- Kaipuzha
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village , inKottayam District ,Kerala ,South India . The name Kaipuzha is derived from the two words Kai (which means hand) and Puzha (which means river). This is testament to the many small canal like rivers found in the vicinity. It is bounded byEttumanoor to the east andMannanam by the south. Nearby villages also includeAthirampuzha ,Neendoor , Kurumulloor,Manjoor ,Kallara , andVechoor , the namesake village famous for theVechur cow , smallest breed of cattle found anywhere in the world.Kottayam Town is located 7 km south. In the olden days, the area comprising Kaipuzha,Athirampuzha , andEttumanoor were popular places for trade purposes because of the navigable rivers found all over the area.K.E. College , which was founded and named after theBlessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara was once believed to originally be planned to built in Kaipuzha, but politics within the community changed that location to nearbyMannanam . It is most famous for theSt. George’s Forane Church Kaipuzha , built in1813 . The majority of people in this town are from theKnanaya Catholic community. BishopThomas Tharayil , the third bishop of theKnanaya Kottayam Archdiocese was born here. Kaipuzha is also known as being one of the northern most points for the area known asKuttanad , the "rice bowl" of Kerala. The present chief justice of Karnataka High Court, Dr. Cyriac Joseph was born in Kaipuzha.Kaipuzha Muttu bridge is in Kaipuzha. After this place the famous tourist place Kamarakam starts. There are very good house boats and hotels in Kumarakam. Other side of Kaipuzha is Vechoor. Vechoor is a good village with lot of paddy filelds and trees.
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