Kunnamthanam is a village in
Pathanamthitta district in Thiruvalla Revenue Division & Thiruvalla Constituency In the state of
Kerala,
India.
Kunnamthanam organized mass yoga practise with 5,000 people.
It is one of the nine villages that form
Mallapally
Mallappally (meaning "wrestler shrine" in Malayalam, from മല്ലൻ "Mallan" or "wrestler" + പള്ളി "palli" or "shrine") is a taluk in Kerala state in India. It is one of the five taluks that make up the Pathanamthitta district ...
Taluk of
Pathanamthitta
Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37 ...
district.
The main junction at Kunnamthanam is a major T-junction, as it is situated almost midway between
Mallappally and
Thiruvalla, at the center of a quadrilateral with
Changanacherry and
Karukachal
Karukachal is a town in Changanassery Taluk in Kottayam district of Kerala state in India. The name "Karukachal" was coined from the words "Karuka"(''Karukapullu'' in Malayalam) which is a type of grass which grew in plenty and "chal" meaning ...
as the other two vertices. Famous ''Madthilkavu Bhagavathi temple'' and ''St. Mary's Sehion Orthodox Church'' (popularly known as ''Vallamala Church'') are situated in Kunnamthanam. NSS High School is the oldest school in this village.
Demographics
India
census, Kunnamthanam had a population of 20157 with 9466 males and 10691 females.
Well known as Yoga Village
Schools
* NSS HSS Kunnamthanam
* St.Marys LP School Palakkathakidi
Syrian Christian Settlements
The Syrian Christian
colonization
Colonization, or colonisation, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gain advantage over other inhabitants of the territory. When ...
profoundly affected the historical backdrop of trade and
agribusiness
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy,
in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...
in these parts. The place is, hence, home to numerous Syrian Christian groups of Kerala who own large
farms and
bungalows, due to the creation of
latex.The Christians guarantee their underlying foundations from early settlements from
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
merchants and
East Syriac
The East Syriac Rite or East Syrian Rite, also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy ...
Christians from
Venad. Kunnamthanam turned into a significant warehouse for flavours like
pepper
Pepper or peppers may refer to:
Food and spice
* Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant
** Black pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
** Bell pepper
** Chili ...
, cardamom, and so forth.
Syro-Malankara and
Syrian Orthodox Christians occupations consisted of landowners, farmers and merchants.
Festivals
Padayani
Kunnamthanam has three popular temples 1) Madathilkavil Bhagavathi Temple, 2) Pulappukave Shiva Temple The latter is famous for its Padayani, an ancient festival that has been revived in recent years.
Tourist attractions
Madathilkavu Bhagavathy Temple is one of the famous temples in Pathanamtitta District situated in Kunnamthanam. This Temple is hallmark in Kunnamthanam.
St Joseph Catholic Church, Kunnamthanam, is located near the Kunnamthanam–Manthanam road.
The Little Servants of the Divine Providence is a convent begun here.
[http://divineprovidenceknm.org] The convent has a retreat center called Zion Retreat Center as well as a Providence Home that takes care of orphans and the elderly. The main attraction of Kunnamthanam grama Panchayat is, Kunnamthanam industrial development area (KINFRA)
References
External links
Pathanamthitta District - official website
Villages in Pathanamthitta district
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