Neerattupuram

[1] It is a part of Thalavady Grama Panchayat, situated near the junction of Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts, at the confluence of Pamba and Manimala rivers.

Neerattupuram is located at Thalavady Village of Kuttanad Taluk in Alappuzha district, Kerala (India).

A significant portion of the land is located on the bank of the joint ventures of Pampa and Manimala rivers.

Chakkulathukavu Temple is well known for the Pongala, a typical Hindu festival, which takes place every year during the month of November.

Held during Uthradam, one of the most auspicious days of Onam (the harvest festival of Kerala), the boat race enjoys a wide participation with locals and tourists thronging the banks of the river and egging on the rowers with much fervor.

This grand water regatta unleashes such a visual splendor that travelers arrive in large numbers from far and wide to watch this glorious spectacle.

Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala, with its unending stretch of paddy fields, small streams and canals with lush green coconut palms, was well known even from the early periods of the Sangam age.

The backwaters and wetlands host thousands of migrant common teal, ducks and cormorants every year who reach here from long distances.