Vagamon is an Indian hill station and a revenue village primarily located in Peerumedu taluk of Idukki district (majority area including Vagamon town), and also Meenachil taluk and Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India… Gifted with magnificent hill formations, natural attractions and panoramic views Vagamon has emerged as a major tourist destination in the recent times comparable with places like Munnar and Kumarakam in popularity.
History of Vagamon
Vagamon does not have a long history to boast of as it had remained unexplored for centuries. Though the British had plantations here, it was only in 1926, when Walter Duncan and Company started their tea plantations here, that it became well-known. In the 1930s, more tea plantations were set up in the area.After 1940 people from Travancore mostly from southern Travancore and people from Madras (Tamil Nadu) migrated to Vagamon.Later after the formation of Kerala State people from various parts of kerala are migrated there.
