Ilaveezha Poonchira
A valley where no leaf falls, by the story, and three grass hills where nothing grows tall enough to shed one.
- Where
- Kottayam, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.9000, 76.7170
Get the Ilaveezha Poonchira stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ilaveezha Poonchira. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ilaveezha Poonchira
Cheeyappara Falls 21 km
The Periyar coming down in seven steps beside the Kochi-Madurai road.
Bhoothathankettu 27 km
A natural rock barrier across the river near Kothamangalam, later built up into a dam.
Idukki Dam 29 km
A thin arch of concrete wedged between two granite hills that the local story calls Kuravan and Kurathi.
Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple 30 km
One of the great Shiva temples of Kerala, at Ettumanoor in Kottayam.
Vagamon 31 km
Meadows, pine and a paragliding season.
Calvarimount 35 km
A hillock in Idukki of about two hundred metres, climbed for the view and for the shrine on it.
Chottanikkara Temple 36 km
A temple where the goddess is said to cure the possessed, and the evening rite draws them.
Vaikom Mahadeva Temple 38 km
The temple whose road was the Vaikom Satyagraha, where Gandhi came in 1925.
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Questions
Where is Ilaveezha Poonchira?
Ilaveezha Poonchira is in Kottayam, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Cheeyappara Falls (21 km), Bhoothathankettu (27 km), Idukki Dam (29 km).
How do I get the Ilaveezha Poonchira stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ilaveezha Poonchira and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ilaveezha Poonchira before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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