Melukavu (Malayalam: മേലുകാവ്), is a village in the eastern part of Meenachil Taluk in Kottayam District of Kerala state, India.[1]
The place is a major tourist attraction for nature lovers with beautiful hills,streams and the rubber plantations that forms a green blanket to the place.The famous tourist spot is Ilaveezha Poonchira ( A lake on top of hill with no trees near by). Melukavu is well c
onnected by roads to nearby towns Erattupetta(12 km), Palai(16 km), Thodupuzha(18 km).The state highway SH-44 connecting Pampa(Sabarimala) to Neriyamangalam(Thodupuzha) passes through Melukavu. Melukavu was the epi-centre of a light earthquake that struck Southern districts of Kerala,on 12 December 2000 at 06:53 AM local time resulting in some damage to properties in Kottayam and Idukki districts. The plot of the famous Malayalam film Katha Parayumpol (Year-2007,Starring:Mammootty, Sreenivasan) was set in the backdrop of Melukavu village.
