Kuravilangad

Town in Kerala, India
9°45′0″N 76°33′0″E / 9.75000°N 76.55000°E / 9.75000; 76.55000Country IndiaStateKeralaDistrictKottayamGovernment
 • TypePanchayath • BodyVillageLanguages
 • OfficialMalayalam, EnglishTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN
686633
Telephone code04822Vehicle registrationKL-67Nearest cityKottayam, Muvattupuzha, PalaLiteracy99.12%Lok Sabha constituencyKottayam

Kuravilangad is an Indian town located in the northern part of the Kottayam district in Kerala. It is situated in the Meenachil taluk, about 22 km north of the district capital Kottayam and 17 km west of the municipal town Pala.

Kuravilangad is the largest town in the northern side of the Kottayam district. It includes the entire Kuravilangad panchayath, including Thottuva, Kappumthala, Vakkad, Kurianad, Mannakkanad, Elakkad, and Kalathoor.

St Mary's Syro Malabar Church, Kuravilangad

Kuravilangad is known for the Marian pilgrim center, St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Major Archepiscopal Church, founded in 105 AD according to tradition, and the Kozha Sree Narasimhaswami Temple.

Education

Kuravilangad is the local hub of education, which caters education to students from both Kottayam and Ernakulam District. Notable educational institutes include Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad[1] St Marys's HS,[2] St. Anne's HSS, De Paul HSS, Chavara Hills High School, and St. Marys Girls High School.[3]

Notable residents

The 10th President of India, Kocheril R. Narayanan, briefly was in Kuravilangad, and matriculated from St. Mary's Boys High School (1936–38). <

References

  1. ^ "Deva Matha College". Archived from the original on 8 September 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2006.
  2. ^ "St Marys's HS". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  3. ^ St. Marys Girls High School

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