Thiruvanvandoor (pronounced ) is a village Near Thiruvalla,in Chengannur

Taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

in Alappuzha district, in

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.Alapuzha Taluk Census
, alappuzha.gov.in Census 2001.

Region

The village of Thiruvanvandoor is connected with

Main Central Road The Main Central Road, better known as MC Road is the arterial State Highway starting from Kesavadasapuram in Trivandrum city and ends at Angamaly, a suburb of Kochi city in Ernakulam District, in the state of Kerala, India. It is designated ...

at two junctions on the road. One is at

Kallissery Kallissery (; ) is a small town in Chengannur Taluk of Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. Location Kallissery is a town on the MC ROAD part of the Thiruvanvandoor village in the district of Alleppey and is a prominent area of local busine ...

and other is at Pravin Coodu. Kallissery is the major town in Thiruvanvandoor.

Religion

Hinduism

Thiruvanvandoor lies near

Pandanad Pandanadu (also known as Pandavar Nadu) is a village in Chengannur taluk in Alappuzha district, in Kerala, India.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 ...

which is believed to be founded by the

Pandava The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) refers to the five legendary brothers— Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva—who are the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. They are acknowledge ...

s during their exile period. The region of

Pandanad Pandanadu (also known as Pandavar Nadu) is a village in Chengannur taluk in Alappuzha district, in Kerala, India.Hindu temple A Hindu temple, or ''mandir'' or ''koil'' in Indian languages, is a house, seat and body of divinity for Hindus. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together through worship, sacrifice, and devotion.; Quote: "The Hin ...

s Vanavathukkara that bear historic and architectural value. A popular temples in the Thiruvanvandoor region are Thiruvanvandoor Mahashetram and Sree Gosalakrishna Temple.

Thiruvanvandoor Mahashetram and Sree Gosalakrishna Temple

sree gosalakrishna temple is the famous temple nearer to the ancient temple Thiruvanvandoor Mahashetram build by pandava (nakula),these two temples are in the same compound, nakula worshipped lord vishnu at the time of vanavasam . gosalakrishna temple was built about 50 years ago by the devotees of different kara (villages). A major event is the annual festival where temple elephants are used.Sree Gosalakrishna Temple Festival
The Hindu, Pathanamthitta, 19 May 2010. The temple is administered by Travancore Devaswom Board of the Government of Kerala. Every year on 19 May Gajamela is conducted on the last day of the temple festival.

Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

, Thiruvanvandoor had a population of 13831 with 6618 males and 7213 females.

References

Villages in Alappuzha district {{Alappuzha-geo-stub