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| Member of Parliament Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Preceded by | C. N. Jayadevan |
| Constituency | Thrissur |
| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | K. P. Rajendran |
| Succeeded by | V. R. Sunil Kumar |
| Constituency | Kodungallur |
| In office 2001–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Krishnan Kaniyamparambil |
| Succeeded by | Geetha Gopi |
| Constituency | Nattika |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
T. N. Prathapan is an INC politician from Thrissur who is MP from Thrissur.
He was a MLA of the Kerala Legislative Assembly of Kodungallur from 2011-16 and of Nattika from 2001-2006.&2006-2011.
He was a member of the Loksabha from Thrissur constituency from 2019-2024.
Thrissur,formerly Trichur,also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur,is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala,India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode,and the 21st largest in India. The city is built around a 65-acre (26 ha) hillock called the Thekkinkaadu Maidaanam which seats a large Hindu Shiva Temple. It is located 304 kilometres (189 mi) north-west of the state's capital city,Thiruvananthapuram. Thrissur was once the capital of the Kingdom of Cochin,and was a point of contact for the Assyrians,Greeks,Persians,Arabs,Romans,Portuguese,Dutch and English.
The ThrissurPooram is an annual Hindu temple festival held in Thrissur,Kerala,India. It is held at the Vadakkunnathan (Shiva) Temple in Thrissur every year on the Pooram day—the day when the moon rises with the Pooram star in the Malayalam Calendar month of Medam. It is the largest and most famous of all poorams in India. Thrissur pooram is also one of the largest festivals in Asia with more than 1 million visitors.
Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair,popularly known as M.T.,is an Indian author,screenplay writer and film director. He is a prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature,and is one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature. At the age of 20,as a chemistry undergraduate,he won the prize for the best short story in Malayalam at World Short Story Competition conducted by The New York Herald Tribune. His first major novel Naalukettu,written at the age of 23,won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958. His other novels include Manju (Mist),Kaalam (Time),Asuravithu and Randamoozham. The deep emotional experiences of his early days have gone into the making of MT's novels. Most of his works are oriented towards the basic Malayalam family structure and culture and many of them were path-breaking in the history of Malayalam literature. His three seminal novels on life in the matriarchal family in Kerala are Naalukettu,Asuravithu,and Kaalam. Randamoozham,which retells the story of the Mahabharatha from the point of view of Bhimasena,is widely credited as his masterpiece.
Irinjalakuda is a municipal town in Thrissur district,Kerala,India. It is the headquarters of Irinjalakuda Revenue Division,Thrissur Rural Police and Mukundapuram Taluk. After Thrissur,this town has most number of administrative,law-enforcement,and judicial offices in the district. The place is well known for Koodalmanikyam Temple and the Thachudaya Kaimals,who had princely status until 1971. The earliest recorded history of this temples date back to the ninth century of Common Era (CE).
Suresh Gopi is an Indian actor,politician,playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil,Telugu,Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acting debut as a child in the 1965 film Odayil Ninnu. He made his debut as an adult in 1986 and since then,he has acted in more than 250 films. Suresh Gopi is a recipient of the National Film Award and the Kerala State Film Award in 1998 for his performance in Kaliyattam. He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India.
Moolayil Narayana Menon Vijayan,popularly known as Vijayan Mash was an Indian academic,orator,columnist and writer of Malayalam literature. Known for his leftist ideals and oratorical skills,Vijayan was the president of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham and served as the editor of Deshabhimani. He published a number of books of which Chithayile Velicham received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism in 1982.
Thrissur,anglicised as Trichur,is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in the central region of the state. Spanning an area of about 3,032 km2 (1,171 sq mi),the district is home to over 9% of Kerala's population.
Nattika is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala state,South India. It is centrally located about 25 km from Thrissur,Kodungallur,Irinjalakuda,Chavakkad,Kunnamkulam and Guruvayur. Nattika is beside the Arabian Sea. There is a beach in this village called Nattika Beach. Nattika Beach was previously known as Attakuzhi Bandhar Kadapuram. Nattika is on the west coast of Thrissur. Conolly Canal is the eastern border of Nattika. There is a private bus stand in Thriprayar. Nattika is 60 km away from Cochin International Airport and 25 km away from Thrissur railway station. Modern transportation and better communication facilities are available in the village. This is an assembly constituency.
