Pothencode, is a rapidly developing town and a developing area of

Thiruvananthapuram District Thiruvananthapuram District (), is the southernmost district in the Indian state of Kerala. The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, which is also Kerala's administrative centre. The present d ...

in the Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. Spiritual leaders Brahmasree Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi, Sree Rama Dasa Mission,

Karunakara Guru Karunakara Guru (1 September 1927 – 6 May 1999), also known as Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru, was an Indian Guru, and founder of Santhigiri Ashram in Pothencode, Kerala, India. Birth and childhood Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru was born on ...

and founder of Punnyabhumi Daily hail from the village. Pothencode is from

East Fort The Kizhakke Kotta, commonly known as East Fort, is a busy commercial street located at the heart of the central business district of Thiruvananthapuram city the capital of Kerala. East Fort is known as the heart of the city as it is located i ...

. It is included in Pothencode Grama Panchayat and Kazhakkuttom Block Panchayat.

Temples

Panimoola Temple is from Pothencode. Ariyottukonam Temple is from Pothencode. Rock cut temples are one of the main styles of

Kerala architecture Kerala architecture is a style of architecture found mostly in the Indian state of Kerala and in parts of Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka. Kerala's style of architecture is a unique Hindu temple architecture that emerged in the southwest part of ...

from the 7th to 9th centuries AD. This cave temple is found at the mid-height of the rock, facing south west. It has an oblong shrine, with rock-cut

lingam A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary ''murti'' or devotional im ...

, an

ardhamandapa In Hindu temple architecture, Ardhamandapa (lit. half-open hall), also spelled ''artha mandapam'' or ''ardh mandapam'', is an important element of the entrance group. It is an entrance porch forming a transitional area between the outside and a ma ...

and pillared facade. There is a circular walkway inside the

garbhagriha A ''garbhagriha'' or ''sannidhanam'' is the ''sanctum sanctorum'', the innermost sanctuary of a Hindu and Jain temples where resides the ''murti'' (idol or icon) of the primary deity of the temple. In Jainism, the main deity is known as the ''M ...

. The left wall of the ardhamondapa carries a

Ganapathy Ganesha ( sa, गणेश, ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in Ganapatya sect. His image is found throughout India. Hindu d ...

figure and the right side is a local chieftain. The temple is dated to about 850 AD. The Department of Archaeology declared this temple a protected monument in 1965.

Politics

Communist Party of India (CPI) is the

ruling party The ruling party or governing party in a democratic parliamentary or presidential system is the political party or coalition holding a majority of elected positions in a parliament, in the case of parliamentary systems, or holding the executive ...

. In the year 2016 Assembly election C.Divakaran got a lead of 700+ votes from this

panchayat The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical ment ...

. TR Anil is the panchayat President. Pothencode Grama panchayath is under Nedumangad Assembly Constituency. *

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

* Communist Party of India (CPI) and

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

* Bharathiya Janatha Party

Surroundings

Karoor is the nearest place where two temples, one high school, and two sports and arts clubs are situated. Mahadeva Temple Karoor, Maha Vishnu temple are the ancient temples situated here. Pradhosha Vrrath and Somavara Vratha and Ayillya are the special

poojas Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, mononymously known as Pooja, is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress, who has primarily appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sinhala and Malayalam language films. Early and personal life Pooja's mother, Sandhy ...

. Murukkumpuzha is a beautiful tourist destination surrounded by lake. The lake's water source is Perumathura sea.

Religion

Pothencode is a mixed village, accommodating

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

and Irreligion

Education

* Govt Higher Secondary School Ayiroopara * Lekshmi Vilasom High school * St.Thomas UPS Pothencode * St.Thomas LPS Pothencode * Govt UPS * Eiswara Vilasom UPS Koithoorkonam * Govt UPS Kalloor * Govt LPS Kalloor * NCSU * Pothencode Public Library *E-pro, Academy of Engineering * Santhigiri Vidyabhavan HSS & SSS * Nizamia public school * Mary Matha English Medium School * Sabarigiri International school

Govt Offices

* Sub Registrar Office, Pothencode

References

External links

Panchayath Page on Kerala.gov.in
{{Thiruvananthapuram district settlements Suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district