Edathua
Edathua is a small village in Kuttanad, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India. St.George Forane Church, Edathua is the major pilgrim centre of the area. Feast of St. George which is major festival. People from places including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana attend the feast. Edathua is in the Kuttanad region. It lies below sea level: agricultural land (rice farms) in this region are separated from big and small rivers by high mud levees (bunds called Puravaramp). Farmers and agricultural workers build their dwellings on reclaimed land by expanding upon these levees around these paddy fields known as padam. These levees are also often planted with coconut trees, a major commercial crop in the region. The area attracts a lot of foreign tourists.
Source - Wikipedia [May 2021]
Situated on the banks of a branch of the Pamba river, the massive shrine St. George Forane Church, Edathua, 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Alappuzha and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of Thiruvalla and built more than 200 years ago resembles the churches of medieval Europe. The Ambalappuzha Sree Krishna temple is about 20 km from Edathua. The very ancient St. Marys Church, Niranam, believed to have been originally established by Thomas the Apostle, the disciple of Jesus Christ, in the 1st century AD, is 9 km south-east of Edathua. There are a number of ancient Hindu temples with interesting legends and history in the surrounding villages of Edathua such as Changankary, Pandankary, Mithrakkary, Kozhimukk, Thalavady and Veeyapuram.Veeyapuram also has a Muslim mosque. Chakkulathukavu Temple is less than 5 km east of Edathua. The Mannarasala Temple, believed to be more than 3000 years old, is just a few kilometres south of Edathua. It is said that Edathua got its name because in ancient times it was a "resting spot" (edathavalam), for the king's men and traders traveling by river.
St. Aloysius College, Edathua
St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School
St. Mary's Girls High School
Georgian Public School & Junior College, Edathua.
Marthoma Syrian Girls High School, Anaprampal
Holy Angels Senior Secondary School, Edathua
