Vendore is a village in the Thrissur district 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 ...

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. Vendore is situated in between

Amballur Amballur is a suburban region of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Amballur had a population of 11757 with 5763 males and 5994 females. Location Amballoor is located about 20 km from the downtown Kochi. It ...

and Mannampetta. Vendore comes under

AlagappaNagar Alagappa Nagar is situated at Amballur Village in Mukundapuram Taluk in Thrissur District in Kerala State. Alagappa Nagar is 12.7 km far from Thrissur city. It is 221 km far from the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. There is a Textile Mill f ...

GramaPanchayat and the nearest town is Amballur, about 2 km away. The football ground 'Alagappanagar Football Ground' is in Vendore. Vendore is also famous for St Mary's Church and Nambooriyachan Temple . One of the old known mills, Alagappanagar Textile Mill, is also located here. The Panchayath office is located in Vendore nearer to the Veterinary Hospital.

History

The name Vendore came from the group of peoples who came and settled from

Kodungallur Kodungallur (; also Cranganore, Portuguese: Cranganor; formerly known as Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi, Muchiri, Muyirikkode, and Muziris) is a historically significant town situated on the banks of river Periyar on the Malabar Coast in Thr ...

due to Tippu Battle years ago. Since they were doing trade of ''Manjal'' others started calling them

Manjaly Manjali is a small town in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most popul ...

Educational institutions

Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Alagappanagar Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Alagappanagar is a Government-owned aided Vocational Education Institution in Thrissur district. The college was started by the educationalist and philanthropist, Dr. Alagappa Chettiar, who opened many education ...

* St. Francis Xavier LP School * St. Mary's LKG and UKG * Alagappanagar High School

References

Villages in Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub