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The
district was formed on January 26, 1972 carving out of
Devikulam, Peerumedu and Udumbanchola taluks from
Kottayam district and Thodupuzha taluk from Eranakulam
district. It extends by 115 kms. from south to north and
67 kms. From east to west. The area of the district is
5019 Sq. kms. For revenue administration the district is
sub divided into four taluks viz., Devikulam, Peerumedu,
Udumbanchola and Thodupuzha. For purposes of
developmental activities it is divided into eight blocks
Arudai, Devikulam, Elamdesom, Idukki, Kattappana,
Adimali, Nedumkandom and Thodupuzha. |
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The district is bounded by Kottayam and Pathanamthitta
districts on the south, Thrissur and Coimbatore
districts on the north, Madurai, Ramanad and
Thirunelveli districts on the east and Eranakulam and
Kottayam districts on the west, Though the district
cannot boast of a history of the rise and fall of a few
dynasties, it played a significant role in the spiritual
development of the country, especially the south. The
Ramayana gives a graphic description of the flora of the
Pamba Valley.
It is believed that the
name Sabarimala derived from Sabari Ashram which was
located at Sabari Peedom near Sabari Mala, one of the
famous Pilgrim centres. The Lord Ayyappa Temple at
Sabarimala is supposed to be the place where a great
Jain or Buddhist monk attained Nirvana. (Now Sabarimala
is in Pathanamthitta district). The archaeological
evidence of the Mangaladevi Temple 15 kms. from Thekkadi
in the dense forest bespeaks of an equally shrouded
antiquity. May be, with its undulating hills and valleys
and the perennial rivers the district formed a recluse
for the spiritual seekers of ancient India. The area
around Munnar developed from the time when the British
made it their summer resort. Here too the immediate
accessible population was from Tamil Nadu and Munnar
became a Tamil pocket in Kerala. |
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