Puthenvelikara Beyond the scenic backwater, captivating hills, and rich Mangroves live on the edge
Puthenvelikkara is a town in the Paravur Taluk Ernakulam region of Kerala, India. The Chalakkudy River converges with the Periyar River at Elenthikara in the town of Puthenvelikkara. Puthenvelikkara is on the banks of the stream Periyar, Chalakudy and KottapuramKottapuram lagoon. It is a centre of agricultural production in the region with its many rice paddy fields
Puthenvelikkara is encircled by water bodies like streams and lagoons. It brought about the arrangement of fruitful grounds appropriate for development. It resulted in the formation of fertile lands suited for cultivation. The primary source of income for the people of the village is agriculture.
Puthenvelikara having a rich Culinary heritage: the knowledge and skills of home cooking with ecological products, the traditional tastes, foods, meals, the cycle of cooking a meal,the flavour of the home made creates nostalgia for our traditional recipes the taste buds always remember the difference of delicacy . folklore traditions of puthenvelikara having traditional harvest songs to festival songs art forms like chavittunadakam which having rare mixture of performance theater ,songs and dances.
Local Rituals , customs and traditions, learning, experiences, enjoying and sharing the stories about also gathering of interesting facts of the local daily life, traditions and customs makes more intresting aspect for this village
Villagers Traditional crafts gifted through inheritance through their family learning traditional crafts such as knitting, weaving, forging, making of baskets and souvenirs from natural materials;
Paddy is regular form of agriculture apart from that plantains and vegitables grown in home as well as in the fields . experienced in climate based cultivation of crops and plants, production of ecological and bio produce, processing the products (home-made butter, yogurt, cheese), preserving the produce.
The Natural environment of puthenvelikara specifics of the paddy fields ,Wetland , Mangrove forests Rivers of chalakudy Puzha and periyar and Relativily small hilly areas inspiring lifes from their birth getting acquainted with the wild herbs, plants, trees, to preserving the nature installing bird feeders, picking mushrooms, plants, herbs properly, so that they still could grow.Thease herbs, used as ointments, remedies and cures; the beneficial effect of the fresh, self-grown products upon human health;