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Angamaly

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Angamaly

Municipality^[1]

St. George Syro-Malabar Basilica, Angamaly

Nickname:

Airport City

Angamaly

Location in Kerala, India

Angamaly

Angamaly (India)

Coordinates: 10°11′46″N 76°23′10″E / 10.196°N 76.386°E / 10.196; 76.386

Country

Elevation

31 m (102 ft)

Population

(2011)

• Total

33,465

Languages

Time zone

UTC+5:30 (IST)

683572

Telephone code

0484

Vehicle registration

KL-63

Sex ratio

0.9689 ♂/♀

Angamaly Junction

Angamaly (Malayalam pronunciation: [ɐŋgɐmɐːli]) is a municipality^[2] in the Ernakulam districtofKerala, India. It is located 20 km (12.4 mi) north of the district collectorate in Thrikkakara and about 203 km (126.1 mi) north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. Angamaly is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located 24 km (14.9 mi) northeast of the Kochi city centre. As per the 2011 Indian census, Angamaly has a population of 33,465 people, and a population density of 1,640/km² (4,200/sq mi).

Overview[edit]

It is situated about 30 km (19 mi) north of the city centre, the town lies at the intersection of Main Central Road (MC Road) and National Highway 544. Cochin International Airport is 7 km from the town of Angamaly.

Angamaly Carnival 2012

Angamaly railway station is the fifth busiest in Greater Kochi in terms of passenger footfalls and revenue generated, after Ernakulam Junction railway station, Ernakulam Town railway station, Aluva railway station and Tripunithura railway station.^{[citation needed]} There is a proposed railway line from Angamaly to Sabarimala, which will connect the high-ranges with the low land. Progress toward completing the new line is slow as a result of various regional and political issues. The project has, however, obtained a new lease of life after the Government of Kerala agreeing to bear half the cost for the project in January 2021.^[3] National Highway 544 connecting KanyakumaritoSalem passes through Angamaly. The NH 17 which connects Kochi and Mumbai is 20 kilometers from Angamaly. Main Central Road (M.C. Road) connecting Central Kerala to Kerala capital serves as an important road connecting many towns in the eastern side of the state.

A proposed New Kochi Bypass project (from Karayamparambu to Nettoor), and Kochi Metro phase 3 being proposed to Angamaly as well as Cochin International Airport.^[4] The proposed Kochi Global Industrial Finance and Trade (GIFT) city under the Kochi-Bengaluru National Industrial Corridor is proposed at Ayyampuzha, which is close to Angamaly.^[5]

History[edit]

Several old coins and other artefacts found from the region tells this area was predominant with Buddhists and Jains. Malayatoor, which is Christian devotional centre, is very near to Angamaly. St. Thomas, the Apostle who was deputed to the region by Jesus Christ came via Angadikadavu in Angamaly using Manjali Thodu to come from Kodungaloor port at AD 58.^[6] There is evidence for the churches in the locality built as early as AD 409 and AD 822.^[7] It was the headquarters of Mar Abraham, Assyrian-Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Angamaly and All India (Hendo) in the, sixteenth century.^[8]

Originally established as a panchayat in May 1952, Angamaly became a municipality in April 1978 and is also a Legislative Assembly constituency from 1965 in the Ernakulam district. The area is known for the Angamaly police firing in 1959, when police opened fire on protesters who had been demonstrating against Kerala's communist government.^{[citation needed]}

Angamaly Police firing[edit]

The Angamaly Firing was an incident that took place in Angamaly, Kerala, on 13 June 1959, when police opened fire on protesters who had been demonstrating against Kerala's communist government. Seven people were killed resulting in the intensification of Vimochana Samaram, a protest against the then communist led government. Incidentally, it happened on the 50th birthday of E. M. S. Namboothiripad, the then Chief Minister of Kerala.^{[citation needed]}

Places of interest[edit]

Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Church Angamaly

Mar Hormiz Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Angamaly – Established in 1570 by Mar Abraham, the last Assyrian-Chaldean Metropolitan to reach Malabar Coast and the First Metropolitan Archbishop of Syrothe -Malabar Catholic ArchDiocese of Angamaly, it was dedicated to Hormizd, a seventh century East Syrian saint.^[9]^[10]
St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica, Angamaly - the biggest of its kind in the South India.^[11]^[12]^[13]
St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Malayattoor
St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church, an ancient church and one of the most prominent Jacobite churches in Kerala.^[14]
Kalady
Thiru Nayathode Siva Narayana Temple – Built by Cheraman Perumal Nayanar in the 800 CE.^[15]
Kallil Temple is a Jain shrine established in the 9th century.^[16]
Transformers And Electricals Kerala Ltd.(TELK)

Location[edit]

Angamaly

Demographic Figures[edit]

General

Population

33,465

Sex

Male

49%

Female

51%

Age

Religion

Christian

71.89%

Hindu

27.03%

Muslim

0.83%

Education

Literacy Rate

96.47%

^[17]

Gallery[edit]

CSA Hall Angamaly
Kothakulangara Baghavathy temple Angamaly
Little Flower Hospital
Angamaly Railway Station
Angamaly Municipal office
Block Panchayat office
Double Decker Bus Angamaly
PWD Rest House Angamaly
Angamaly KSRTC Bus station

References[edit]

^ https://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf

^ https://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf

^ Radhakrishnan, S. Anil (6 January 2021). "Kerala to share cost of Sabarimala rail project". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.

^ Paul, John L. (17 February 2018). "NHAI fixes alignment for proposed Angamaly-Kundannoor NH Bypass". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.

^ "GIFT City to be eco-friendly, without manufacturing unit". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kodungalur" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 885.

^ Adrian Hastings (15 August 2000). A World History of Christianity. Wm. B. Eerdmans. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-8028-4875-8.

^ Menon, A. Sreedhara (1965). Kerala District Gazetteers: Ernakulam. The Superintendent of Government Presses, Government Press, Trivandrum. p. 825.

^ Fr. Varghese Pathikulangara CMI (2011). Divine Praises in Aramaic Tradition (PDF). Kottayam: Denha Services. p. 48. ISBN 978-93-81207-02-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

^ "St.George Basilica Church Angamaly". Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

^ "HOME". angamaly.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

^ The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India, for History and large number of photos on Angamaly

^ Indian Church History Classics, Vol. I, The Nazranies,1998

^ Kaniamparambil, Chor Episcopos V. Rev. Curian, "The Fame of Angamali Church and Holiness of Mor Kurilos" (Malayalam). Ambattu Mor Kurilos Centenary Souvenir (Ankamaly, India: St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church), ( published 1991)

^ "Thirunayathode Sivanarayana Temple - Ernakulam - Book online Pujas, Homam, Sevas, Purohits, Astro services| Pure Prayer". Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

^ "Kallil Devi Temple | IndiaUnveiled". www.indiaunveiled.in. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

^ "RESIDENTS". angamaly.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.