Ambanad Hills
Ambanad | |
|---|---|
 Ambanad Hills | |
  Ambanad Hills Location in Kerala, India  Ambanad Hills Ambanad Hills (India) | |
| Coordinates: 8°59′31.5054″N 77°5′4.5594″E / 8.992084833°N 77.084599833°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Founded by | East India Company |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democracy |
| • Body | Aryankavu Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
| Nearest city | Kollam |
| Nearest railway station | Kazhuthurutty |
Ambanad Hills or Ambanad is a hill station in Punalur Taluk in the eastern part of Kollam district in Kerala, India. This is one among the few tea and orange plantation areas in Kollam district.[1] Ambanad Hills is in Aryankavu panchayath, about 12 km away from Kazhuthurutty.[2]
The place is a famous tourist destination in South Kerala and is popularly known as 'Mini Munnar'.[3] The tea estate in Ambanad hills is set up by the British people it is the only tea estate in Kollam district. The plantation and estate is controlled and managed by Travancore Rubber and Tea Company. The estate falls in Clove belt of India (Kollam - Nagercoil) and is one of the largest Clove estate in the country.[4] It was one of the first places in country to which East India Company introduced clove in 1800s. The crop harvesting requires skilled labour and hence every year, the migrant labourers from Tamil Nadu will stay at the estate and work for nearly a month for harvesting the clove.[5][6]
- ^ "On top of the Ambanad Hills - Mathrubhumi". Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Ambanad Hills - Kerala Tourism". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Ambanad Hills And Tea Estate". DTPC Kollam. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Pereira, Ignatius (12 March 2014). "Cloves add flavour to the season". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Scent of cloves fills the air in Ambanad". The Hindu. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Pereira, Ignatius (9 March 2013). "Clove harvest spices up Ambanad". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 September 2020.