Thalavoor Thrikkonnamarkodu Durga Devi Temple Kalathattu

Railway line near Kuri railway station, Jan 2020

Thalavoor Thrikkonnamarkodu Durga Devi Temple Navagraha Mandapa

Thalavoor Thrikkonnamarkodu Durga Devi Temple Front view Near

Thalavoor is a village located in the district of

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in the

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state of

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. It is 77 km to the north of the State Capital,

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, and 28 km to the east of District Capital,

. Thalavoor village is bordered by Pattazhy village to the north, Pidavoor village to the north-east, Vilakkudy village to the south-east, Melila village to the south and Mylom village to the west. Thalavoor is a part of

Pathanapuram Block Panchayat Pathanapuram Block Panchayat is a Block Panchayat in Kollam district, Kerala state, India. The headquarters of this block panchayat is situated in Pidavoor, Pathanapuram. Panchayats in the block There are six Grama Panchayats in Pathanapuram Blo ...

History

In earlier times, this land was a part of Elayadathu Swarupam, a principality ruled by a branch of the

Travancore The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. At ...

Royal Family.

Kottarakkara Kottarakkara (IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as ''Kottarakara'', is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of the Kerala, India. The town is close to Kollam Port, which has a rich history linked to the early medieval per ...

was the capital of Elayadathu Swarupam.

Etymology

Up to 18th century, this land was a part of "Ilayidathu Swaroopam". At that time, most of the leaders (

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: Thalavanmaar) in the Ilayidathu Swaroopam were from this place. They headed various departments of this royal dynasty. Hence this place came to known as "Thalavoor", meaning "Thalavanmaarude Ooru" i.e. "The Place of Leaders".

Geography

Geographical Location

Latitude : 9°2'40"N Longitude : 76°49'46"E

Sectors of Land

The land of thalavoor is traditionally divided into six zones. *Pandithitta (North-West Zone of Thalavoor) *Manjakkala (North-East Zone of Thalavoor) *Nadutheri (Central Zone of Thalavoor) *Njarakkadu (South-East Zone of Thalavoor) *Kura (South-West Zone of Thalavoor) *Vadakodu (South-West Zone of Thalavoor) *Aringada (South Zone of Thalavoor)

Governance

Thalavoor, like other parts of India, is governed by different levels of government such as the three tiers of 'Panchayatraj', namely Village, Block and Jilla and, of course, the state and central governments. The revenue and land administration has the village as the basic unit. Wards of Thalavoor Gramapanchayath

Places of worship

Thalavoor Thrikkonnamarkodu Durga Devi Temple

Hindu Temples

*Sri Durga Devi Kshetram, Trikkonnamarcodu, Njarakkadu *Sri Mahadeva Kshetram, Saptarshimangalam, Nadutheri *Sree Krishna Kshetram, Nadutheri *Sri Gurisimankavu Dharmashasta Kshetram, Pandithitta *Thrikkara Sree Krishna Swami Kshetram, Kura *Sree Mahadeva Kshetram, Chunakkara, Millumukku, Kura *Sri Vasudevancode Kshetram, Vadacode *Charoor Bhagavathy Temple, Vadacode *Kaduvancode Bhagavathy Temple, Vadacode *Sree Durga Devi Temple, Aringada *Sree Nagaraja Kshetram, Randalumoodu *Sree Atoorkavu Devi Kshetram, Manjakala *Sree Mahalakshmi Temple manjakkala pulimukku *Sree Dharmasastha temple manjakkala

Malanadakavu

Chundamala malanadakavu, Randalummoodu

Churches

*St. George Orthodox Church, Ambalathinnirappu *Shalom IPC Hall, Ambalathinnirappu *Palakkuzhi Marthoma Church Ambalathinnirappu *Mar Semavoon Destooni Orthodox Church, Manjakkala *Trinity Marthoma Church, Manjakkala *St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church, Manjakkala *St. George Orthodox Church, Kulamudy *St. Jude Orthodox Chapel, Santhi Bhavan, Nadutheri *St. George Orthodox Church, Naduthery (East), Melepura *Bethel AG Church, Nadutheri *Marthoma Church, Nadutheri *St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Pandithitta *Tabor Marthoma Church, Pandithitta *Divya Rekshaka Latin Catholic Church (Romapally), Pandithitta *Brethren Church, Pandithitta *St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church, Pandithitta *C.S.I. Church, Randalummoodu *St. Mary's Orthodox Valiya Palli, Randalummoodu *St. John's Orthodox Church, Vadacodu *St. John's Malankara Catholic Church, Vadacodu *St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church, Alakkuzhy *Sacred heart latin catholic church, Aringada

Educational institutions

*Government Lower Primary School, Vadacodu *Government Lower Primary School, Kura, Thalavoor *Government Lower Primary School, Njarakkadu, Thalavoor *Government Lower Primary School, Pandithitta *Government Upper Primary School, Nadutheri, Thalavoor *Devi Vilasom Vocational Higher Secondary School and Devi Vilasom High School, Thalavoor *Indira Gandhi Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School, Manjakkala, Thalavoor *Government W.L.P.S., Pandithitta *Christhuraj I.T.C., Pandithitta *Holy Cross Public School, Pandithitta *Government Welfare LPS, Aruvithara

Hospitals

*Government Ayurveda Hospital, Nadutheri, Thalavoor *Primary Health Centre, Thalavoor *Ayush Primary health centre, NHM, Homoeo, Thalavoor

Nearby Places

Kunnicode Kunnicode is a town on NH 744 (Kollam- Thirumangalam highway) in the Kollam District. Location It is located from Kottarakkara, from Pathanapuram and from Punalur. Politics Kunnicode is a part of Pathanapuram Assembly in Mavelikara (Lok S ...

-4 km *

Pattazhy Pattazhy, also Pattazhiis a village located in Pathanapuram taluk in the eastern part of the Kollam District, Kerala state, India. It is best known as the site of an ancient Bhagavathy temple, Pattazhy Devi Temple. Pattazy is a part of Path ...

-6 km *

Pathanapuram Pathanapuram is a Town in Pathanapuram Taluk Kollam district, Kerala, India. Pathanapuram is a part of Grama Panchayat and Block panchayat of same name and part of Kollam District Panchayat. History The history of Pathanapuram goes back to T ...

-8 km *

Punalur Punalur is a Municipality in Kollam district of Kerala State in India. It is the headquarter of the Punalur Taluk and Punalur Revenue Division. It's situated in the eastern part of Kollam district of Kerala, on the banks of the Kallada River a ...

-12 km

External links

Villages in Kollam DistrictThalavoor in the thematic atlas of Kollam District - availability of approach roadsThalavoor Panchayat - General InformationOutline of Thalavoor Grama Panchayat

References

Villages in Kollam district