Poojappura

Poojappura
Poojappura
town
	Nickname: "Soul of Trivandrum"
	Poojappura Location in Kerala, India
	Coordinates: 8°29′00″N 76°58′52″E / 8.4834100°N 76.981010°ECoordinates: 8°29′00″N 76°58′52″E / 8.4834100°N 76.981010°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695012
Telephone code	0471
Vehicle registration	KL-01
Lok Sabha constituency	Thiruvananthapuram

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Poojappura known as "The heart of Trivandrum" is a Suburb of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) in India. It is located in the south-east part of the city, surrounded by Jagathi, Karamana, Mudavanmugal and Thirumala. This place was once used as the worship place during the Navaratri festival season. The name Poojappura comes from the fact that it was here that the King of Travancore used to arrive during Mahanavami celebrations for the pooja (worship). There is the biggest Kavadi Procession on Vijayadeshami day with over 700 Kavadis, Paravakavadi, Suryakavadi, Mayilkavadi, Agnikavadi etc.

Poojappura is known for housing the Central Prison (Central Jail) of Kerala. The central jail is one of the oldest in the state and was built by British Engineers during Travancore Reign. The State Education Department (Pareeksha Bhavan), Head Office of HLL Lifecare Limited (formerly Hindustan Latex Limited), Head Office of State Bank of Travancore, Bharatheeyam Charitable Trust is located here.

Notable persons[edit]

Mohanlal
M. Jayachandran - music composer
Gopinath Muthukad - magician who established the Magic Academy at Poojappura
Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri - Kathakali artist
Padmarajan - Malayalam film director
Namitha Pramod - actress
Priyadarshan - Indian film director
Poojappura Ravi - Malayalam comedian actor
G. Shankar - architect
Prithviraj Sukumaran - Malayalam Film Actor

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