Kettukala Puthupallikunnam kara Nooranad Charummoodu

Charummoodu is a major junction and town in Mavelikkara taluk of the Alappuzha district, of

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state in

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. The Vetticode Nagaraja

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is located 4 kilometers from the town. Padanilam Parabrahma Temple, which is famous for its Sivarathri festival, is about 5 kilometers away. The junction between Kayamkulam - Punalur Road and Kollam - Theni National Highway 183 is at Charummoodu.

Locations

It is located 12 km from

Kayamkulam Kayamkulam is a town and municipality in the ''Onattukara'' region of Alappuzha district in Kerala. It is the second biggest town in Alappuzha district. It is located on the western coast of India, and was an ancient maritime trading center. O ...

town. It is a main junction on the intersection of SH-5 (KP Road

Punalur Punalur is a Municipality in Kollam district of Kerala State in India. It is the headquarter of the Punalur Taluk and Punalur Revenue Division. It's situated in the eastern part of Kollam district of Kerala, on the banks of the Kallada River a ...

road) and

National Highway 183 (India) National Highways 183 (NH 183) is located in India. It connects Kollam High school Jn in Kerala with Dindigul in Tamil Nadu. Starting from Kollam it runs northwards and turns east at Kottayam and runs along the northern border of Periyar Wildl ...

, connecting

Kollam Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city i ...

and

Theni Theni is a valley town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located in a distance of 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, c ...

. Charummoodu is located at the border of the Thamarakkulam,

Nooranad Nooranad (also anglicized as ''Noornad'' or ''Nooranadu'') is a developing town in Mavelikkara taluk of Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located at a distance of 8 Km south-west of Pandalam, in Kayamkulam route. Pada ...

and

Chunakkara Chunakkara is a village in Mavelikkara, Mavelikara Tahsil of Alappuzha district, in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located on the Kollam Theni Highway spanning in around in length along the highway. It is divided into 5 areas and 15 wards. I ...

Panchayaths and the second largest town in the Mavelikkara Taluk. There is a proposal to form Charummoodu Panchayath by joining parts of

and Thamarakkulam panchayaths.

Notable residents

O. Madhavan O. Madhavan (1922 – 19 August 2005) was an Indian theatre director and actor. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India in Kerala. He is considered one of the great masters of the theatre; he has made major contributi ...

– playwright, director, social activist, drama, doctor. * B. Aburaj – Poet,Educationalist & Journalist. Director State Institute of Educational Technology (SIET, Kerala) & Director , State Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT, Kerala) General Education Department, Government of Kerala. Asst private secretary to Minister for Home and Tourism from 2006 to 2011. Sub editor in Deshabhimani Daily and Editor of The Commercial, Business Magazine from Muscat.

References

1.http://www.sietkerala.gov.in/ 2.http://www.sietkerala.gov.in/news-aburaj-director-siet-releases-gothramozhi-digital-contents-for-school-students-in-four-tribal-languages-at-diet-sulthan-bathery-wayanad-on-21st-jan-20201
in Alappuzha district
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