Avaneeswaram

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Avaneeswaram
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Avaneeswaram
Avaneeswaram (India)
Coordinates: 9°2′40″N76°49′46″E / 9.04444°N 76.82944°E / 9.04444; 76.82944 Coordinates: 9°2′40″N76°49′46″E / 9.04444°N 76.82944°E / 9.04444; 76.82944
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
691508
Telephone code+91 475 .......
Vehicle registration KL-
Nearest city Kollam - 34.7 km
Lok Sabha constituencyMavelikkara

Avaneeswaram is a small village located on Kunnicode-Pathanapuram road in Kollam district, Kerala. It is about 7 kilometers south of Pathanapuram town and 36 kilometers from Kollam. It is a part of Vilakkudy panchayat. Avaneeswaram has a FCI (Food corporation of India) storage facility. Economy of this village primarily is agricultural. Most common farm produce includes coconut, tapioca, areca, and cashews. Some rice cultivation is also seen.

Kunnicode or Kunnikode is a small village on NH 744 in the Kollam District.

Pathanapuram Town and Taluk in Kerala, India

Pathanapuram is a town in Punalur Revenue Division Of Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is situated in Pathanapuram taluka, of which it is also the headquarters. Pathanapuram is a part of Grama Panchayat and Block panchayat of same name and part of Kollam District Panchayat.

Kollam Metropolis in South India, India

Kollampronunciation , also known by its former name Quilonpronunciation  and Coulão and Desinganadu, is an old seaport and city on the Laccadive Sea coast of the Indian state of Kerala. The city is on the banks Ashtamudi Lake. Kollam has a strong commercial reputation since the days of the Phoenicians and Romans. Fed by the Chinese trade, it was mentioned by Ibn Battuta in the 14th century as one of the five Indian ports he had seen during the course of his twenty-four year travels. Desinganadu's rajas exchanged embassies with Chinese rulers while there was a flourishing Chinese settlement at Kollam. In the 9th Century, on his way to Canton, China, Persian merchant Sulaiman al-Tajir found Kollam to be the only port in India visited by huge Chinese junks. Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller, who was in Chinese service under Kublai Khan in 1275, visited Kollam and other towns on the west coast, in his capacity as a Chinese mandarin.

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Transport

The roads to Thalavoor and Pattazhy pass through Avaneesaram. Avaneeswaram is connected to Kollam city by Kollam-Punalur Broad gauge railway line. Avaneeshwaram railway station (Code: AVS) falls under the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway Zone. [1] It is a 'D-Class' Adersh Station. [2]

Kollam–Sengottai branch line

The Kollam–Sengottai branch line is a railway line in South India which connects Kollam Junction in Kerala state and Sengottai in Tamil Nadu. The Quilon–Shencottah railway line was the first railway line in the erstwhile Travancore state and is more than a century old. The Kollam–Sengottai section is part of the Kollam–Chennai metre gauge rail route commissioned by the British in 1904. The line has been completely converted to broad gauge and is now fully operational from Kollam Junction to Shengottai.

Madurai railway division Railway division of India

Madurai railway division is a railway division belonging to the Southern Railways (SR), India. Officially created in 1856, it spans over 1,356 km (843 mi) making it the largest railway division of the Southern Railways. Prior to the formation of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division which was carved out of the division, it was one of the largest railway divisions in the whole of the country. Currently it covers up to 12 districts of Tamil Nadu and 1 in Kerala. Its headquarters is in Madurai.

Train services from Avaneeswaram

Train NumberSourceDestinationName/Type
56715 Punalur Kanyakumari Passenger
56332 Kollam Junction Punalur Passenger
56331 Punalur Kollam Junction Passenger
56334 Kollam Junction EdamonPassenger
56700 Madurai Punalur Passenger
56333Edamon Kollam Junction Passenger
56336 Kollam Junction EdamonPassenger
56365 Guruvayur EdamonFast Passenger
56335Edamon Kollam Junction Passenger
56701 Punalur Madurai Passenger
56366Edamon Guruvayur Fast Passenger
56338 Kollam Junction Punalur Passenger
56716 Kanyakumari Punalur Passenger
56337 Punalur Kollam Junction Passenger

Worship centers

There are many worship centers in Avaneeswaram. Thanniyappankavu Sree Mahadevar Temple, St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Emmanuel Marthoma church, St.Mary's Malankara Catholic church, Avaneeswaram Juma Ath etc. are some of them

St. Mary's Orthodox Church

St. Mary's Orthodox Church, is located in Kottarakkara Punalur diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. [3] [4]

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Orthodox Church in Kerala, India

The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, also known as the Indian Orthodox Church, is an autocephalous church centered in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the churches of India's Saint Thomas Christian community, which has its origin in the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. The church is headed by the autocephalous Catholicos of the East and the Malankara Metropolitan, presently Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II.

History

The first chapel was built in 1957 october. In 1958 February 2 new church came into being exist. Holy Qurbana was conducted only in one day in month. Rev Fr C. Sachariah was the first vicar. Vicar was acted as the first trustee and first secretary was C. J. Thomas, Muttatherill. There are 39 families in church in first time. [5] In 1968 construction of second church started. In 1974 completed the construction started worship. [6] In 2013, construction of third church started and in 2017 completed it. Now it is open for worship. [7]

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References

  1. Kerala to conduct survey of 14 railway overbridges
  2. Adersh Railway Stations in India
  3. Mariyan smaranika (2017 ed.). Avaneeswaram church: St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Avaneeswaram. p. 24-25.
  4. "Diocese of Kottarakara-Punalur". mosc.in. Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
  5. Mariyan smaranika (2017 ed.). Avaneeswaram church: St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Avaneeswaram. p. 154-156.
  6. Mariyan smaranika (2017 ed.). Avaneeswaram church: St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Avaneeswaram. p. 154-156.
  7. Mariyan smaranika (2017 ed.). Avaneeswaram church: St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Avaneeswaram. p. 161-162.