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Malayattoor
Malayattoor is a village in Aluva taluk around 15 km (9 mi) northeast of Angamaly in Ernakulam District in the state of Kerala in South India. The name 'Malayattoor' is an amalgamation of the words ''mala'' (mountain), ''arr'' (river), and ''oore'' (place). Location Located 40 km from Kochi, the Malayattoor Pilgrim, Malayatoor Kurishumdy church is situated atop the 609 m high Kurishumudy. The church is dedicated to Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas, who is believed to have prayed at this shrine. One of the most important Christian pilgrim centres in Kerala, it attracts devotees in very large numbers from Kerala and the neighbouring states. The church is situated at Kurisumudi, a hill in the Western Ghats girdled partially by the Periyar (river). The Church has a life-size statue of St. Thomas and the imprint of the feet of the Apostles in the New Testament, Apostle on a rock. This shrine has been accorded an international pilgrimage station. Administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernakulam District
Ernakulam (; ISO: ''Eṟaṇākuḷaṁ'') is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, and takes its name from the Ernakulam, eponymous city division in Kochi. It is situated in the central part of the state, spans an area of about , and is home to over 9% of Kerala's population. Its headquarters are located at Kakkanad. The district includes Kochi, also known as the commercial capital of Kerala, which is famous for its ancient Churches of Kerala, churches, Hindu temples, List of synagogues in Kerala, synagogues and mosques. The district includes the largest metropolitan region of the state: Greater Cochin. Ernakulam district yields the highest revenue and the largest number of industries in the state. Ernakulam is the second most populous district in Kerala, after Malappuram district, Malappuram (out of List of districts in Kerala, 14 districts). The district also hosts the highest number of int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayattoor Pilgrim
The Malayattoor pilgrimage is an annual pilgrimage near the end of Lent to a hilltop Syro-Malabar Catholic church in Malayattoor in the South Indian state of Kerala. It is the largest Indian pilgrimage in honor of Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle (; , meaning 'the Twin'), also known as Didymus ( 'twin'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known as "doubting Thomas" because he initially doubted the resurrection of ..., for whom the church is named and who reputedly founded it himself in the first century CE. Pilgrims walk three kilometers uphill to the church, sometimes while carrying heavy wooden crosses. References {{Reflist Tourist attractions in Ernakulam district Pilgrimage in India Christian pilgrimages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angamaly
Angamaly () is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. Angamaly is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located northeast of the Kochi city centre. As of the 2011 Indian census, the municipality has a population of 33,465 people and a population density of . History Several old coins and other artifacts demonstrate that this region was predominantly Buddhist and Jain. Malayatoor Church, an international shrine, is located nearby. Tradition states that Thomas the Apostle visited the region from Kodungaloor port in AD 52. There is evidence of churches in the locality built as early as AD 409 and AD 822. Angamaly was the headquarters of Mar Abraham, the last East Syriac bishop of the Archdiocese of Angamaly. Originally established as a '' panchayat'' in May 1952, Angamaly became a municipality in April 1978 and has been a Ernakulam Assembly constituency since 1965. The area is known for the 1959 Angamaly police firing in which police fired upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodanad
Kodanad is a rural riverside village of Ernakulam district in Kerala, South India. It is 18 km from Angamaly. Kodanad is situated on the south bank of Periyar river, about 42 kilometers east of Kochi. The village is a major tourist destination because it houses an Elephant training center. Location Transportation Kodanad has got private bus services to places inside and outside Ernakulam District and run into several neighbouring towns. There are frequent bus services to Perumbavoor from here. AutoRickshaws are commonly used for small distances. The nearest railway stations are Angamaly and Aluva. The Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery is only 16 km from the Kodanad Elephant training centre. KL-40 is the RTO code for Kunnathunad Taluk and Perumbavoor. Perumbavoor JRTO is at Pattal. Kodanad is surrounded by many small but populous commuter villages, notably Koovappady, Thottuva, Alattuchira, Panamkuzhy, Cheranalloor, Kurichilakode, Kaprikad, etc. Vallam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalady
