Pattom is a dense commercial region 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 ...

city in

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, India. It is located approximately 4 kilometres north of centre of Thampanoor. Pattom is largely a residential area, also housing few important administration offices of Kerala State and a few shopping complexes. It has offices of Kerala Public Service Commission, Kerala State Planning Board, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Office, LIC Housing Finance Limited, State Resource Centre, District Panjayat Headquarters, Fire and Rescue Department Headquarters,

Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation The Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), known by its trade name 'Milma'', is a state government cooperative society established in 1980 headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. It is an India state government cooperative own ...

(Milma), Employees Provident Fund Regional Office and Kerala State Electricity Board. The Traffic Police and Telecommunication department, and the Kerala Science, Technology and Environment Head Office (Sasthra Bhavan) are also located in Pattom. Pattom is a major stop for buses plying to and from Thiruvananthapuram Central Bus Station and City Bus Station at East Fort. It makes as one of the busy intersections in Thiruvananthapuram with the meeting point of four roads including NH 66 to North Kerala as well as a Road to

Kowdiar Palace Kowdiar Palace is the official residence of the Travancore Royal Family, situated in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November ...

Trivandrum 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 ...

at Shanghumugham is away and Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station is away. Pattom is home to a significant Christian community. Cardinal

Baselios Cleemis Baselios Cleemis (born 15 June 1959) is the current Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was made a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. At the time of his elevation, he was the you ...

, the head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, served as the archbishop of St. Mary's Cathedral in Pattom prior to being elevated to the

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Notable people

* Pattom A. Thanu Pillai: former chief minister of Kerala from 1960 to 1962. *

Pattom Sadan Sadhasivan, popularly known as Pattom Sadan was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. His debut movie was Chathurangam in 1959. He was a famous comedy artist during the 1960s and 1970s. He acted in many Tamil movi ...

: film actor. *Deon Josy Shine

Picture gallery

File:The statue of Sree Chithira Thirunal Maharaja at Pattom Thanupilla Park.jpg, Statue of Sree Chithira Thirunal Maharaja at Pattom Thanupilla Park File:Trivandrum Pattam skykline.jpg, Pattom skyline File:Trivandrum Cathedral Fassade1a.JPG, St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom File:Trivandrum Kurie.JPG, St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom

References

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