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Destinations in vagamon Kurisumala The Ashram Baker Home Mitraniketan Royal Cave Temple, Church, Mosque Tea Gardens Twiford Bon-Ami Seminivalley Fairfield Heliberia Thangalpara Pullikanam Kolahalamedu Chinnar Nallathanni Vedikuzhy			Destinations Around Vagamon Elappara Idukki Poonjar Erattupetta Bharanaganam Pala Mundakayam Panchalimedu Kozhimala Peerumedu Kumily / Thekkady Munnar Ilaveezhapoonchira Moolamattam

IDUKKI-Idukki, the unspoiled natural queen of Kerala is a tourist paradise. Idukki is the most gifted district of Kerala. With high ranges of altitude varying from 2500 feet above sea level, Idukki is the district where forest and wild life abound. About 1500 Sq.Km. of its area is reserved forest, much of which is home to a variety of flora and fauna. This forest area house wild life like, tigers, deer, Indian bisons and monkeys. Streams, valleys and hills combine to make Idukki an ideal year-round holiday destination.
For the people of Kerala, Idukki is always associated with power generation. About 60% of the State's power needs come from the hydro-electric power station at Moolamattom, the biggest in the state. The famous Idukki arch-dam, the first of its kind in India, is built between two huge granite hills across the river Periyar. The district's name, 'Idukki' is supposed to be derived from the Malayalam word 'Idukku' which means a narrow gorge. That could be true, for narrow steep-sided valleys are not a strange phenomenon in this hilly district flanked by the Western Ghats in the East.