Kodakara

Kodakara
കൊടകര
town
Puthukavu Devi Temple
Kodakara
Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°22′19″N 76°18′20″E / 10.3719°N 76.3056°E / 10.3719; 76.3056Coordinates: 10°22′19″N 76°18′20″E / 10.3719°N 76.3056°E / 10.3719; 76.3056
Country  India
State Kerala
District Thrissur
Population
 • Total 27,948
Languages
 • Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 680684
Vehicle registration KL-64

Kodakara is a town in Thrissur district of Kerala state in South India. It is located on National Highway (NH 544) 20 km south of Thrissur town and about 10 km north of Chalakudy. Administratively, Kodakara comes under Kodakara Panchayat and Chalakudy Taluk. It is transforming into an Industrial town housing a large number of employees of the Apollo Tyres factory at Perambra -Thrissur to the south of town.

Transportation

The closest railway station is Irinjalakuda located 6 km from the center of town and the closest airport is Cochin International Airport located in Nedumbassery.

Colleges

Kodakara is famous with a number of Quality Higher Education Institutions 1.Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology 2.Sahrdaya Institute of Management Studies 3. Sahrdaya College of Advanced Studies is an arts and science college under university of calicut situated in pulipparakunnu.Institute is managed by irinjalakuda diocesean educational trust.It is the first campus oriented professional institution in kerala for finance and accounting

Temples

The Poonilarkavu Bhagavathy Temple and Kunnathrikkovil Subramanian Temple are the well known Hindu Temples in Kodakara. Kodakara is also famous for Kodakara Shashti.

Areswaram Temple is also located very near to Kodakara Panchayat. There is a narrow opening in the rocks near this temple. One has to go squeezing one's body between the rocks and reach the broad end. This process is called Punarjani or Rebirth, which means one's sins are cleared.

Kandamkulangara Temple is a very old temple which witnessed Tippu Sultan's adventures into Kerala. It is believed that this temple was plundered by Tippu and administrators of this temple hid treasures underneath in and around Temple. This temple is also located in Kodakara in Vallappady Desam.

Churches

St Joseph church is a forane church located at Kodakara with 16 nearby parishes coming under it. The feast of St. Joseph is celebrated on the first Sunday of May every year. THe feast of St. Sebastian is celebrated on the third sunday of January.

Perambra Church is the oldest Church located in Kodakara revenue village.

Politics

Kodakara Panchayat is part of Chalakudy assembly constituency & part of Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
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