Adimali is a town in Idukki district

Idukki district

Idukki district is one among the 14 districts of Kerala state, India. The district headquarters is located at in Painavu.It is the second least populous district in Kerala, after Wayanad .-Etymology:...

 of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 state, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Adimali is located on the National Highway 49

National Highway 49 (India)

National Highway 49 is National Highway in southern India. It traverses coast-to-coast linking Cochin in Kerala with Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu. It crosses the famous Pamban Bridge before crossing into Rameshwaram island...

 connecting Kochi and Madurai

Madurai

Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. Munnar

Munnar

Munnar is one of the most popular hill station in Kerala and in southern India. Munnar is located on the Western Ghats, situated in the Idukki district....

, a famous hill station is about 30 km northeast of Adimali. The Cheeyappara

Cheeyappara

The Cheeyappara Waterfall is on the Kochi - Madurai Highway , between Neriamangalam and Adimali. It is in Idukki district, Kerala....

 and Valara

Valara

Valara is located in between the two towns Neriamangalam the east side border of Ernakulam District and Adimali of Kochi - Madurai National Highway . It is in Idukki district, Kerala, at a distance of 14 km from Adimali. The main attraction of this place is Valara waterfalls...

 waterfalls are located nearby. Pepper cultivation is the main agricultural activity of this place. Ponmudi Dam

Ponmudi Dam

Ponmudi Dam, in Idukki District, Kerala has been constructed across the Panniar River, a tributary of the Periyar River. Built in 1963, it has a length of 294 m. The dam is about 15 km from Adimali, on the way to Rajakkad.-External links:*...

 which is constructed across the Panniar river is about 15 km to the southeast of Adimali, on the way to Rajakkad

Rajakkad

-Demographics: India census, Rajakkad had a population of 16378 with 8219 males and 8159 females....

. The dam built in 1963, has a length of 294 m. It is the fast developing Hill Town in Kerala because its attractive location and natural beauty. Kallar i s a beautiful place located just 14 km from Adimaly,kallar river is located here. It has almost all the basic facilitis, like well connected Roads, Educational Institutions and Hospitals.

The former name of Adimali area was Mannamkandam, as the name indicates it was the land of tribes called Mannan, other tribal group called Muthuvan is also living in Adimali area. Before 1980,the main cultivation was paddy and rice was the main production besides pepper and cardamom. Now almost 90 percent of paddy fields have had transformed into residential land,rubber plantations or banana fields.

Cheeyappara Waterfall

The major attraction of it is falling of water from a height of about 1000 feet and falls down with heavy force on 13 rock slabs step by step continuously to fall very close to the bridge across N.H.49. A rainbow is visible in the morning sunshine upon the spray of water. It is one of the few waterfalls one can view from the bottom standing so close to the water. Besides there is an area set a part touching the water fall to take bath safely using the cool spray water of the falls.

Valara Waterfall

Valara Water Fall is just one km from Cheeyapara Water Fall. This is formed as a result of the entire Deviyar River suddenly falling down from rock to rock from a height of 200 feet.

Adimaly Waterfall

It is another attractive alluring waterfall at Adimaly town. Adimaly waterfall is a distinct one in that one can view the water falling from Korangatty hills situated at a distance of one km from town.

Colleges

• Mar Baselious College
• SNDP Yogam Training College
• Stella Maries College
• Logos Academy
• Morning Star Nursing Centre

Higher secondary schools

• SNDP vocational higher secondry schools
• Viswa Deepthi Public school
• Vivekananda Public school
• SNDP higher Secondary school
• Fathima maatha GHSS
• Govt VHSE Deviyar Colony

High schools

• Easterns Newtons school
• Techinical High school
• St. Thomas Public school
• Govt High school
• Sree vivekanada vidhya sadhan
• Viswa Deepthi Public School
• S N D P V H S S

Hospitals

• Taluk Hospital
• Morning Star Medical Mission
• Vijaya Raja Hospital
• Kurians clinic
• Lakshmi clinic
• Kranthi clinic

Places for worship

• Town Jumah Mosque
• Hira Jumua Mosque
• Salafi Mosque
• Santhi Giri Shiva Temple adimali
• St. Jude Town Catholic Church
• St Martins de Pores Catholic Church
• St. George Church Jacobite Syrian Church
• Mar Geevarghese Sahada Church
• Mar Ignatious Church
• Catholic Syrian Church
• St. Thomas Orthodox Church