Ezhumanthuruthu

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Template:Linkless-date Introduction: Ezhumanthuruthu is a small "thuruthu" ie island situated 8 km. west of Kaduthuruthy town.It falls in Kottayam district,the city of letters.It is a densely populated place of Kaduthuruthy Gram Panchayat.Population comes around 3500.Area comes about 2square kilometers.It is a twin "thuruthu" comprising of the main land Ezhumanthuruthu and another small thuruthu called Pulithuruthu.The adjoining place to the east is the famous Ayamkudy and on westwards the popular water logged place of upper Kuttanad known as "Mundar estate". The populace of Ezhumanthuruthu is 90% of agriculture labours and small or medium farmers. One can reach Ezhumanthuruthu straight from nearby town Thalayolaparambu by road of 5 kms.or from Kaduthuruthy town.The nearest railway station is Kaduthuruthy railway station.It is about 6kms away from this place.Long ago, the place was surrounded by rivers.Now any one can access through road History: Ezhumanthuruthu has a well known history of its origin.During the 18-19th century due to Tippu's invasion of Malabar area,Brahmins of Palaghat and their warriors eloped towards south.On their route, some families setttled at this small place.One of the Namboothiripad,has divine powers.He used to bath early morning in nearby river.One day one mangotree fell down on his route causing obstacle to his way.He murmered three times "Ezhumave"."Ezhu" means stand up and "mave" means mango tree in malayalam.After this incident the mango tree stood up and clear the way for the Namboothiripad.There after the place known as Ezhumanthuruthu and the house of the Namboothiripad as Ezhumavil Mana. The architect of Ezhumanthuruthu: The present day developments and joy enjoyed by the people of this place is due to hard work of Sri.Godan Namboodiripad,popularly known as Godan thirumeni.He contributed land to build up the only one upper primary school.His efforts were immense to develop the school.Due to his hard work and timely intervention, a public telephone booth has started after establishing 4 km of overhead line which was very difficult to sanction from the authorities on that period. Public Places: There is a U.P.School.A co-operative milk society,A Public Library known as Netaji Smaraka Gramina Grandasala and a post office(B.O) Places of worship: There are some places of worship.The Kunnumel Kavu devi temple is situated on top of a small hill.The deity is a devi and lots of people from neighbouring places visit everyday.This is managed by local SNDP branch. Another temple is known as Poonkavil Sri.Balabdra devi.The deity is goddess BalaBhadra.It is a popular belief among the village folk that devi Balabhadra looks after the well being of every girl child.Also worshiping and offering the famous Neyyvilakku and Lemon chain by adolescent girls speeds up their wedlock. Another place of worship is the Chelakkapally ammavan.He was a strong warrior of the then Rajhas,fought and martyr.Due to his martydom people worship in this temple.Another famous temple is the thrikayil mahadeva temple.The lord Siva is the deity and lots of people visits this temple everyday.It is managed by the NSS Karayogam.Another place of worship is the Muthappan kavu.