Pathanamthitta District is a district in the southern part of Kerala, India. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalities in Pathanamthitta: Tiruvalla, Adoor, Pathanamthitta and Pandalam.
Muvattupuzha is a prominent old town in the midlands directly to the east of Kochi. It is situated at around 40 km (25 mi) from downtown Kochi. The town is a growing urban centre in central Kerala and also an aspiring new district headquarter. The town is also popular as the starting point of Muvattupuzha river which happens by the merging of three rivers – namely Thodupuzhayar, Kaliyar and Kothayar – to form Muvattupuzhayaar. Thus, this Thriveni Sangamam or confluence of three rivers is called Muvattupuzha.
Mundakayam, is a town in Kanjirappally Taluk in the Kottayam District of Kerala. It is the doorway to the high ranges of southern Kerala, and is at the border of Kottayam and Idukki districts. The next nearest town, Kanjirappally, is 14 km (8.7 mi) from Mundakayam. Mundakayam has rubber plantations, and greenery. The Manimala River runs through Mundakayam. It is located 48 km east of the district headquarters at Kottayam and 148 km from the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. The name Mundakayam is said to be derived from the Mundi cranes that used to be seen along the Manimala River banks.
Marthoma Nazrani Archeparchy of Changanassery is a Syrian Eastern Catholic archeparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Currently, it is one of the largest Catholic Diocese in India. It is one of the first two Vicariates and the second Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy which can be considered as a prelude to the restoration of the identity of the Church in 1992 as a Sui Juris Church.
Erattupetta is a municipal city located in eastern Kottayam district of the state of Kerala, India. It is 38 km east of Kottayam, the district capital, and its just 13 km east of the city Pala. Erattupetta was known as Erappili and Erappuzha before. The town is a part of the Palai city metro.
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam is an East Syriac Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was established by Pope Pius XII in 1957. Mar Mathew Pothanamuzhy was the first bishop of the eparchy. Mar George Punnakottil served as the bishop until 10 January 2013, when his resignation was accepted by the synod. He was succeeded by Mar George Madathikandathil.
The Marthoma Nazrani Eparchy of Idukki is a suffragan eparchy in southern India, in the proper ecclesiastical province of the Major Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly, which heads the entire Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, hence dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Karimannoor is a panchayat, earlier it was a Legislative Constitutancy, belonging to Thodupuzha Thaluk in Idukki District, Kerala, India. The main occupation of the population is Agriculture, predominantly of natural rubber. Demographically people belonging to Christian, Hindu and Muslim religions live harmoniously in this beautiful piece of land in God's very Own Country. The predominant community here is the Syro-Malabar Catholic Christians.
Nadavayal is a town near Sultan Bathery in Wayanad district, Kerala, India. This small town hosted early migrants from Travancore (Thiruvithaamkoor).
Udumbanchola is a taluk in Idukki district of Kerala state in India. This is in the high-ranges. Nedumkandam is the major town and capital of Udumbanchola taluk. This taluk borders Tamil Nadu state. This is the biggest taluk in Kerala state and is the location of Mathikettan Shola National Park.
Kallorkkad is a village in Ernakulam district in Kerala, India. Most of its people are either farmers or engaged in small-scale business.
Neriamangalam is a village in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala.
Neriamangalam is on the banks of Periyar River. It is on the border of Ernakulam and Idukki districts. Agriculture is the predominant occupation in this area. The Neriamangalam Bridge, Ranikallu etc. are of historical importance. The Neriamangalam Bridge, built across the Periyar river, is often referred as 'The Gateway to the Highranges' as it is on the way to the higher regions of Idukki district, especially Munnar. The bridge was made by the Maharaja of Travancore in 1935. Now the bridge is a part of National Highway 49 which leads to Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu.
The St Joseph's church, Neriamangalam is a major place of worship for Syro-Malabar Christians of this region. The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Neriamangalam is an important educational institution in this region.
Neriamangalam gets the highest average rainfall in the state of Kerala. So this place is aptly hailed as 'The Cherrapunjee of Kerala'. The nearest town is Kothamangalam, which is about 17.6 km (11 mi) from Neriamangalam.
Muttukad is a city in Idukki district, Kerala, India.
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Thrissur is the chief bishop and principal leader of the nearly half a million Syro Malabar Catholics now used to be the largest catholic diocese in India, when it included the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda, Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat and Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram. He is also the Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur. The title is more powerful as he is the custodian of St. Thomas Church (Palayur), where Christianity came to Indian sub-continent, and have two blessed people, Maria Theresa Chiramel and Euphrasia Eluvathingal in the Archdiocese.
This page gives a list of the territories of the dioceses of the Catholic Church in India.
St. Augustine's Higher Secondary School, Karimkunnam in Idukki district, Kerala is a co-educational institution established in 1938 which is run by the Knanaya Catholic Archdiocese of Kottayam. The school is operated by the corporate educational agency of the archdiocese.
George Thomas Kottukapally of Palai, Kerala, India, was a Member of Parliament, philanthropist, one of South India's largest plantation owners, public intellectual, an Indian independence activist and a member of the Indian National Congress including having taken part in the Indian Independence Movement through the Non co-operation movement in 1921. Post India's Independence in 1947, Kottukapally was elected as the Municipal Chairman, a position equivalent to that of a Mayor for the municipal township of Palai, Kottayam, Kerala which he held between 1948 and 1953. Further, he was elected as an Indian Member of Parliament representing the Indian National Congress party in the 1st Lok Sabha and the 2nd Lok Sabha from 1953 till 1962 for the erst-while constituency of Muvattupuzha which consisted of the whole of Idukki, parts of Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Chalakudy. He was also India's representative to the United Nations in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Delegation in 1958.
Changanassery Railway Station is a railway station in Kottayam District, Kerala and falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway Zone, Indian Railways. Changanassery is the largest railway station in Kottayam district. It is an NSG 4 category station. There is a chance to halt few more trains in Changanacherry due to the increase in the number of the rushing passengers in Kottayam and Thiruvalla station from Kanjirappally, Changanassery and Kuttanad regions.
