| Karuvatta | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District(s) | Alappuzha |
| Nearest city | Alappuzha |
| Parliamentary constituency | Alappuzha |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Climate Temperature |
Tropical monsoon (Köppen) • 35 °C (95 °F) |
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. An inland water way passes through this panchayath. Most of people are engaged in agriculture.
karuvatta official site 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 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, Trippakudom Mahadeva Temple and Kaduvankulangara devi temple.
Karuvatta is famous for the legend of Karuvatta swamikal, a saint.Sree Narayana Dharma Seva Sangham, Kannukalipalam is known as the second Shivagiri. There are three more 'Guru Mandiram' in Karuvatta. Golok Ashram is famous among spiritual-oriented people. The major churches are Mar Yakoburdana orthodox church, Karuvatta Marthoma Church, and St. Joseph Syrian Catholic Church. St. Joseph Syrian Catholic Church was built in 1874 by the initiative of the Reverence Nelpurackal Manickakathanar. There is also one Mosque in Karuvatta, which is located at Vazhiyambalam.
Karuvatta N.S.S Higher Secondary School (NSSHSS official site has established (then, the NSS High School) before eighty five years and has a better position in quality education. It has from Fifth Standard (grade) to Plus Two course including an English Medium Batch. There are four Upper Primary Schools and five Lower Primary Schools including S.N.D.P.L.P School managed by the S.N.D.P Yogam Branch Number 291. There are many English medium schools with central syllabus in addition to the above mentioned Kerala syllabus schools.
Karuvatta earned notoriety in Kerala when film representative Chacko was murdered in Karuvatta by Sukumara Kurup, the first accused and his co-accused accomplices in the sensational murder case of 1984 which shell-shocked not only Kerala's but also India's conscience. Sukumara Kurup is being hunted by the Kerala police for the past 26 years in connection with the murder of Chacko, a film representative.
The case against Kurup is that he tried to swindle insurance money totaling Rs. 8 lakhs by staging his own `death'. In order to carry out his plan, he had murdered Chacko, who bore somewhat of a resemblance to him, burnt the body and tried to pass it off as his own. Two of Kurup's co-accused are undergoing life imprisonment. Hapless Chacko who was a film representative had attended a "last show" of his company-produced-film at Hari Theater near TB junction close to the midnight hour and was waiting for bus on the roadside when Sukumara Kurup and accomplices who were traveling in Sukumara Kurup's ambassador car noticed the resemblance, offered Chacko a lift and after murdering Chacko burned him with the car to simulate a "accidental fire" incident to claim insurance money.
The Crime Branch has sent the photographs and case particulars of Sukumara Kurup to Interpol, to try to capture him if he is absconding in a foreign country. Last 26 years of search throughout the nation unfortunately yielded no results and Sukumara Kurup is now thought to be dead or in all probability has left India.