ETTUMANOOR

About Ettumanoor

Ettumanoor (sometimes referred to as Ettumanur) is a major town in the Kottayam District of Kerala, India, located 11kilometers north-east of Kottayam town, 65km from Cochin and 73km from Cochin International Airport. The state Highway No.1 popularly known as the Main Central (MC) Road, passess through Ettumanoor, and is a major connecting link between Palai and beyond to the Western Ghats and to the commercial capital of Kerala - Kochi. Ettumanoor is en route to the tourist resort at Wagamon and Poonjar. The name of the place had its origin from the word 'man oor' in Malayalam, which means the place of deer as deer means 'maan' and 'oor' means place. There is another version about the origin of the name Ettumanoor is about the former rulers of this place. Ettu in malayalam language means Eight, Mana means the house of a Brahmin and Oor in Tamil means village.This was a place ruled by the Brahmins who lived in eight separate houses. Ettmanoor is a historical place as myths have...