Nelliyampathy,Kerala,India.

Shri Mudaliarmadham Mahadeva [Shiva] Temple at Karikodu is just 1 Km away from the main town. The New Man College is close to the vicinity of this Shiva Temple. In Karikodu, there is the 'Bhagawati Temple where lots devotees visit the temple daily and during the Mandalapooja a large number of devotees attends to the daily pooja. Hence, Thodupuzha has 'Lord Krishna', 'Lord Shiva', 'Devi Bhagawati as the prime dieties.

A great place to camp,fish and hunt(old days)-The place always had elephant,bison,tiger ,panther and other varieties of game-One needed to be quite careful in this somewhat hostile country and survival skills were required-In the late 60,s and early 70,s cattle were allowed to graze and this badly degraded the forests ,waterways and caused the wildlife to relocate-Cattle has destroyed Africa and many rural areas in India-The return from these cattle is miniscule and is a away of life rather than a business-Given the disparity of use and damage they should not be given approval to damage the ecosystems in this everheating world -There is no benefit of large herds of cattle roaming wild in precious country-Alan Duncan

My Madam Sus. Jaye Malapuram Saheed