The term hodo is not at all familiar to most of us,but it's application is well known to everyone,as it is seen in all types of vehicles as odometer.The term hodo is actually derived from the Greek, means journey.Meaning of philia in Greek language is extreme love. So a hodophile is one who falls in extreme love with travel.
Hodophile India provides the opportunity to inculcate a responsible, sustainable, thoughtful and intelligent tourism culture for positive impacts on environment, culture,arts and economy of the destination. Kottayam, the gateway of high ranges of the Western ghats is the land of letters and the latex.
It also has a long legacy of native tastes of various combinations of spices,Millets, cereals, tubers, coffee and tea,which is an attraction for gourmands.
The pioneer typographer in vernacular Malayalam printing, really happened to be an English, Mr. Benjamin Bailey from Yorkshire England, who actually spelt the land as "Cottayam".
The low ranges of the Western ghats has a unique geography and climatic conditions. The river Meenachil and its feeders form an unmatched terrain and water system.