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Konni is a small hilly town in the Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. Konni is famous for its elephant cages, forests, and rubber plantations.
Attractions or a tourist palce in konni is-
1) The Konni Elephant Training Centre
2) In Konni, their is a Welcome Board
3) The Giants having a good time in Konni
4) In Konni, their is a Soman
5) In Konni, a young calf out for a walk
6) In Konni, a view of The premises
7) In Konni, the Old Training Cage
Konni has a major elephant training center, located 11 km from Pathanamthitta. The prime attraction here are the huge cages of wood built to house elephants. These cages are locally known as Aanakoodu and can accommodate 3 to 4 elephants at a time. The trainers here train the baby elephants which get separated from their herd, or are found wounded or roaming in the forest. Experienced trainers using their systematic training methods, tame the baby elephants. Visitors can get a close look at these elephants and can observe and understand a lot about their behaviour, especially that of baby elephants, which are often endearingly mischievous.
Konni is famous for the elephant trainning centre since ancient times. The elephants were captured from the dense forests of the western ghats/Sahyadri and brought to the elephant trainning cage at Konni. There these wild elephants are tamed and trained by mahouts specialized as elephant tainers. These trainers take the help of other tamed elephants.
The tamed elephants famous for rendering help to the trainers of the wild ones in konni are-
* Konniyil Kochchayyappan
* Ranji Padmanabhan
* Balakrishnan
* Soman
* Venu
* Rameshan
* Mani
The present members of Konni elephant training center are
* Soman
* Priyadarshini
* Meena
* Surendran
* Eva
Eva is the youngest member who is only 7 years old.
The elephant capturing at Konni traces back to 1810 A.D. The major elephant capturing locations include Mundom moozhy, Mannarappara and Thura. The elephant training cage which is present now was built in the year 1942 A.D. The wood of "Kambakam" was used for this. The present training cage has the capacity to train 6 elephants. The dimensions of the training cage are - Length of 12.65 Meters, Width of 8.60 Meters and a Height of 7 Meters. The elephant training cage and its premises comprises 9 acres (36,000 m2) of land.
The elephant capturing was officially stopped in the year 1977 by Govt Circular though it was actually stopped many years prior to that.
Presently the elephant training cage is a major tourist attraction. It houses a History Meusium as well. The elephant training centre functions as an elephant welfare centre. The elephant calfs estranged from the herd and found lost in the forest are brought here and are provided with medical facilities and proper care.
The details of Konni Elephant Training Centre and Training Cage are mentioned in the articles of the famous "Aithihyamaala" by Shri Kottarathil Shankunni. "Aithihyamaala" is referred as one of rare collection of articles of Kerala History.
Konni Elephant Training Centre has to its credit of gifting the Elephant "Samyuktha" to the Republic of Portugal as a mark of friendship and co-operation with the Republic of India.
Konni can be reached on the Main Eastern Highway (Punalur-Pathanamthitta-Muvattupuzha Highway/SH-08) and is very well connected to major towns and cities of Kerala through Pathanamthitta.
Achankovil River
Konni features a long stretch of the beautiful Achankovil River which joins Pamba. This river is known for its scenic beauty with its lush green banks. It has several tributaries in this region.
In Konni, their is a Muringamnagalam Sreemahadevar Temple
This temple is more than 1000 years old and is located nearly half a kilometre from Konni Junction. It used to belong to the Pandalam Royal Family. It is the biggest temple in east of Pathanamthitta district and biggest Siva temple in Pathanamthitta.
Achankovil and Aluvamkudi are two ancient temples located here.
Kattathipara in Kokkathodu is a nearby tourist destination located a few kilometres away from Konni. Kattathipara is particularly attractive with its gigantic rocks and the triple-echo phenomenon.
Kumbhavuruthy is a waterfall amidst thick forest
Konni is one of the tourists place in kerala and also beautiful place which can make journey through Murahara Tours and Travels