Mango Meadows

Mango Meadows is an agricultural theme park at Ayamkudi in Kaduthuruthy panchayat, Kottayam district. N. K. Kurian, who returned from the Gulf, began work on it in 2004, and it opened to the public in December 2016. On about 30 acres it grows more than 4,800 plant species, among them some 1,900 medicinal plants, 700 kinds of tree and 900 flowering plants, a feat noted by the Limca Book of Records and URF World Records. Rare trees include Ficus maclellandii, camphor, calabash and rudraksha.

The grounds are divided into themed areas: the Eden Garden, a Nakshatra Vriksha junction, a valentine garden, a tea garden, a vegetable farm, a domestic animal farm and a telescope tower. There is a 35 ft statue of Parashurama and a concrete open Bible, 25 ft by 25 ft, bearing Malayalam scripture and ringed by a garden of 125 plants named in the Bible. Activities include pedal, basket and shikara boating, fishing, cycling, go-karting, archery and pottery.