Manjummel | |
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Town | |
  Manjummel Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Manjummel Manjummel (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:10°5′0″N76°30′2″E / 10.08333°N 76.50056°E /10.08333; 76.50056 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ernakulam |
Manjummel is asatellite town ofEloor situated onPeriyar river near Kochi, Kerala, India.[1]
The name Manjummel came from the Malayalam wordManjumala (transl. snowy mountain). The place used to be uninhabited, and fog covered the hills. The name eventually became Manjummel.[2]
Manjummel used to be agriculture based. Cultivated produce was sent to Ernakulam by boat. The locality has since switched to become industrial based. Due to the pollution in thePeriyar River,[3][4] the land became barren and many residents abandoned farming.[2]
There are references to Manjummel dating back to the fifteenth century.[2] A ruler of Travancore reportedly built a fort here to defend againstTippu Sultan’s attacks due to the locality's geography of being mostly surrounded by rivers. The fort was built in a place called Kottakunnu.[2]
Two of the iconic landmarks in Manjummel are the century-oldOur Lady of Immaculate Conception Church and St Joseph's Hospital, which was the first mission hospital in Kerala built in 1887.[2]
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