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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Ambanad Hills<br />
| other_name = Ambanad<br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = [[Hill Station]]<br />
| image_skyline = Ambanad Hills.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Ambanad Hills<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|8|59|31.5054|N|77|5|4.5594|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = [[East India Company]]<br />
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| government_type = Democracy<br />
| governing_body = [[Aryankavu|Aryankavu Panchayat]]<br />
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| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kollam]]<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = Nearest railway station<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = {{rws|Kazhuthurutty}}<br />
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| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]<br />
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'''Ambanad Hills''' or ''Ambanad'' is a [[hill station]] in Punalur Taluk in the eastern part of [[Kollam district]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. This is one among the few tea and orange plantation areas in Kollam district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kerala-travel/on-top-of-the-ambanad-hills-english-news-1.600783 |title=On top of the Ambanad Hills - Mathrubhumi |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref> Ambanad Hills is in [[Aryankavu]] panchayath, about 12&nbsp;km away from Kazhuthurutty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralatourism.org/routes-locations/ambanad--ii-/id/456 |title=Ambanad Hills - Kerala Tourism |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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The place is a famous tourist destination in South Kerala and is popularly known as 'Mini Munnar'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dtpckollam.com/ambanad-hills-tea-estate/9 |title=Ambanad Hills And Tea Estate |publisher=DTPC Kollam |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> The tea estate in Ambanad hills is set up by the British people it is the only tea estate in [[Kollam district]]. The plantation and estate is controlled and managed by Travancore Rubber and Tea Company. The estate falls in '''Clove belt of India''' (Kollam - Nagercoil) and is one of the largest [[Clove]] estate in the country.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pereira|first=Ignatius|date=2014-03-12|title=Cloves add flavour to the season|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/cloves-add-flavour-to-the-season/article5776562.ece|access-date=2020-09-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It was one of the first places in country to which [[East India Company]] introduced clove in 1800s. The crop harvesting requires skilled labour and hence every year, the migrant labourers from [[Tamil Nadu]] will stay at the estate and work for nearly a month for harvesting the [[clove]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/scent-of-cloves-fills-the-air-in-ambanad/article6828833.ece |title=Scent of cloves fills the air in Ambanad |publisher=The Hindu |date=28 January 2015 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pereira|first=Ignatius|date=2013-03-09|title=Clove harvest spices up Ambanad|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/clove-harvest-spices-up-ambanad/article4475386.ece|access-date=2020-09-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Attractions ==<br />
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* Estate Bungalow with night stay<br />
* Kudamutti waterfall<br />
* View points<br />
* Tea Factory with British era equipments<ref>{{Cite web|title=On top of the Ambanad Hills|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kerala-travel/on-top-of-the-ambanad-hills-english-news-1.600783|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref><br />
* Three lakes with pedal boating<br />
* [[Nedumpara Peak]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Kollam]]<br />
* [[Thenmala]]<br />
* [[Thenmala Dam]]<br />
* [[Kazhuthurutty railway station]]<br />
* [[Aryankavu]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Tourism in Kerala}}<br />
{{Kollam district}}<br />
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[[Category:Hill stations in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kollam district]]</div>CleanupBot II