Karuvatta
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| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 690517, 690554 |
| Telephone code | 91479- |
| Vehicle registration | KL- 29 |
| Nearest city | Alappuzha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alappuzha |
| Climate | Tropical monsoon (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Karuvatta is a village in the Karthikapally taluk of Alappuzha district of the South Indian state of Kerala.[1] 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.
Educational institutions
Karuvatta N.S.S Higher Secondary School (NSSHSS official site has established (then, the NSS High School) before eighty five years and has a better position in quality education. It has from Fifth Standard (grade) to Plus Two course including an English Medium Batch.
There are five Upper Primary Schools teaching to the Kerala State based SSLC syllabus: St.James U P School at Market Junction, S.K.V U P school at Vazhiyambalam Junction, S.N.D.P.U.P School Store Junction are amongst them. S.N.D.P.L.P School managed by the S.N.D.P Yogam Branch Number 291. Kumarapuram LPGS and LPBS are the very oldest schools, some of them a 100 years or older.Kuzhikkad EALP school is also one of the very oldest schools in Karuvatta Village. There are many English medium schools teaching to the Central syllabus in addition to the above mentioned Kerala State syllabus schools. Vidya Public School, started in 1991, is one of these English medium schools teaching to the C.B.S.E syllabus. It has quickly risen to a prominent position in the community, with students receiving accolades at the national level.
M.G.M Central School Karuvatta established in the year 1983 is now emerging as an important educational institution providing Quality education from kinter garten up to Higher seconder is situated in Karuvatta. The medium of instruction is English.
A big football ground and several others sports grounds helps with the sports development of the people in this area. The Young Strikers Football club and United Youngsters football club are the major Sports clubs in Karuvatta. Janani cultural forum is a well known arts club in the village.
Chacko Murder Case
Karuvatta earned notoriety in Kerala when film representative Chacko was murdered in Karuvatta by Sukumara Kurup, the first accused and his co-accused accomplices in the sensational murder case of 1984 which shell-shocked not only Kerala's but also India's conscience. Sukumara Kurup is being hunted by the Kerala police for the past 26 years in connection with the murder of Chacko, a film representative.
The case against Kurup is that he tried to swindle insurance money totaling Rs. 8 lakhs by staging his own `death'. In order to carry out his plan, he had murdered Chacko, who bore somewhat of a resemblance to him, burnt the body and tried to pass it off as his own. Two of Kurup's co-accused are undergoing life imprisonment. Hapless Chacko who was a film representative had attended a "last show" of his company-produced-film at Hari Theater, opposite T B Clinic, Karuvatta, close to the midnight hour and was waiting for bus on the roadside when Sukumara Kurup and accomplices who were traveling in Sukumara Kurup's ambassador car noticed the resemblance, offered Chacko a lift and after murdering Chacko burned him with the car to simulate an "accidental fire" incident to claim insurance money.
The Crime Branch has sent the photographs and case particulars of Sukumara Kurup to Interpol, to try to capture him if he is absconding in a foreign country. Last 26 years of search throughout the nation unfortunately yielded no results and Sukumara Kurup is now thought to be dead or in all probability has left India.
–HISTORY–
The name karuvatta is derived from the word "Broken weapon". According to the history once there arose a war between the king of Cempakasherry (today's Ambalappuzha) and Oodanadu (Kayamkulam).At this place the sword of the king of Chempakaserry was broken by the enemy. Sword or Weapon in Malayalam means 'karu'and broken means átta'.'Karuatta'later transformed into KARUVATTA....
