Karuvatta

Karuvatta is a village in the Karthikapally taluk of Alappuzha district of the South Indian state of Kerala. 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 .