Puthencavu

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Puthencavu
village
Puthencavu is located in Kerala
Puthencavu
Puthencavu
Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 9°19′23″N 76°38′23″E / 9.32306°N 76.63972°E / 9.32306; 76.63972Coordinates: 9°19′23″N 76°38′23″E / 9.32306°N 76.63972°E / 9.32306; 76.63972
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictAlappuzha
Government
 • BodyChengannur Municipality
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
689123
Lok Sabha constituencyMavelikkara
Legislative Assembly constituencyChengannur

Puthencavu is a village in Alappuzha District of Kerala, India, located 2 km east of Chengannur along the southern bank of the river Pamba. The village is around 2 km from Arattupuzha, and can be easily accessed from Chengannur and Arattupuzha.

Education[]

Metropolitan Higher Secondary School,[1] run by the Catholicate and MD Schools Corporate Management of the Malakara Orthodox Syrian Church is located at Puthencavu.

Transportation[]

Chengannur Railway Station is the nearest railhead, and Cochin International Airport the nearest airport. The Century Multispeciality Hospital is located very near to Puthencavu Junction. [2]

Structures[]

The 218-year-old Puthencavu St Mary's Orthodox Church[3] is located in the village. The remains of three leaders of the Malankara Sabha, Mar Thoma VI, Mar Thoma VIII & Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos are interred in the church.

Notable people[]

Mahakavi Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan hails from this village and has made significant contributions to the freedom movement and the Malayalam language. His son K. M. Tharakan was a president of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, and a noted writer, novelist and critic.

References[]

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Higher Secondary School". Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Century Hospital Location". Century Hospital.
  3. ^ "St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral". St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral. Kerala: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

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