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Sasthamkotta lake full view tourism place
Sasthamkotta (Malayalam: ശാസ്താംകോട്ട) or Sasthamcotta is a village in the Kunnathoor Tehsil of Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Kunnathoor taluk headquarters is located at Sasthamkotta. Sasthamkotta fresh water lake is the largest fresh water lake in Kerala.
Contents
- Sasthamkotta lake full view tourism place
- Map of Sasthamcotta Kerala
- Sasthamkotta lake the largest freshwater lake kollam kerala
- Location
- Tourism
- Monkey Temples
- Demographics
- Transport
- Railways
- Notable Personalities from Sasthamcotta
- References
Map of Sasthamcotta, Kerala
Sasthamkotta lake the largest freshwater lake kollam kerala
Location
Shasthamcotta is 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Kollam, the district headquarters,a few kilometres from Adoor Municipality 18 kilometres (11 mi) and 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Karunagappalli town and 42 kilometres (26 mi) away from Paravur. It is the location of the Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple.
Tourism
The place is naturally beautiful and is surrounded by hills and valleys. In the midst of the hills is the Fresh Water Lake. The extensive freshwater lake here is the biggest of its kind in Kerala.Water supply to the Kollam town is met by purifying the water from this lake.
Monkey Temples
One of the features of Sasthamcotta temple is the abundance of monkeys that camp around. Because of that Sasthamcotta is famous for Monkeys.Many movies and TV serials shoted at Sasthamcotta, like Inapravukal (1965), Ente Hridayathinte Udama (2002), Ilamurathampuran (1998), Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran (2002), Kuttisrank (2009) etc. are some of those. The Second World Religion Conference had been held in Sasthamcotta, in which the global religious leaders had particularly participated.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Sasthamkotta had a population of 32,330 with 15,818 males and 16,512 females.
Transport
Sasthamkotta is connected to Adoor municipality via SH-37 (State Highway 37- Adoor-Kollam Road). Adoor-Kollam KSRTC Venad chain bus service passes through Sasthamkotta.
Railways
Sasthamkotta railway station (Code:STKT) falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways.[2][3][4] It is coming in between Munrothuruthu railway station and Karunagappalli railway station. The nearest important major rail head to Sasthamkotta is Kollam Junction railway station and Karunagappalli railway station
Notable Personalities from Sasthamcotta
K. R. Meera
P. C. Vishnunath
Abdul Nasser Mahdani - founder of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
C.P. Rajasekharan Journalist& Writer
Ravi Saraswathi (Author & IT Executive)
Joel M George prof.C.Chandramathi,Short story Writer
Dr.G.Sumithran ( Chief Cardio thoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Padmavathy Medical Foundation)