As of 2001[update] India census, Aimanam had a population of 34985 with 17268 males and 17717 females.
Ay means "five" in Tamil and Manam means "estate" in Malayalam and Tamil. So Aymanam means "five estates", which, according to tradition, were Vattakkadu, Thuruthikkadu, Vallyakadu, Moolakkadu and Mekkadu. They survive today only as "snake groves", where fertility idols, in the form of snakes, were worshiped under the sacred Banyan tree, together with rice paddies during times of harvest, coconut trees during the festival of Raksha Bandhan, and bulls during the festival of Pongal.
Lake Vembanad lies to the west of the village, near Kumarakom, with the River Meenachil providing its water supply, which often floods from June to August due to regular monsoons. Consequently, two-thirds of the village are paddy fields.
The borders of the village are mostly delineated by rivers or canals, and include the villages of Arpookara, Kumara Nallooru, Thiruvarpu and Kumarakom, and the municipality of Kottayam.
Two-thirds of Aymanam are paddy fields (i.e. puncha padams), which lie two meters below sea level, with extensive areas extending to Lake Vembanad. The eleven paddy fields are Eraweesvarm, Palliar, Kallumkathra, Puthenkary, Koduvathara, Thollayiram, Ollokkary, Thattarkandam, Menonkary, Pullanapally and Vattakayal.
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