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29 unusual facts about Kerala


Ahichatra

Nairs and Bunts of Kerala and Tulu Nadu who claim Kshatriya descent from the nagas as well as Namputhiri and Tuluva Brahmins(Hindu philosophers Adi Shankara and Madhvacharya belonging to these communities) trace their origins to this place.

Anti-Christian violence in Karnataka

The violence soon spread to Kolar, Dakshina Kannada and minor damage was reported from the state border of Kasaragod in Kerala.

Banana chip

Fried banana chips, usually made in the Indian state of Kerala, and known locally as nenthra-kaaya oopperi or upperi, are fried in coconut oil.

Beary dialect

Beary Basse (Beary language) is an Indian language mainly spoken by the Muslim communities mainly of "Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts)" and some parts of Kerala ( "in some parts of Kasaragod district" ) who are known as Bearys (Byaris).

Bonda

Keralites prefer the sweet one called Sugiyan, while the savoury version is common in the rest of India.

Communion of Churches in India

The name change to the Communion of Churches in India was declared a meeting of the delegates of the Joint Council assembled at Santhigiri, Aluva, Kerala from 7 to 10 March 2004.

Comparison of Asian national space programs

India's interest in space travel began in the early 1960s, when scientists launched a small rocket above Kerala.

Devan Nair

Nair was born in Malacca, Malaysia, the son of an Indian immigrant I.V.K. Nair, from Thalassery, Kerala.

Education reform

For example, in Kerala, India in the 1950s, increases in women's health were correlated with increases in female literacy rates.

Elections in Kerala

Elections in Kerala are regularly held to fill government officials at all levels of government in both Kerala and India as a whole.

Goa Inquisition

In 1599 under Aleixo de Menezes, the Synod of Diamper forcefully converted the East Syriac Saint Thomas Christians (also known as Syrian Christians or Nasranis) of Kerala to the Roman Catholic Church.

Guru Gopinath Natana Gramam

Guru Gopinath Nadana Gramam is located in a place called Vattiyoorkavu in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala.

Holy of Holies

The Saint Thomas Christians (also known as Nasrani or Syrian Christians) from Kerala, South India still follow a lot of Jewish Christian tradition.

Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College

Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College is a religious higher educational institute of Sunni Muslims of Kerala, India, founded by Ahamed Mohiyudheen Noorishah Jeelani.

Konkani in the Roman script

Konkani is a language that is spoken by 3.6 million speakers mostly on the western coast of the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.

Kuruvilla

Kuruvilla (also spelt as Kuruvila) is a rare Christian First Name from Kerala, South India.

Ladakh International Film Festival

The festival was organized by Kerala-based filmmaker Melwyn Williams Chirayath and his business associate Meghna Dubey, partners at Monasse Films.

Leif Frode Onarheim

From 1965 to 1967 he worked at the Indo-Norwegian Project on development aid in Kerala.

Madra

Bhagvatam Purana attests that the prince of Madra along with princes from Matsya, Usinara, Kosala, Vidharbha, Kuru, Srnjaya, Kamboja, Kekaya, Kunti, Anarta, Kerala was present at Samanta-pancaka at the occasion of the solar eclipse.

Mallya

Mallya or Mahale, is a common surname among Konkani speaking Gaud Saraswat Brahmins across the Konkan coast from Maharashtra to Kerala.

Mupli beetle

Luprops beetles have a notorious reputation since they can make life difficult when large populations invade farm houses, as reported in some parts of southern India, especially the state of Kerala.

Neralattu Rama Poduval

Neralattu Rama Poduval or Njaralathu Rama Poduval (1921–1996) was an exponent of the ashtapadi/sopanam music form practised in Kerala in southern India.

Pazhuvil Church

This church is one of the famous pilgrimage centers in Kerala.

Sivagiri

Sivagiri, Kerala where sage and saint His Holiness Sree Narayana Guru's tomb is located

Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit

Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) is a research oriented Public University located at Kalady near Kochi in Kerala.

St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally

St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally or Chandanapally Valiyapalli is one of the biggest churches in South India, located at a village named Chandanapally, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state of India.

Thantri

Thantris have the sole right to conduct certain core rituals in temples of Kerala and Tulunadu.

