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Kolenchery
Kolenchery is a town in the Poothrikka gram panchayat in Ernakulam district, Kerala. Located on National Highway 85, Kolenchery is situated from Poothrikka and from Kochi. There have been plans to include Kolenchery as part of the Kochi metropolitan area. The name of the place originates from St. Peter's and St. Paul's Orthodox Syrian Church or 'Kolenchery Church', which is an ancient and historic church at Kolenchery built by Thankan Mappila of the Kolenchery House in 9th century CE (7th century in Malayalam Calendar). Tomb of Mar Thoma VII Mar Thoma VII was a Bishop of the Malankara Church from 1796 and the 7th Malankara Metropolitan from April 1808 to July 1809. Born in Pakalomattom family in Kurichithanam, Pala, Kerala, Pala, he was well known as an efficient administrator, deepl ..., the 7th Malankara Metropolitan, is situated in this historical Church. St. Peter's College in the town has conducted botanical research. Etymology In 345 AD, a family known as 'th ...
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Thoma VII
Mar Thoma VII was a Bishop of the Malankara Church from 1796 and the 7th Malankara Metropolitan from April 1808 to July 1809. Born in Pakalomattom family in Kurichithanam, Pala, he was well known as an efficient administrator, deeply religious but was a quiet and reserved person. During his time, a difficult period in the history of Travancore State, the church was able to help Travancore government by depositing an amount as fixed deposit, which came to be known as ''Vattipanam''. Introduction On the South Western coast of India lies a small state known as Kerala It was here in the first century, Thomas the Apostle arrived to preach the gospel to the Jewish community. Some of the Jews and locals became followers of Jesus of Nazareth. They were known as Malabar Nasrani people and their church as Malankara Church. They followed a unique Hebrew- Syriac Christian tradition which included several Jewish elements and Indian customs. In Malankara (Kerala) St. Thomas did not appoin ...
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Piravom
Piravom () is a town and Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located 30 km from Ernakulam, the nearest city and south of the district collectorate in Thrikkakara.The Piravom Road Railway Station is situated 9 km from the town. Piravom is known for its rich cultural and religious heritage, with two major festivals attracting large crowds each year. The Piravom Pally Perunnal and Sivarathri at Pazhoor Perumthrikkovil Temple. As per the 2011 Indian census, Piravom has a population of 27,229 people, and a population density of . Etymology History Piravom was owned by the Vadakkumkoor Kingdom until it was captured by Travancore kingdom, and is now part of the Indian state of Kerala. Piravom was reverted to Panchayati raj, panchayat status in 1992 after two years as a municipality because of skepticism that its classification as a municipality would attract higher tax rates and building regulation. However, as modern municipal ...
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Perumbavoor
Perumbavoor () is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located north of the district collectorate in Thrikkakara and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. Perumbavoor is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located northeast of the Kochi city centre. As per the 2011 Indian census, Perumbavoor has a population of 28,110 people, and a population density of . In recent years, Perumbavoor has experienced a large influx of migrant labourers from other states in India, primarily West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, and Odisha. Estimates for their numbers in Perumbavoor vary widely, ranging from the low thousands to over one lakh. Etymology History Perumbavoor municipality was formed in 1936. It was one among the 4 Panchayats sanctioned by Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer ( Diwan- Thiruvithamcore). The others were Paravur, Nedumangad and Boothapandi. Perumbavoor constituency is one of the most Jacobite Christian populated areas in India. ...
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Kochi
Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam. As of 2011, the Kochi Municipal Corporation had a population of 677,381 over an area of 94.88 km2, and the larger Kochi metropolitan area, Kochi urban agglomeration had over 2.1 million inhabitants within an area of 440 km2, making it the largest and the Demographics of Kerala#Most populous urban agglomerations, most populous Kochi Metropolitan Area, metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin development region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its ...
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Pampakuda
Pampakuda is a village and Panchayath part of Muvattupuzha Taluk. It lies between Muvattupuzha and Piravom towns. The village is on Highlands and consists of Rubber Plantations. Pampakuda is 10 km from Muvattupuzha. The Areekkal Waterfalls is situated here. Pampakuda is known for two famous churches of the Malankara Orthodox Church, Pampakuda Valiyapally (St. John of Ephesus Orthodox Church) and Pampakuda Cheriyapally (St. Thomas Orthodox Church). Tomb of the First Catholicose (Murimattathil Bava) of Malankara Orthodox Church was in Pampakuda Cheriyapally. Within the town, there are also 4 chapels and 3 kurisupallis (crosses) belonging to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. There are also other churches including CSI, Pentecostal(AG, IPC etc), marthoma etc. The village is famous for contributing the Malankara Malpans of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as ...
