Cardamom Hills
The Cardamom Hills or Yela Mala are mountain range of southern India and part of the southern Western Ghats located in Idukki district, Kerala, India. Their name comes from the cardamom spice grown in much of the hills' cool elevation, which also supports pepper and coffee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 2,695 metres
- Description: mountain chain in India
- Also known as: “Cardamom”, “Yela Mal”, and “Yela Mala”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puliyanmala and Vandanmedu.
Puliyanmala
Village
Puliyanmala is a village in Idukki district of Kerala state, India. The places intersects SH-19 and SH-33, which are the two important state highways in the district.
Vandanmedu
Village
Vandanmedu is a village in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. Vandanmedu is the biggest cardamom plantation in India. Vandanmedu is situated 3½ km southwest of Cardamom Hills.
Pampadumpara
Village
Pampadumpara is a village in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. Cardamom Research Institute is located in Pampadumpara. Pampadumpara is situated 5 km north of Cardamom Hills.
Cardamom Hills
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Kerala, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Cardamom Hills” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Кардамонови планини”
- Catalan: “Cardamom Hills”
- Catalan: “Cardamon”
- Cebuano: “Cardamom Hills”
- Chinese: “豆蔻丘陵”
- Czech: “Kardamomové vrchy”
- Czech: “Kardamové vrchy”
- Dutch: “Cardamom Hills”
- Dutch: “Kardamomheuvels”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تلال الهيل”
- Esperanto: “Kardamom-Montetoj”
- French: “Monts des cardamomes”
- French: “Monts des Cardamomes”
- French: “Monts Des Cardamomes”
- German: “Cardamom Hills”
- German: “Kardamomberge”
- German: “Kardamomhügel”
- Gujarati: “કાર્ડામોમ હિલ્સ”
- Hindi: “इलायची पहाड़ियाँ”
- Japanese: “カルダモン丘陵”
- Kannada: “ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು”
- Ladin: “Kardamomberge”
- Lithuanian: “Kardamono kalnai (Indija)”
- Lithuanian: “Kardamono kalnai”
- Malayalam: “ഏലമല”
- Panjabi: “ਇਲਾਚੀ ਪਹਾੜੀਆਂ”
- Russian: “Кардамомские холмы”
- Russian: “Кардамоновы горы”
- Russian: “Кардамоновы холмы”
- Spanish: “Cardamom Hills”
- Spanish: “Montañas Cardamomo”
- Swedish: “Anaimudi”
- Swedish: “Cardamom Hills”
- Swedish: “Cardamombergen”
- Tamil: “ஏலக்காய் மலை”
- Venetian: “Monti Cardamomo”
- Western Panjabi: “کارڈاموم”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cardamom Hills”. Photo: Anand2202, CC BY-SA 4.0.