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Kanakamala is a village near 
Kanakamala is a village near Chalakudy
Chalakudy is a municipal town situated on the banks of Chalakudy River in Thrissur district of the Kerala state in India. It is the headquarters of Chalakudy taluk. It is the base camp for travellers to Athirappilly Falls and Vazhachal Falls. ...
town, Thrissur district, Kerala
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, India, which bears the same name as a hill in the area. It is located 3000 feet above the sea level. There are regular bus services from nearby towns, Chalakudy and Kodakara
Kodakara is a town in the Thrissur district of Kerala state in South India. It is located next to the national highway (NH 544), south of Thrissur town and about north of Chalakudy. Administratively, Kodakara is part of Kodakara Panchayat an ...
, to this village. The hill is on the western side of the Ghats
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(sahyadri).
There is a primary aided school which was established in 1940. It includes a government homeopathy hospital established in 1980's and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Kerala. It has a post office pinned 680689.
There is an adoration convent, as well as an Ashram of Akasaparavakal which is a charitable institution aimed at treating orphans
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.
There is a Roman Catholic
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church in Kanamala, established in 1943 and dedicated to St Anthony of Padua. It is a place of pilgrimage during the holy week, particularly on Good Friday. Many pilgrims used to climb the hill as an act of prayer and offering. Most of the hill is covered with forest. Pilgrimage to the hill which has been patronized to St. Thomas the apostle of Jesus
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came to India in AD 52 was started in 1940 following an insight and vision happened in dream to Rev. Fr. Anthappan Valiyaveettil, the then-vicar
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of St. Antony's Church, Perambra
Perambra is a major town in Koyilandy taluk of Kozhikode district in North Malabar region of Kerala state, India. It is one of the 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, and one of the 12 block Panchayats in Kozhikode district. Perambra lies al ...
. He started the pilgrimage to the hill as he thought that it was the place that he had seen in his dream, and believed that it had significant spiritual importance, since St. Thomas would have gone through the hill as it is the nearest hill to Azhikode where the apostle was banked off the ship and praying at hills was a characteristic of Jesus and his disciples. 2014 marked 75 years of pilgrimage (the platinum jubilee.)
the diocesan website states that the population of the parish of Kanamala is 2250.
References
Geography of Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub