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 Kottayam is an important commercial centre of Kerala, India, thanks to its strength as a producer of cash crops. Most of Indias natural rubber originates from the acres of well-kept plantations of Kottayam, also home to the Rubber Board, one of the countrys primary commodities board. Kottayam, among the states more mountainous districts, provides some of Keralas finest natural scenes sandwiched as it is between serene palm-fringed backwaters on the west and the Western ghats on the east.
Much of this beauty is laid out in all its glory along the road which winds from Kottayam to the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary in Thekkady through plantations of rubber, tea, coffee and pepper.Kottayam came into limelight when it was declared the first fully literate municipal town of India, an event that triggered a mass movement to make Kerala the country’s only state to achieve total literacy. Kottayam is also the birthplace of the state’s publishing industry, and is home to a number of globally renowned newspapers and magazines including Malayala Manorama (India’s largest circulated daily), The Week, Mathrubhumi, and Deepika.
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