Kumarakom
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Kumarakom | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
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| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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| Vehicle registration | KL-05 |
| Nearest city | Kottayam |
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Kumarakom is a tourism destination near the city of Kottayam in Kerala, India.[1] It is near the Vembanad Lake, the largest lake in the state of Kerala.[2] In January 2023 The New York Times mentioned Kumarakom's backwater tourism.[3]
Climate
Kumarakom has two monsoons-south west and north east.[citation needed]
Boat race
Boat races include the Nehru Trophy boat race Alappuzha.[4]
In popular culture
Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things is set in Ayemenem or Aymanam village, which adjoins Kumarakom. The explosive success of this novel has given some added tourism impetus to this area. The Taj Garden Retreat hotel complex is centered on a building that is called "History House" in the novel; it was built by British missionary Alfred George Baker, whom the locals called "Kari Saipu" (possibly an elided form of "Baker Sahib"), as in the novel.[5] Four generations of Bakers lived in the house until 1962, speaking Malayalam, and even wearing the mundu. The Baker Memorial School, Kottayam, was started by a daughter of this family in 1925. The Baker family's house is in ruins in the novel, as it was in reality before was developed into a hotel and has been restored by the Taj group. The Ayemenem house, where Arundhati Roy spent part of her childhood (like the twins in the story), can also be visited in the village, which can be reached by boat along the Meenachil river that figures prominently in the story.
Special tourism zone
Kumarakom has been declared a special tourism zone by the Kerala state government, as legislated for by Kerala Tourism Act, 2005.[6]
Awards and honours
It had won top honours including the UNWTO Ulysses Award [7] for Innovation in Public Policy and Governance. The Kumarakom initiative had earlier won the National Award for Best Responsible Tourism Project and also the PATA Grand Award for Environment.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kumarakom: Backwater paradise". The Bangalore Mirror. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kumarakom". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kerala Only Indian State on New York Times list of '52 Places to Go in 2023'". 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Flyhigh. "Kumarakom Homestay, Bed and breakfast-Backwater Heritage KUMARAKOM ATTRACTIONS". www.backwaterheritage.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Partha S Banerjee (February 2004). "Arundhati's Ayemenem". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tourism Act, Kerala Tourism - Kerala Tourism". www.keralatourism.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
- ^ Probe Chandy's role in 1992 Palmolein case Script error: No such module "webarchive". UNWTO, 22 January 2014
External links
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