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Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipalityhttps://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located east of the district headquarters in Thrikkakara and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Muvattupuzha has a population of 30,397 people, out of which 15,010 are males and 15,387 are females and a population density of . Muvattupuzha is bordered by the Kottayam district on the southern side and the Idukki district on the eastern side. Muvattupuzha lies on the intersection between M C Road, MC Road and National Highway 49, about from the district capital Ernakulam. Muvattupuzha is located from Thodupuzha, from Koothattukulam, and away from Arakuzha. Etymology The town is named after the Muvattupuzha river that flows through it. The name is made up of three Malayalam words: ''Moonnu'' (), ''aaru'' (); and ''puzha'' (). ''Aaru'' is usually us ...
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States And Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ...
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Mulanthuruthy
Mulanthuruthy, also spelt Mulamthuruthy, is a south-eastern suburb of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. The historic Marthoman church is located here. Chottanikkara Temple is situated nearby Mulanthuruthy. Location It is about 15 km southeast of Kochi city centre and around 8 km east of Tripunithura. Mulanthuruthy is accessible by road from Kanjiramattom (5 km), Piravom (13 km), Tripunithura, and Ernakulam. It is situated on the banks of the Cochin Backwaters, part of the Vembanad Lake. A minor distributary of the Muvattupuzha River passes through Mulanthuruthy. Mulanthuruthy Railway Station is the local railhead. Cochin International Airport is the nearest airport. Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ..., Mulamthuruthy had a populati ...
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Kakkanad
Kakkanad is a region in Kochi, Kerala, located east of the city centre. The term is used to refer to an area covering Thrikkakara municipality and the built-up areas in the western parts of the adjoining Kunnathunad grama panchayat. Kakkanad is a region of great economic importance within the larger Kochi metropolis. It houses many industrial and IT projects including the Cochin Special Economic Zone, InfoPark, Kochi, Infopark, SmartCity, Kochi, Smart City and Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, KINFRA Export Promotion Industrial Park. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Ernakulam district, District of Ernakulam. History Kakkanad is located near Thrikkakara, the capital of the mythical King Mahabali. In verse 273 of ''Naṉṉūl'', a 13th-century book on Tamil grammar, Sankara Namasivayar recites a venpa that describes the twelve districts of Tamil Nadu where Koduntamil is spoken, as Thenpandi Nadu, Kuttanad, Kutta Nadu, Kuda Nadu, Karka Na ...
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Kozhencherry
Kozhencherry is a census town in Pathanamthitta district of South Central Kerala in Kerala state, India. census, the population was 12,021 of which 5,594 are males while 6,427 are females. Etymology The name ''Kozhencherry'' is believed to have originated from the Malayalam word “Kovilancheri,” which refers to a settlement near a temple in the banks of river. Over time, the name evolved into Kozhencherry. History Kozhencherry is located in central Travancore and at the heart of Pathanamthitta District. It lies along the banks of the sacred Pampa River, which originates from Sabarimala, and is surrounded by hills and lush green valleys. The town's history is deeply intertwined with that of Central Travancore State. Historically, Kozhencherry was one of the five major towns in the former state of Travancore. The land of Kozhencherry is highly fertile, supporting the cultivation of plantations, paddy, tapioca, coconut, rubber, pepper, sugarcane, vegetables, spices, and more. ...
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Thomas Of Cana
Thomas of Cana (Malayalam: K'nāi Thoma or Tomman Kinān, Syriac: K'nānāya Thoma) was a Syriac Christian merchant magnate who arrived to the Chera Dynasties capital city of Kodungallur between 345 A.D. and 811 A.D. Thoma brought with him Jewish-Christian families (early East Syriac Christian merchants) and clergymen from Persian Mesopotamia. Thoma received copper-plates of socio-economic rights known today as the Thomas of Cana copper plates.D'Aguiar, Rev. J. Monteiro. 'The Magna Carta of St. Thomas Christians', ''K. S. P.'', no. 4, p. 172 and 195. The descendants of Thoma and the migrants who arrived with him are known as the Knanaya or Tekkumbhagar (Southist) Christians, found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India. Scholars associate Thoma's migration with connecting the Church of Saint Thomas in India with the East Syriac liturgical tradition of the Persian Church of the East. Neill, pp. 42–43. Portuguese sources of the 17th century note tha ...
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Malankara Metropolitan
The Malankara Metropolitan, or the Metropolitan of Malabar, is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of the Malankara Syrian Church. It evolved from the sixteenth-century East Syriac metropolitans of India who were also styled as the Metropolitan of Malabar. Since the division among the Saint Thomas Christians following the Synod of Diamper, the title has been primarily associated with the Syriac branch from the West, commonly known as the Malankara Church. Among this group, the office of the Malankara Metropolitan became the continuation of the local dynastic Archdeaconate. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III succeeded Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, who died in July 2021, as Malankara Metropolitan. Overview The Saint Thomas Christian community of India traces its origins back to the first century when the Apostle Thomas is said to have established Christians the Christian presence in the Malabar Coast of India. After the arrival of Portuguese Catholic missionaries in Kerala i ...
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