Thamarakulam or Thamarakkulam is a business centre and neighbourhood of

Kollam Kollam (;), is an ancient seaport and the List of cities and towns in Kerala, fourth largest city in the Indian state of Kerala. Located on the southern tip of the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea, the city is on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake ...

city in

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. Thamarakulam is a part of

Downtown Kollam Downtown Kollam is the primary central business district in the city of Kollam, Kerala, India. Located entirely within the former municipality of old Quilon, it is approximately bounded by Chinnakada to the east, Tangasseri, Thangassery to the W ...

area and is near

Chinnakada Chinnakada or Chinnakkada is considered as the heart of the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. Chinnakada is a busy junction where 5 city roads and one National highway interconnect at a traffic roundabout. The city's symbolic clock tower is loc ...

Temple

Ganapathy temple in Thamarakulam is a very famous Hindu temple and worship centre in

Kollam district Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 List of districts in Kerala, districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major La ...

. The caparisoned elephants from this temple are exhibited publicly during the celebrations of

Kollam Pooram Kollam Pooram (Malayalam: കൊല്ലം പൂരം) is a ten-day festival held every year in April in Kollam City in the Indian state of Kerala. The festival attracts a large number of people from all parts of the state and is organised ...

. The Ezhunnellippu of elephants from Thamarakulam temple is a regular ritual of

, witnessed by thousands of spectators.

Local authority

The Kollam Development Authority office is situated at Thamarakulam.

Partner Kerala Meet 2014

The

Government of Kerala The Government of Kerala (abbreviated as GoK), also known as the Kerala Government, is the administrative body responsible for governing the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who ...

organized an urban development meet in the name ''Partner Kerala'' in February 2014. The

Kollam Municipal Corporation Kollam Municipal Corporation (KMC) is an ISO 9000#Contents of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 9001:2015 certified civic body that governs the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the fourth-largest city corporation by population in the state, ...

and the Kollam Development Authority submitted a number of proposals for Thamarakulam to the Partner Kerala Meet 2014. These were: *The

unveiled its plan to construct a commercial complex-cum-convention centre and multilevel car parking at Thamarakulam at a total cost of Rs 178.53 crore. *The Kollam Development Authority proposed a shopping mall, office complex and exhibition-cum-trading centre for micro, small and medium enterprises at Thamarakkulam at a cost of Rs 80 crore.Partner Kerala: EoIs Worth Over Rs 1,863 Crore Inked
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Neighbourhoods in Kollam {{Kollam-geo-stub

Temple

Local authority

Partner Kerala Meet 2014

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