Parunthumpara
Parunthumpara is a fast growing tourist place located about 7 km from Peermade,this place situated at an altitude of 3800 feet
above sea level. Parunthumpara is a trekker's delight that provides a bird's eye view of an endless stretch of green forest land and low-lying areas. It is on the way to Thekkady from Peermade,4 km From Kallar Junction (National Highway 183/Kottayam Kumily
road). Paruthumpara is a place that spread about a 100 acres of rocky area that mixed with beautiful meadows, wide grasslands, , early days there were hundreds of eagles lived on this place because of this it get the name Paruthumpara(Eagle Rock) . In the Malayalam language, ‘parunthu‘means eagle and ‘para‘ means rock. So that is how the name came. The place is famous for a rock which resembles India’s greatest poet rabindranath tagore, local people called this rock “Tagore Head”.
