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Yendayar is a village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India that is totally surrounded by hills. According to local tradition, Mr. J.J. Murphy (known as JJ to his friends and Murphy Sayippu to the people) named the place, which was to be his home until death in 1957, after his mother and the local river. Yendayar is a combination of 'yen' (my) 'thai' (mother) and 'ar' (river). Murphy had come in 1904 to the place which was a thick forest and had no name or people then. He had traveled a long way to reach there. There he established India's first successful rubber plantation. He brought workers from near and far – Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.

Yendayar
ഏന്തയാർ
Town
Yendayar
Location in Kerala, India
Yendayar
Yendayar (India)
Coordinates: 9°36′0″N 76°53′0″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKottayam
Languages
  OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
686514
Vehicle registrationKL-34, KL-35
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Location


Yendayar is situated in the eastern border of Kottayam District, 59 km from Kottayam, and around 11 km away from Mundakayam on the NH 220 (Kottayam-Kumily Road). All the buses to Elamkadu, Mukkulam & Vadakkemala are passes through Yendayar. Mundakayam, Koottickal and Elamkadu are the nearest towns The Nearest Railway Station is Kottayam railway station and airport is Nedumbassery.


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Economy


Rubber plantations are the major source of income for the local population. India's first commercially successful Rubber plantations are in Yendayar. An Irishman named John Joseph Murphy (1872 - 1957) who arrived in India in 1897 at a very young age and realized the growing importance of manufacturing Rubber and he established the India’s first successful rubber plantation in Yendayar. Today, Mr. J.J Murphy (Murphy Sayippu to the people) known as father of Indian rubber plantation Industry. Kerala account for 90 % of India's Rubber production and the place is, therefore, home to many families of Kerala who owe their affluence to agriculture, particularly to the production of Rubber.  


Educational institutions


J.J Murphy Memorial Higher Secondary School
J.J Murphy Memorial Higher Secondary School

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