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28 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.

Anwarul Islam Women's Arabic College Mongam

Anwarul Islam Women's Arabic College is an Arabic college affiliated to University of Calicut located at Mongam, in Malappuram district, Kerala.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Malayalam calendar

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

Mallya

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

Matrilocal residence

Examples of matrilocal societies include the people of Ngazidja, the Ancient Pueblo Peoples of Chaco Canyon, the Nair community in Kerala in South India, the Moso of Yunnan and Sichuan in southwestern China, the Siraya of Taiwan, and the Minangkabau of western Sumatra.

Mohammed Eeza

He was a son of the social and religious reformer of Kerala Vakkom Moulavi.

Norka

Non Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA), a department of Kerala Government to address the grievances of Non-Resident Keralites.

Palghat Anantharama Bhagavatar

He was a native of Palakkad, Kerala and was known for his powerful voice and individual style in singing.

Panampilly Nagar

Panampilly Nagar is a residential zone in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India.

Protestantism in India

Protestants in India are a minority in a predominantly Hindu country, but form majorities in the north-eastern states of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and sizeable minorities in Kerala and various east coast and northern states.

Pygmy elephant

Recent claims have been made from the southern end of the Western Ghats (in the southern Indian state of Kerala) concerning a dwarf species of elephant called "Kallana," a team of elephant experts have not yet found evidence of their existence in the area.

Shelley Malil

Shelley Mathew Malil (born in Kerala, India; December 23, 1964) is an Indian-born American actor.

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.

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.

Varayarangu

Now, this art genre is onto 2000 stages since it’s launching on June 22, 2008 at Artist V. S. Valliathan's second death Anniversary Commemorative Meeting conducted at Pandalam in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala State.

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.

Alattiyur, Malappuram

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

Architecture of Kerala

The Arabian Peninsula, the cradle of Islam also had direct trade contact with Kerala coast from very early times, as far as the time of Muhammad or even before.

Atmananda Krishna Menon

He was born as P. Krishna Menon in 1883 at Cherukulathu House, in Peringara, near Tiruvalla, in the state of Travancore, now a part of 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.

Bishop Moore College

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

BPL Group

In 1963, BPL founder and Group Chairman TPG Nambiar began manufacturing hermetically sealed precision panel meters in Palakkad, Kerala, under the name of British Physical Laboratories.

Chavara

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

Chavittu Nadakam

This form of play is prevalent among the Latin Christian community in the districts of Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur of 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.

Dimapur

Besides the dominant Naga tribes who comprise about 50% of the city's population, other prominent groups include Dimasas, Bengalis, Assamese, Oriyas, Nepalese, Biharis, Marwaris, Punjabis and also Tamils and Keralites.

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.

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.

Kerala Cricket Association

Instead of the star in the crest, a stylised image of Imperial Insignia of Sree Padmanabha's Shankha, which was the state emblem of the Kingdom of Travancore as well as state emblem of the State of Kerala, is used.

Kunchan

Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770), 18th-century satirist from Kerala, who was the originator of Ottamthullal

Kutuvantavida

Kutuvantavida in Malayalam / കുടുവ൯ടവിട / is a family name in the Malabar region of Kerala, India.

Lakeshore Hospital

Lakeshore is a Super-speciality Hospital located at Kochi in Kerala, India.

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".

M.E.S. Ponnani College, Ponnani

M.E.S Founder Dr. P. K. Abdul Gafoor,Former Kerala ministers E. K. Imbichi Bava and C.H. Mohammed Koya have major role in establishment of this college.

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.

Manjanikkara Dayara

It is situated at the top of the hillock in Manjanikkara, near Omallur, Pathanamthitta District, in South Kerala, India.

Manjula Chellur

In 2013 the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, consisting of Chief Justice Chellur and Justice Vinod Chandran, ordered the state government to submit a statement regarding the high-profile rape case against the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, P. J. Kurien.

Mysorean invasion of Kerala

Hyder Ali first marched to present day Kerala in 1757 as per request of King of Palghat who was a long-time military foe of the Zamorin of nearby Kingdom of Calicut.

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

Neelalohithadasan Nadar

In 1999 he assaulted forest officer Prakriti Srivastava and in 2000 assaulted IAS and Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala Nalini Netto.

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.

Neyyar

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

Niranam Orthodox Diocese

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

Ollur railway station

Ollur Railway Station has given big contributions to the growth of Thrissur District and Central Kerala.

Padmanabhaswamy Temple

As trustees of the temple, the Travancore Royal family have challenged the Kerala High Court's decision in the Supreme Court of India.

Palayam

Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala

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.

Poonjar

Raghubir Singh, the famed National Geographic photographer, has published photographs of this temple, nestled in the foothills of the high ranges of Kerala, in National Geographic.

Ramesh Chennithala

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

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

Sacred Heart Malankara Catholic Church, Mylapra

Sacred Heart Malankara Syrian Catholic Church or referred as S H Church is located in the village of Mylapra, near Pathanamthitta on the road side of the Main Eastern Highway in the Indian state of Kerala.

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.

South Zone cricket team

It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Malayattoor

St. Thomas founded churches in different places in Kerala including Kollam, Kodungalloor, Nilakkal, Niranam, etc.

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.

V. T. Induchoodan

V.T.Induchoodan (September 19, 1919 - January 25, 2002) was the son of Rama Varma and Nanikutty Amma of Thaiparambil House of Vadasserry near Kodungallur, Trissur District, Kerala, India.

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.