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Puliyanam | |
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village | |
Coordinates: 10°12′58″N76°21′17″E / 10.216001°N 76.354833°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Kerala |
District | Ernakulam |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 683572 |
Puliyanam is a small town situated near Angamaly, [1] Ernakulam district, [2] Aluva taluk, Parakkadavu Panchayat [3] in the state of Kerala, India. [4] It is 5 kilometres west from Angamaly and 11km north from Cochin International Airport. The nearest railway station is Angamaly.
It was once a forest with a canopy of tamarind trees (puli maram), and was called 'Pulivanam' which eventually became Puliyanam. [5] An alternative explanation for the origins of the name is that the area was once inhabitied by leopards (puli). [5] The word vanam means 'forest' in Malayalam. [5]
Puliyanam is famous for granite production. [5] Puliyanam stone is used for making high quality idols for temples and various other complex granite shapes. [5] There were once as many as 50 granite quarries. [5]
Areca nuts were also a major source of income for the local economy. [5] Other agricultural products here included rice, banana, Tapioca, coconut, Bean, trees and rubber.
Puliyanam has two temples – Chirakkal Mahadeva temple [6] and Bhadrakali Mattappilly temple. [5]
A local primary school established in 1947 later became GHSS Puliyanam. [5] [7]
The St Fransis LPS, Desasevini vayanasala, Kalamandalam Hyderali memorial kathakali club, United Arts & Sports Club, Millenium Arts and sports club, Ethernet Web Solutions, Navadhara club and Sneha Cultural Center are all situated in puliyanam.
The Mattappilly family were early residents of Puliyanam. [5] The famous drama artist "Puliyanam Poulose"is from here. Parameswaran Namboothiri from Puliyanam Parakkadavu Madavana Mana was melsathi of Malikappuram temple in 2019. [8] Gangadharan AK (Gangadas) ,former KSEB superintendent lives here.