Koothattukulam
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Koothattukulam Municipality കൂത്താട്ടുകുളം നഗരസഭ |
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Areekkal Waterfalls in pampakuda grama panchayath
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 Koothattukulam Municipality
 Koothattukulam Municipality
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| Coordinates: 9°51′50″N 76°35′31″E / 9.864°N 76.592°ECoordinates: 9°51′50″N 76°35′31″E / 9.864°N 76.592°E | |
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 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
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| • Body | Municipality |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18.970 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 686662 |
| Telephone code | 0485 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-17 |
| Nearest city | Kottayam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kottayam |
Koothattukulam is a town and Municipality situated in Muvattupuzha Taluk, towards the south east corner of Ernakulam district in Kerala, South India. The town lies 46 km south east of Kochi City, 17 km to the south of Muvattupuzha,16 kilometers from piravom and 38 kilometres east of Kottayam, Palai at 26 km and Thodupuzha 23 km from Koothattukulam town and lies on the M.C. Road. It lies at the junction of three districts: Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki.It covers an area of 2318.71 hectares.
There are interesting folklores connected with the current names of each of the territories. One of them relates to a lady who, while digging in an isolated hillock inadvertently hit the head of a sunken idol with her implement. Immediately, blood began to ooze out of the idol’s head and on seeing this the terrified lady took to her heels. This shock and terror upset her balance of mind, driving her ultimately to madness and she spent the rest of her days wandering aimlessly (’koothady’) from place to place. The place thus came to be called as ‘Koothattakalam’ which over a period of time became known as Koothattukulam. The spot where the idol’s blood is believed to have spilt was called Chorakuzhy (’pool of blood’).
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