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Karuvatta is a village in the Karthikapally taluk of Alappuzha district of the South Indian state of Kerala.〔(Rural Housing Report for Financial year 2012-2013 )〕 Karuvatta lies on the borders of Kuttanad, one of Kerala's primary rice producing regions. Karuvatta has a railway station as well as good road connectivity as the NH 47 passes through it. Kollam Kottappuram water way passes through this place. Nearest Airport is Nedumpassery Airport Kochi . ==Places of interest== Nature blessed this place with Paddy fields, coconut lagoons and Back waters .Thottappally beach is very nearest to Karuvatta. This beach is very beautiful and the river Pampa and Achenkovil reach directly to the Arabian sea through a leading Channel at here and the famous Thotappally spillway is built on this merging point .Pallana Kumaran Asan Smarakam is also nearby to karuvatta Mannarashala Nagaraja temple is around 4 km away. Haripad is the nearest town. Karuvatta is also famous for its annual snake boat race or ''vallamkali''.Karuvatta Chundan, Sri Vinayagan belongs to all people of karuvatta and it is participating in the famous Nehru trophy boat race . Karuvatta is well known for its communal harmony. There are many temples, churches and mosques in this small village. The three major temples are Thiruvilanjal Durga Devi Temple, Karuvattakulangara temple and Kaduvankulangara devi temple.Karuvatta is famous for the legend of Karuvatta swamikal, a saint. There is an asramam and temple built for the Swamikal by his devotee . Mar Yakob Burdana Orthodox church is also situated in Karuvatta.Holy Rasa (procession ) is a major attraction.Other churches situated here are Karuvatta Marthoma Church, SALEM MAR THOMA CHURCH (Oldest), St.Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Church, St Thomas Syro Malankara Catholic Church, Sagara Matha Roman Catholic Church and St, George Orthodox Church Karuvatta North. Sree Narayana Dharma Seva Sangham, Kannukalipalam is known as the second Shivagiri. There are three more 'Guru Mandiram' in Karuvatta. Golok Ashram is famous among spiritual-oriented people. The major churches are Mar Yakoburdana orthodox church, The Salem Mar Thoma Church, Karuvatta Marthoma Church, and St. Joseph Syrian Catholic Church. St. Joseph Syrian Catholic Church was built in 1874 by the initiative of the Reverence Nelpurackal Manickakathanar. There is also one Mosque in Karuvatta, which is located at Vazhiyambalam. Karamuttu is an island,branch of pampa river passing though this place,Karuvatta boat race here.Thakazhi Sivasankara pillai House 3 km from this place. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karuvatta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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