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Ooruttambalam | |
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medium Town | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 695507 |
| Telephone code | 0471 |
Ooruttambalam is a locality in Nemon City, the suburban area in Trivandrum situated in Kattakkada Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. [1]
Ooruttambalam is 16 kilometers from Kerala State Road Transport Corporation's Central Bus Depot, Thampanoor, and City Depot East Fort.
Regular bus services connect other parts of the city. [2] It is 4 kilometers from National Highway 66. The nearest towns are Balaramapuram, Kattakada, and Neyyattinkara.
The railway station is located 3 kilometers away and connects Ooruttambalam to Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram Central.
Neyyar dam, a tourist destination, is 16 km away. Its canal passes through the town and the water is used for agriculture.
In 1915, the Ooruttambalam Revolt (Nineteenth-Century Revolt) occurred under the leadership of Ayyankali. The same year, the Kallumala Agitation happened under the leadership of Ayyankali in the Perinad of Kollam. An attempt by Ayyankali to enroll a Pulayar girl in a government school led to violent acts perpetrated by upper castes against the community and eventually led to the burning of the school building. It became known as ‘Ooruttambalam Lahala’, and was followed by the first-ever agricultural strike in Indian history, fought for school admission.
OoruttambalamOoruttambalam Parankimamvila Sree Durga Bhagavathy Temple is located near Ooruttambalam Market. Devotees from across the state visit. The ''Durga Pooja'' and ''Bhagavathy Pooja'' of the temple are famous. Atham mahothavam (Mahotsav) has been celebrated during the Malayalam month "Medam" on the day of the Malayalam nakshatra "Attam" every year. People from all walks of life participate in the festival, including Hindus, Christians, and Muslims. Its major attraction is the "Thalappoli Ghoshayathra" (cultural procession), conducted during the last day. The procession starts from the temple and moves through velicode, pallithara and reaches Govindamangal Mahavishnu temple. From there it moves to Govindamangal Junction, Ooruttambalam Junction, Neeranamkuzhy Junction and comes back to the temple. The procession is accompanied by cultural programs such as Panchavadyam (orchestra of five instruments), Chnda Melam (orchestra of cylindrical percussion instrument, Nadaswaram (wind instrument used to produce classical music - the world's loudest non-brass acoustic instrument), and Nadaswaram Kettiya Gajaveen (elephant wearing the golden elephant caparison). The elephants carry Thidambu. It is taken out of the temple as Ezhunnallathu by the temple priest. This occasion is the only occasion on which the goddess comes out of the temple in full alankaras in Ulthasava Thidambu.
Valiyarthala Thampuran Temple is an ancient temple. Oorttu Festival, is very popular in this temple.
The post office, bank, and the village office are near Ooruttambalam junction.
Two schools are there. A high school and an LP School are near Good Shepherd Church Velikkodu, built by Portuguese missionaries in 1917.
Sree Saraswathy Vidyalayam, [3] CBSE is a subsidiary of Bharatheeya Vidya Nikethan, teaching students from Pre-KG to Plus Two.
The local government office (Panchayat office), a local branch of the main police station, is 1 km from Ooruttambalam.
Krishnapuram is a good agricultural place in Ooruttambalam. Farmers work full-time in banana plants and coconut plants.
Ooruttambalam Service Co-operative Bank is situated near the post office.
Pooram pronounced [puːɾam] is an annual festival, which is celebrated in temples dedicated to goddesses Durga or Kali held especially in Valluvanadu area and other adjoining parts of north-central Kerala after the summer harvest. Harimattom pooram is the one of the famous pooram in Ernakulam. An example of a famous pooram is Thirumandhamkunnu Pooram which has an active participation of 11 Lakh people across the country. Most pooram festivals have at least one ornately decorated elephant being paraded in the procession taken out of the temple precincts. However, there are some well known poorams, such as Anthimahakalankavu Vela, Chelakkara, Aryankavu Pooram at shoranur Palakkad and Machad mamangam near Wadakkanchery that do not use the caparisoned elephant, instead go for stilted mannequins of horses or bullocks. Vela is also a festival like pooram. Thrissur Pooram is the most famous of all poorams, known for fire works. The second best known Pooram in Kerala is Uthralikavu Pooram. Kavassery pooram is well known for fireworks during afternoon. Some other well-known pooram festivals are Arattupuzha-Peruvanam Pooram, Chalissery Pooram, Anthimahakalankavu Vela, Nenmara Vallangi Vela, Chinakathoor pooram, Mannarkkad Pooram, Kavassery Pooram, Pariyanampatta Pooram, Harimattom Pooram and Thirumandhamkunnu Pooram. Peruvanam-Arattupuza pooram is celebrating its 1436th year in 2018.
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