History
Vagamon is an Indian hill station and a revenue village located in Peerumedu Taluk of Idukki district, and also Meenachil taluk and Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India.
Overview
Vagamon is an Indian hill station and a revenue village located in Peerumedu Taluk of Idukki district, and also Meenachil taluk and Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. Located in the Western Ghats 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Erattupetta on the border of Kottayam-Idukki districts, Vagamon is known for its natural environment. The Vagamon glass bridge is the longest cantilever glass bridge in India.
Historical Timeline
Though the British had plantations here, it was only in 1926, when Walter Duncan and Company started their tea plantations, that it became well known.
After 1940, people from Travancore, and Madras (Tamil Nadu), migrated to Vagamon.
In 1955, the Trappist monastery Kurisumala Ashram was founded in Vagamon.
In 1963,Dr. Elizabeth Baker and Architect Padma Shri Laurie Baker established a hospital and rural service centre at Kurishumala, Vagamon to serve tea-plantation workers and rural communities in the Idukki hills.
Historical Sites
Vagamon Meadows
Pine Forest
Kurisumala Ashram
Murugan Hill
Marmala Waterfall
Notable Figures
Vagamon Meadows
Pine Forest
Kurisumala Ashram
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