Kuravilangad is an Indian town located in the northern part of the

Kottayam district Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the A ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. It is situated in the Meenachil taluk, about 22 km north of the district capital

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

and 17 km west of the municipal town Pala. Kuravilangad is the largest town in the northern side of the

. It includes the entire Kuravilangad panchayath, including

Thottuva Thottuva is a village in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. It lies on the banks of Periyar River near Kalady. The name Thottuva in Malayalam means "Mouth of the stream". Just as the name suggests, there is a small stream in the village, which j ...

Kappumthala Kappumthala is a village in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. The nearest railway station is at Kuruppanthara and Vaikom road. 26 kilometers from Kottayam and 48 kilometers from Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the ...

, Vakkad, Kurianad, Mannakkanad, Elakkad, and Kalathoor. Kirche Kuravilangad Juli 2011

Kuravilangad is known for Marian pilgrim center Kuravilangad Church, officially known as St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church Kuravilangad. According to tradition this church was founded in 105 AD.

Education

Kuravilangad is the local hub of education, which caters education to students from both Kottayam and Ernakulam District. Notable educational institutes include

Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, is a college for higher education, located at Kuravilangad, Kottayam, Kerala. It was founded on 3 April 1964, under the inspiration of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai, by St.Mary's Forane Church, Ku ...

St Marys's HS, St. Anne's HSS, De Paul HSS, Chavara Hills High School, and St. Marys Girls High School.St. Marys Girls High School
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Notable residents

The 10th President of India, Kocheril R. Narayanan, briefly was in Kuravilangad, and matriculated from St. Mary's Boys High School (1936–38). <

References

External links

Official website of Kottayam District
{{Central Travancore Villages in Kottayam district