Karumadikkuttan (Malayalam: കരുമാടിക്കുട്ടൻ) is the nickname of a Buddha statue found in Karumady near Alappuzha, Kerala, India.[1] The name literally means boy from Karumady. This 3-foot-tall, black granite statue,[2] believed to be from the 9th to 14th centuries, was abandoned for centuries in a nearby stream named Karumady Thodu. Later, in the 1930s, Sir Robert Bristow, a colonial British engineer, found the statue[3] and took appropriate actions to protect it. Currently the statue is under the protection of the Kerala state government. The left side of the statue is missing. The statue is a subject of historical debate, as the reason for its partial destruction is still elusive.