Kalady or Kaladi is a town located between Angamaly and Perumbavoor, east of the Periyar river, near to Malayattoor in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, not far from Cochin International Airport. It is notable as the birthplace of 9th century Indian philosopher Adi Shankara. Before 1906 acquisition THEKKEMADOM (a mutt established by Adi Shankara and entrusted with Padmapada paramara)enjoyed king ship and was entitled to even taxation as SHANKARA SANKETHAM For 6 centuaries. This right was to honour Shankara Acharya which continued even after independence till EMS ministry deregulated the right by special enactment. Kalady Devaswom the devasthanam of THRI KALADY APPAN lord of Kalady Sreekrishna- the ancestral deity of Adi Shankara rabodha Sudhskaram verse 243is the only temple and institution existing from the time of Shankara Acharya. Legend has It that it also was reinstated at child hood ages of Adi Shankara. In childhood for convenience of Shankara's mother ARYAMBA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koovappady
Koovappady is a village in Vallom, Perumbavoor ,Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. Koovappady is around 8 km north of Perumbavoor and is near to the Kodanadu elephant training centre. Other places of interest nearby include Kalady, the birthplace of Sankaracharya, and Malayattoor. Ganpati Vilasam High School is famous here. Education Centre # Peniel Bible Seminary And Missionary Training Centre # Government Polytechnic collage, Perumbavoor Temples of Koovapaddy # Aimury Siva Temple famous for the great Nandi idol named Brihat Nandi. # Cheranelloor Siva temple # Ganapathy temple https://web.archive.org/web/20130603022438/http://koovappadymahaganapathytemple.org/ # Thottuva Sri Dhanwanthari Temple # Pullamveli Kavu, Bhagavathy temple # Kallarakkal Mahavishnu Mahadeva Temple # Chelattu Sri Mookambika Temple # Pisharickal Bhagavathy Temple # Kottakkal Edmanakavu Bhagavathy Temple Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idamalayar Dam
Idamalayar Dam is a multipurpose concrete gravity dam located at Ennakkal between Ayyampuzha and Bhoothathankettu in Ernakulam district of Kerala on the Idamalayar, a tributary of the Periyar River in Kerala, South India. The dam however extends east as far as Malakkappara. Completed in 1985, with a length of and a height of , the dam created a multipurpose reservoir covering in the scenic hills of the Anamalais. The reservoir storage is utilized by a Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power station which has an Nameplate capacity, installed capacity of 75 Watt, MW with two units of 37.5 MW capacity, producing an annual energy output of 380 Kilowatt hour#Watt hour multiples and billing units, GW·h. The large reservoir created by the Idamalayar Dam is operated by the Kerala State Electricity Board to augment its Peaking power plant, peak power generation requirements. The dam will benefit the Idamalayar Irrigation Development Project by diverting water released from the tail ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjapra
Manjapra is a village in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located about 10 km from Angamaly and 6 km from Kalady. Chandrappura and Vadakkumbhagom are the main business centers. If you look at Manjapra from the sky, it looks like an island surrounded by paddy fields on all sides. The unique geographical feature of Manjapra is that all four entry points to this panchayat are from a ''padam'' (cultivated paddy field) and stream of water called as ''Thodu''. The first entry point is Kuzhiampadam from Kalady town, the second is Karingallikkadu padam from Angamaly town, the third is Naduthodu from Neeleswaram panchayat and the last is Kothayipadam from Azyampuzha panchayat. Another famous agriculture hub is Mularippadam, near Chandrapura. Manjapra, known as green village, is very close to the famous Christian pilgrimage centre, Malayattoor, which is one of the few places visited by Saint Thomas, an apostle of Jesus Christ. Also, it is closer to the ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostles In The New Testament
In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were the primary Disciple (Christianity), disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament. During the Life of Jesus in the New Testament, life and ministry of Jesus in the Christianity in the 1st century, 1st century AD, the apostles were his closest followers and became the primary teachers of the gospel message of Jesus. There is also an Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian tradition derived from the Gospel of Luke that there were Seventy disciples, seventy apostles during the time of Jesus' ministry. The commissioning of the Twelve Apostles during the ministry of Jesus is described in the Synoptic Gospels. After his Resurrection of Jesus, resurrection, Jesus sent eleven of them (as Judas Iscariot by then had Judas Iscariot#Death, died) by the Great Commission to spread his teachings to all nations. In the Pauline epistles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
