Kalaketty Estate Bungalow,Kerala is set in a serene place, providing relaxing ambiance

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Kalaketty Estate Bungalow Rubber Estate
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Above image: Kalaketty Estate Bungalow, Kerala: The single story outhouse with wide verandah, big windows and red tiled sloping roof looks like a bungalow which the Europeans introduced in India and remodelled them after the village huts in Bengal centuries ago.

Bunglow modelled after bengali hut. telegraphindia.com

Above image: Centuries ago when the East India Company landed in Bengal to do mercantile business, the horrible hot weather bothered them a lot. Later upon seeing the huts in the rural areas, to tackle humid hot conditions, they remodelled the houses with low-pitched roof, often with a smaller upper story set in the roof. The open layout and wide verandas were particularly well-suited to the region's hot, humid climate. This style of house eventually became synonymous with what is now called the 'bungalow (now often associated with only rich people), derived from ''bangla'', meaning of or belonging to Bengal...........

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Set in the midst of old and huge Mahogany, Teak, Mangostene, Nutmeg and Clove trees and overlooking the lush green paddy fields, Kalaketty Estate Bungalow offers visitors a new experience away from the madding crowd in a serene environment with clean air. Built in 1930 (Builder Joseph Pottamkulam of native Christian family), the structure. It is typical authentic Syrian Christian Bungalow surrounded by a 150 acre green land, An ancestral home of the estate owner's family, for a few generations, the family members have been taking care of this old style bungalow with adequate care and periodic maintenance.

In the estate, ''Rubber'' is the main crop because it requires mild climate and the Koottickal valley is Kerala's key rubber belt and is ideally suited for raising rubber trees. Incidentally Kerala, a leading rubber-producing state in India, covering about 78% of the area and 90% of the total rubber production has many rubber estates. The main species cultivated is Hevea brasiliensis, commonly known as the Para rubber tree. First introduced in 1895, it was one J. J. Murphy, often called the 'Rubber Man of Kerala', found success in Idukki's Yendayar, marking the beginning of India's first commercially successful rubber plantation in 1915.

At Kalaketty, the surrounding hills and valleys are part of the area's long western Ghat mountain range suitable for tea plantations, spices, etc. Apart, in this estate are grown other crops like cocoa, tapioca, pepper, vanilla, rice, coconuts, bananas and pineapples.

Trees like teak, mahogany, nutmeg and clove are nice to look at as they grow near the bungalow. Such trees are rare in urban concrete jungle. The family allows guests to stay in the clean, airy and comfortable rooms of the bungalow or in the the large and spacious outhouse. The vast vista from the houses is breathtaking and relaxing. The place is near, Pottamkulam, Kalaketty town and Achamma Memorial Sec. School.

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