Keraladithyapuram is a small village situated in the suburbs of

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

.It is 1 km away from Mannathala and situated on

Mannanthala Mannanthala is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. It is located on the Main Central Road, after Nalanchira, in the direction of Kottayam.http://wikimapia.org/10748791/Mannanthala Keraladithyapuram is about away fr ...

-Powdikonam-

Sreekariyam Sreekaryam is a city locality in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala, India. It is located 3 km north of Ulloor and is about 11 km away from Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station. It is situated midway between Kazhakoottam and ...

route. It is located at.

Location

Keraladithyapuram is located at. It is 1 km away from

Main Central Road Kerala's State Highway 1 or KL SH 1, also known as Main Central Road or MC Road, is the arterial state highway starting from Kesavadasapuram in Thiruvananthapuram and ends at Angamaly, a suburb of Greater Cochin in Ernakulam district, in the s ...

and 11 km away from the city

East Fort Kizhakke Kotta, also known by its English name East Fort, is a busy commercial street located at the heart of the central business district of Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala. Since Thiruvananthapuram was the capital of the kingdom of Travan ...

.The nearest

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Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is an international airport that serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and the fifth international airport of ...

which is 13 km away and the nearest

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Thiruvananthapuram Central Thiruvananthapuram Central (station code: TVC,) is an NSG–2 category railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a major railway station that serves the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of ...

is 10 km away. Regular

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service is provided by

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the country's oldest state-run public bus transport services. The corporation is divided into three zones ( ...

Culture

Majority of the population are

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

's. Hindu's, Muslim's and Christian's coexist peacefully in this lush greeny village. The area is surrounded by a number of

Hindu Temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

's and other religious centers. Kelamangalam Sree Mahavishnu Temple one of the

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which is renovated by His Highness Sree Chithra Thirunal. The main

deity A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over some aspect of the universe and/or life. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines ''deity'' as a God (male deity), god or god ...

Mahavishnu Mahavishnu () is an aspect of Vishnu, the principal deity in Vaishnavism. In his capacity as Mahavishnu, the deity is known as the Supreme Purusha, the absolute protector and sustainer of the universe, the one who is beyond human comprehensio ...

. The

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is faced to the

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. Mailappaly Devi Temple is also one of the prominent temple in the area. Christian religious institutions like Mar Thoma Bishop's House and Trivandrum Bible College are also situated in the area.

Places of interest

* Kelamangalam Sree Mahavishnu Temple * Sree Mailappally Devi Temple * Mar Thoma Bishop's House

References

{{Thiruvananthapuram district settlements Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district