Backwaters of Kottayam

Kottayam nuzzles in the cozy lap of the lofty Western Ghats on the east, the Vembanad Lake and the bountiful paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. Festooned with the finest jewels of Mother Nature -- panoramic backwater stretches, lush paddy fields, highlands, extensive rubber plantations and perfectly literate people, Kottayam is acknowledged as the ‘land of letters, latex and lakes’.Kumarakom