Aanakkulam Explained

Aanakkulam
Settlement Type:place
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:10.1734°N 76.927°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Idukki
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Aanakkulam is a tourist place in Idukki district of Kerala state, India.[1] Aanakkulam is in Mankulam Village, about 40 km away from Adimali. Aanakkulam means Pond of Elephants in local malayalam language.[2]

Elephants comes to this particular place for drinking water as the water here has some kind of tastes which attracts them. Although there are many such water outlets throughout in that area, elephants come only to this place. It is 45km from Kothamangalam.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aanakkulam,Idukki, Kerala. 2009-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090105175425/http://www.tribalmissionindia.org/missioncenters.htm. 5 January 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Aanakkulam.