Mundrothuruthu

Munroe Island is located at the confluence of Ashtamudi Kayal and the Kallada River, in kollam district, Kerala South India; it is a tourism destination. The serene place is named in memory of Resident late Colonel John Munro of the erstwhile Princely state of Travancore. This island is surrounded by Kallada River and Ashtamudi Lake. It is also known as Munroothuruthu, Manrothuruthu and Munroethur

uth. it is situated at a distance of 25 km from Kollam by road. It is 71 km by road from Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) airport. The place is surrounded by Kallada River & Lake Ashtamudi and is accessible by road, rail and inland water navigation. The island village is a tourism friendly village where one can watch coir retting process, coir weaving, fishing, prawns feeding, migratory bird watch, narrow canals and waterways, coconut farms on the lake shore, lagoons, kandal plants and the beautiful tiny islands of Pathupara. The island measures 13.4 sq.km .

[edit] History
In 1795 the British established their supremacy in South India and Kerala came under their governance.From 1800 onwards, in order to maintain British Supremacy in Kerala, a Resident was appointed by the British Administrative head. The First Resident was Colonel Collin Macaulay followed by Colonel John Munro. During Munro’s time a senior priest of the Malankara Sabha, Pulikottil Joseph Kathanar expressed his desire to establish seminary for training priests and a place to settle the newly converted Christians. Thus the place was named after Colonel John Munro by the locals and is still known as Munroethuruth