page_title: Anchuruli
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Anchuruli / Location
caption_attribution_description: മലയാളം: Anchuruli Kattappana
context_page_description: Anchuruli, also spelled Anjuruli, is an emerging tourist destination and a catchment area of Idukki arch dam in Kanchiyar village near Kattappana in the district of Idukki in Kerala state, India. It is highly noted for the 5.5 km long circular tunnel that carries water from Erattayar dam near Kattappana to Idukki reservoir.
context_section_description: The elevation of Anchuruli ranges from 740 m (2,430 ft) above mean sea level. It lies in the Kanchiyar grama panchayath in the newly formed Idukki constituency. The place can be accessed from Kanchiyar (3 km) which is on the Kattappana - Kuttikkanam state highway (SH-59).
caption: Idukki reservoir as seen from Anchuruli tunnel
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