After breakfast proceed to Kottayam. An important trading center of commercial crops and a publishing centre in Kerala.The town has been in the forefront of modern education in Kerala from the nineteenth century. In 1989 it achieved the distinction of being the first municipal town in India to achieve 100% literacy. Kottayam is a very tropical area with many Islands and Backwaters.Kottayam with its landscape, rivers, lakes, bird sanctuaries, temples, churches, mosques and historic remnants attract tourists. Seashores denied, the western parts of the district are embraced by Vembanad Lake. EnrouteVisit Vaikom temple and Ettumanoor temple. Vaikom Mahadevar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is known as Annadanaprabhu in local language.Pilgrims flock to the shiva temple during the Sabarimala season and Vaikattu Ashtami festival which is celebrated with great enthusiasm in February-March and in November and December. Ettumanoor is an ancient Shiva temple and was constructed in the sixteenth century A. D. Ettumanoor temple is a marvelous example of the Kerala style of architecture, attracts many Hindu devotees from all over the state. The copper plated conical roof of the central shrine, is in itself a majestic structure. The shrine is inlaid with beautiful carvings of scenes from the Ramayana, Bhagavatha and Krishna Leela. The temple is also endowed with an exquisite collection of Mural paintings and sculptures, depicting scenes from the Hindu mythology.
Overnight at hotel.