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24 unusual facts about Kerala


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.

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.

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.

Guru Gopinath Natana Gramam

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

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.

Kairali

Kairali literally means "originating from Kerala".

Keralolpathi

The Keralolpathi (Malayalam: കേരളോല്പത്തി kēraḷōlpatti; literally 'Kerala's Origin') is a Malayalam work that deals with the origin of the land of 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.

Mohammed Eeza

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

Naanam Moonam

Naanam Moonam was a language used in middle part of Travancore, in Kerala.

Norka

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

Panampilly Nagar

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

Pazhuvil Church

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

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.

Shelley Malil

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

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

Thantri or Tantri is the Vedic head priest of Hindu temples in Kerala and a very few temples of coastal Karnataka in southern India.

Unnuneeli Sandesam

Besides the literary value of the work, it throws light on the geography of Kerala of that period.

Verukal

Verukal tells the story of a family of Tamil speaking Iyers who settled in Kerala.


Abraham Kovoor

After working briefly as a junior professor in Kerala, he spent the rest of his life in Sri Lanka, teaching botany in several colleges before retiring in 1959 as a teacher at Thurstan College, Colombo.

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.

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.

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.

Devan Nair

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

Don Bosco School Ernakulam

Don Bosco School Ernakulam is a public high school located in Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

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.

Erickavu N. Sunil

Erickavu N. Sunil was born (on 15 March 1977) to K. Narayana Panicker and V. Saraswathi Amma in Haripad, Kerala, India.

Francis Kodankandath

The Art of Happiness was inaugurated by His Holiness Dalai Lama at Cochin, Kerala on 25 November 2012.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala

Federal Bank, a major Indian commercial bank in the private sector, with headquarters in Aluva, Kerala, was be the principal sponsor of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Kutuvantavida

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

M. K. Cheriyan

M. K. Cheriyan (born August 13, 1940) popularly known as Kozhuvallor M. K. Cheriyan is a retired Principal of Bishop Moore College, an aided college in Mavelikara, Alappuzha district of Kerala, India.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Nirakazhcha

Nirakazhcha tells the story of an Italian painter who visits Kerala to recreate the magnificent Raja Ravi Varma paintings.

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.

P. C. John

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

P. K. Abdu Rabb

Abdu Rabb was born to Muslim League Leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala Late K. Avukader Kutty Naha and Kunhibiriyam Umma.

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

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.

Perunna Subrahmanya Swami Temple

This is the first temple in Kerala which was opened to all Hindus (irrespective of the caste), as per the order of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma of Travancore kingdom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thiruvithamcode

St Mary's Orthodox Church (Thiruvithamcode Arappally) which is believed to be established by St Thomas in the first century AD, along with seven other churches (ezharappallikal) in Kerala;

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.