Tulu calendar

Tulu calendar (also known as Varsa or Vorsa) is one of the oldest traditional Indian solar calendars, generally used in the regions of South-West Karnataka and Northern Kerala, India.

Vishuva Sankranti

Maha Vishuva Sankranti is similar to the New Year festivals observed elsewhere in India such as Baisakhi (Punjab), Bihu (Assam), Juir Sheetal (Mithila), Naba Barsha (Bengal), Bisu Parba (Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka), Vishu (Kerala), and Puthandu (Tamil Nadu).


Adoor Prakash

He served as the Minister of Food & Civil supplies in the Oommen Chandy Ministry from 2004 to 2006.Presently he is the Revenue Minister of Kerala in the cabinet headed by Oommen Chandy.

Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology

The other members of the executive committee are Secretary to Government, Finance (Expenditure) Department, Govt of Kerala, Chairman, Kerala State Electricity Board, Member Secretary, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, two members nominated by Govt of Kerala and Director, ANERT (Member Secretary).

Alattiyur, Malappuram

Govinda Bhattathiri, a legendary figure in the Kerala astrological traditions, was born in this village in 1237 CE.

Appam

It is a staple diet and a cultural synonym of the Nasranis (also known as Saint Thomas Christians or Syrian Christians) of Kerala, India.

Aripara Falls

Aripara Falls (alternate spelling: Arippara Falls) is a tourist spot in Anakkampoyil near Thiruvambady Town in Kozhikode district, Kerala.

Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi High School, Thalassery

The school, managed by the North Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India, was upgraded to a high school by Rev. C. Mueller who came here to assist German missionary Hermann Gundert.

Bishop Moore College

Bishop Moore College is an aided college in Mavelikkara, Alappuzha district of Kerala, India.

Chavara

The public sector companies like KMML ( Kerala Minerals and metals Ltd)and IRE (Indian Rare Earths Ltd) are located in kerala.

Cherian Philip

In 2006, he contested as CPM – Independent candidate for Kerala Assembly Elections from Kallooppara and lost to Joseph M Puthussery (KCM -Kerala CongressMani.

Cheriya Konni

Cheriya Konni is a small village in the suburb of Trivandrum district of Kerala, India, located 14 km from the Kerala Constituent assembly and 15 km from the Secretariat.

Dhanalakshmi Bank Officers Organization

Dhanalakshmi Bank Officers Organisation (DBOO), founded in the year 1986, is one of the prominent trade union organisation in Dhanlaxmi Bank, Kerala.

Holy Innocents' Orthodox Church

Holy Innocents’ Orthodox Church (Valiya Pally), popularly known as Mezhuveli Valiyapally, is a church in Mezhuveli, Kerala, India.

Horaglanis krishnai

Horaglanis krishnai, the Indian blind catfish, is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to India where it is found in wells in the area of Kottayam in Kerala.

INS Magdala

The ship was a part of the 20th Mine Counter Measure Squadron (MCMS) and was placed under the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Kerala & Lakshadweep) at Kochi.

Jasuben Shilpi

Her sculpture works have been installed in Indian states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttarakhand.

Kaduthuruthy Valiya Palli

Located in Kaduthuruthy, the present Kaduthuruthy St. Mary’s Valiapally is a third building serving the congregation, and is linked to the history of the Knanaya community known as Southists (തെക്കു൦ഭാഗർ) (Knanites(ക്നാനായക്കാര്‍)), who migrated to Kerala under the leadership of Kanai Thommen in AD 345 from East Syria to escape from the severe persecution of Persian emperor Shapor-II.

Kallooppara St. Marys Orthodox Church

Mary's Orthodox Church is situated at the heart of a small village called Kallooppara, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India.

Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology

The Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (KCAET), the only Agricultural Engineering college in Kerala, is situated at Tavanur in Malappuram district.

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala

The case originated in February 1970 when Swami HH Sri Kesavananda Bharati, Senior Pontiff and head of "Edneer Mutt" - a Hindu Mutt situated in Edneer, a village in Kasaragod District of Kerala, challenged the Kerala government's attempts, under two state land reform acts, to impose restrictions on the management of its property.

Literacy in India

Kerala undertook a "campaign for total literacy" in Ernakulam district in the late 1980s, with a "fusion between the district administration headed by its Collector on one side and, on the other side, voluntary groups, social activists and others".

