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Kottapadi Co-Operative Bank
Kottapadi is a village near Guruvayur town in the district of Thrissur district, Thrissur, Kerala, South India. Kottapadi literally translates to ''Gates to Fort''. Kottapadi has now gained prominence Punnathurkotta for which it has been named, which used to house elephants belonging to the Guruvayoor temple. (''Punnathurkotta, Anakotta'' in Malayalam, literally translated as "Elephant Fort") Elephants that are an integral part of certain temple rituals are boarded and trained here. History Kottapadi was the seat of ''Punathur Raja'' who were the vassals of Zamorins. Punathur Raja is reported to have formed around 15th century when it separated from Talappili kingdom and aligned with the Zamorins. The name Kottapadi is derived from (''Punnathur Kotta'' or Punathur Fort) ''Kotta'' Fort and ''Padi'' Gate. Being a coastal village (6 km from sea) like many other parts of Kerala has white sand and Coconut farming was a major industry and still one can see large swaths of lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
