Rajamudy

Rajamudy is in the "High Ranges" of the district of Idukki under Vathikudy Grama Panchayath as a ward and village at an altitude of 2,372 feet (723 m) with coordinates of 9.897032°N and 77.180953°E.

[1][2][3][4] The custom of Rajamudy is a mixed one as of its bygone harmony could be traced back to the migrant days of the populaces onwards.

Though the prominent religion of this small village is Christianity (RC, CMS, CSI, Pentecost), there is no any type of dominance in any realm.

There was no such communal segregation or violence and discriminatory attitude from any leading personnel, elected representatives (ERs), religious leaders of Rajamudy so far.

The famous Christuraja Church Mass Celebration (Thirunal or Perunnal), Srinaryana Jayanthi and Sobha Yathra etc.

Malayalam, the popular and official governing vernacular language of Kerala is the etymological dialect of the people of Rajamudy.

In earlier days there were people who speak the local dialect that was seen among the tribes like Mannan, Urali and Murriken.

Nonetheless progressively the contemporaneous generation of those groups speaks and uses the official language of Kerala, Malayalam.

Major crops grown here are black pepper vines, cocoa, coffee-beans, aromatic spices like clove, jathi, sarvasugandhi, edible items like ginger, turmeric, tapioca cassava and commercial crops & tree-based farming items like rubber, coconut trees, areca palm etc.

Later in 1991 one of the intense longing of the youths and people came true that an exclusive stadium was constructed and inaugurated at Rajamudy under the PRI scheme of VGP facilitated by the then Ward Member Sri.

[5] There are 956 voters in this small village which alike support all major national and regional political parties of Kerala.

Along with the afore-referred leading people, few families started working on the lands in support of the church’s economical needs to be met.

It's great and unique thing that the families worked without taking money or they never desired for the same counting equally their communal prerequisite.

The leading families of early and present congregation are Pottankulangarayil, Mudayananickal, Cheenkallel, Vazheparambil, Panamthottathil etc.

The Church is now located on Rajamudy-Pathinaramkandom road side around 890 meters away from Rajamudy in its own building from 1990s onward with more than 50 families and around 200 members.

The Stadium at Rajamudy (Gramapanchayath Mini Stadium)
The India Pentecost Church