Madhu Omalloor

Dr. Madhu Omallur (aka P. Madhusoodanan Pillai), a cartoonist and journalist was born on 28-10-1954 at Omallur, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala.

Malabar large-spotted civet

In 1987, two skins were obtained near Nilambur in northern Kerala, an area that is dominated by cashew and rubber plantations.

Malayalam calendar

Malayalam Calendar (also known as Malayalam Era or Kollavarsham or Kollam Era) is a solar and sidereal calendar used in Kerala, India.

Mappila dialect of Malayalam

Often, the Malayalee Muslim community of Malaysia and Singapore and few of them in Kerala write Malayalam using Arabic Script.The dialect is extensively spoken by Muslims in the North Malabar region of Kerala i.e. in the districts of Malappuram, Kozhikode, Palghat, Wayanad, Trichur, Kannur and Kasaragod.

Nalini Ambady

A native of the state of Kerala, India, Ambady did her schooling at the Lawrence School, Lovedale, and joined college at the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi.

Navigability

Kollam-Kottapuram (in Kerala) stretch of West Coast Canal (410 km) along with Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal in February, 1993 as National Waterway 3

Neyyar

Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, a sanctuary in the southern state of Kerala in India

Ningalenne Communistakki

This drama propelled KPAC into the forefront of kerala cultural scene and played a historical role in popularising the Communist movement in Kerala during 1950's eventually leading to the establishment of first democratically elected communist ministry in the World in 1957 in Kerala under E. M. S. Namboodiripad.

Niranam Orthodox Diocese

Niranam Diocese is a diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church located at Niranam, Kerala.

P. C. John

John was born in 1876 (1051 Malayalam Year) at Kumbanad, Kerala to Padinjattedathu Chacko of the Kumbanattu family.

Pallana

The special remark of pallana is, here is the eternal resting place of great poet Mahakavi Kumaran Asan the true representative of cultural renaissance in Kerala who is introduced the new form of poetry called’Khandakavia’ to Malayalam.

Pazhaya Suriyani Pally

Pazhaya Suriyani Pally (loosely translated as Old Syrian Church) is located at Chengannur, 117 km north of the Kerala state capital Thiruvananthapuram on the MC Road.

Peruviruthy

Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada Temple is a temple dedicated to Duryodhana, is located in Poruvazhy Village of Kunnathur Tehsil in the Kollam district of Kerala, India.

Phyllanthus emblica

According to Hindu tradition, Adi Shankara of Kerala composed and recited the Kanakadhara stotram in praise of Mahalakshmi to make a poor Brahmin lady get wealth, in return for a single amla presented to him as bhiksha on an auspicious dwadashi day.

Puthur

Puthur, Thrissur, a village in the Thrissur district of Kerala, India

Ramesh Chennithala

Ramesh Chennithala (Malayalam:രമേശ്‌ ചെന്നിത്തല) (born 25 May 1956, in Chennithala, Mavelikkara, Kerala, India) is an Indian politician.

Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai

On June 26, 2008, Gavai was instead appointed as Governor of Kerala, switching posts with Kerala Governor R. L. Bhatia.

S. Rajasekharan

Rajasekharan is an approved research guide in Kerala, Calicut and Sanskrit Universities and Member of the Doctoral Committees of the University of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi Sanskrit Universities and Kalamandalam

Seal of Kerala

The current emblem of Kerala was adopted in 1960 when Pattom A. Thanu Pillai's government came to power after removal of communist government by Indian Central Government.

States Reorganisation Act, 1956

#Madras State: Malabar District was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.

T. V. Gopalakrishnan

Tirupanithurai Viswanatha Gopalakrishnan (born 11 June 1932 in Thripunithura, Kerala) is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician from Chennai.

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Born in the village of Thakazhy, in Kuttanad, Alappuzha district of Kerala, he started to write stories when he was a schoolboy.

Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station

It is the largest and busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of passenger movement and an important rail hub in Southern Railway.

Vira Varma

Vira Varma and his nephews, Ravi Varma and Kerala Varma (Pazhassi Raja) rose to prominence in turbulent days that followed Hyder Ali's invasion of Malabar in 1774.

Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary

In particular, Peafowl tend to be very common in the area.Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is the second largest wildlife sanctuary in Kerala.