Paramekkavu Bagavathi Temple is one of the largest Bagavathi temples in Kerala located in Thrissur City. Sakthan Thampuran ordained the temples into two groups,namely "Paramekkavu side" and "Thiruvambady side" for Thrissur Pooram which is the biggest festival in South India and Kerala. These two groups are headed by the principal participants,Paramekkavu Bagavathi Temple at Thrissur Swaraj Round and Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple at Shoranur road. The two temples are hardly 500 metres apart. Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple is one of the two groups participating in Thrissur Pooram. The Paramekkavu temple devaswom have a school known as Paramekkavu Vidya Mandir at MLA road near Kutoor and one KG section near to the temple itself.
Chazhoor (Chazhur) is a village in Thrissur Taluk of Thrissur district in the state of Kerala,India. Thriprayar (4 km),Thrissur (22 km),and Chavakkad (17 km) are nearby cities. Places of worship include temples,a mosque,and a church.
T. G. Ravindranathan,popularly known as T. G. Ravi,is an Indian actor,mainly noted for his roles as a villain in Malayalam cinema. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and 1980s. Known for his body language and style of dialogue delivery,he played some of the biggest villain roles in Malayalam cinema during that period.
Ee Nadu is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language political film directed by I. V. Sasi,written by T. Damodaran and produced by N. G. John. The film stars Balan K. Nair with Mammootty,Ratheesh,and T. G. Ravi in supporting roles. The music score was handled by Shyam. The film talks about how politicians and the rich people in society exploit their power and ignore the pleas of the general public. This film was loosely based on a spate of liquor poisonings that occurred in Vypeen in Kerala that claimed 77 lives.
Sree Narayana College,Nattika is a Government aided college in Nattika,Thrissur District of Kerala,India. It was founded in the name of Sree Narayana Guru in 1967. It is affiliated to the University of Calicut.
Peruvanam Kuttan Marar is a chenda artist. He leads several popular traditional orchestra performances in Kerala. He received Padma Shri,India's third highest civilian award,in 2011 for his contributions in the field of art.
Rajaji Mathew Thomas is a journalist and a Communist Party of India politician from Thrissur and was the MLA of Ollur from 2006 to 2011. Rajaji Mathew Thomas was the leader of All India Youth Federation and selected as national general secretary. He became the vice President of World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY),based at Budapest from 1985 to 1996.
Thrissur-Ponnani Kole Wetlands is a wetland lying in Thrissur and Malappuram districts in Kerala,India. It gives 40 per cent of the Kerala’s rice requirement and acts as a natural drainage system for Ponnani city,Thrissur city,Thrissur District,and Malappuram district. The Kole Wetlands is one of largest,highly productive and threatened wetlands in Kerala and it comes in Central Asian Flyway of migratory birds.
The city of Thrissur is situated in the southwest of the South Indian state of Kerala of Thrissur district. A landlocked city,Thrissur is located on a hillock which is surrounded by Thrissur Kole Wetlands. Thrissur district borders with Palakkad district in east,Malappuram district in the north,Ernakulam district in the South and Arabian Sea in the west.
Pranamam is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film,directed by Bharathan and produced by Joy Thomas. The film stars Mammootty,Suhasini Mani Ratnam,Nedumudi Venu and Ashokan. The film handles a socially relevant theme and has musical score by Ouseppachan. This movie was remade in Tamil as Puyal Paadum Paattu
Cheril Krishna Menon was an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of Behzad Corporation,headquartered in Doha,Qatar,which has presence in many other countries. He received the 2006 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman and in 2009 received the fourth highest Indian civilian award,Padma Shri,from Government of India,in 2009,with. He died after prolonged illness at Apollo Hospital,Chennai on 1 October 2019,aged 70.
Buon Natale is the cultural festival organized by the Thrissur Archdiocese and Thrissur Citizenry in association with Christmas celebration. It is held at the premises of Thrissur city in Kerala every year from 2013. Buon Natale procession entered the Guinness World Records in 2014 for having the maximum number of people dressed up as Santa Claus. This event was started to raise charitable funds along with the celebrations.
