CHAPPAKAYAL (LAKE)

CHAPPA KAYAL AND CHAPPA BHAGAVATHY I am coming back from a walk across the paddy fields, flooded with golden rays of the setting sun. A breeze comes from the east. I stayed there, watching the fields where labourers are working to dress the earth, before sowing paddy seeds. The smell of the earth pervades the air. This is an area where paddy is grown at least once in the year. Afterwards, cows can graze there. During the rains, it becomes a lake known as Chappa Kayal (lake). Inside the Chathakudam temple campus is the deity of Chappa Devi. It reminds me about Nainital, the famous summer destination in the Himalayas. It derives its name from Naina Devi Tal means lake. So the name of this lake too is derived from that of the deity, I suppose.