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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Thevally
| other_name = Thevalli
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Houseboat on Ashtamudi Lake, Jul 2017.jpg
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| image_caption = A House boat floating on [[Ashtamudi Lake]]- Scene from Thevally
| pushpin_map = India Kollam#Kerala#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kollam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|8|53|45|N|76|34|40|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
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| governing_body = [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam Municipal Corporation(KMC)]]
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 691009
| registration_plate = KL-02
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'''Thevally''' is located in the city of [[Kollam]], in the [[Kerala|state of Kerala]], [[India]]. [[Ashtamudi Lake]] is situated in the vicinity. [[NH 220|National Highway-183 (formerly NH 220)]] passes through the neighbourhood.

== History ==
[[Quilon Syrian copper plates|Thereesapalli (Thevally) sasanam]], the first available documented history of Kerala that happened during AD 774, a copper plate with inscription gave tax free benefits to the christian settlers of Manigramam in Thevally, by the then rulers of Venad.

Thevally had an ancient fort area, at present day Kottayathukadavu area. This area was one strategically located area. It was so because till the roadways developed and places became more accessible by road waterway was major mode of transport of goods, people, army etc. The major waterway [[Thiruvananthapuram–Shoranur canal]] that connects Vallakkadavu in Travancore with Alappuzha, Kottayam and other northern parts of Travancore was through a narrow stretch in this part. On olden times Kottayathukadavu was connected to Thevally by a pedestrian wooden bridge. In modern times Kottayathukadavu, was a prominent local boat jetty with a connecting ferry to Thevally. It was so till the Thevally Bridge was built in 1966.

The historic fort in the area had a palace build with laterite and roofed with tile (The traces of Archaeological remains of these structures and remains were available till around 1960's) these were occupied by Venad rulers at those times.

During the time of Colonel John Munro the resident of British India in Travancore, a palace for the king was built in Thevally, and a residency build for the British resident in Ashramam. The Thevally Palace is today used by [[National Cadet Corps (India)]].

== Significance of the Place ==

* The dairy plant of [[Milma]] in [[Kollam District]] is situated at Thevally. The Dairy was commissioned in 1986 with a capacity to handle 60,000 litres per day and subsequently expanded to handle 1.5 lakh litres per day with 169 societies under it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milma.com/federation/unions/1|title=Milma{{!}}TRCMPU|website=www.milma.com|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>
* One of the major 5 star hotels in South Kerala, [[The Raviz Hotel, Kollam|The Raviz Hotel]] is situated at Kottayathukadavu side of Thevally.
* The district Panchayath headquarters of Kollam is situated at Thevally.
* The Malayalam film actor Late. [[Jayan]] was born at Olayil, Thevally.

==Amenities==
Thevally is a tourist destination within [[Kollam]].{{fact|date=May 2017}} Attractions include Thevally Palace, a heritage building of architectural merit that was once the residences of the King of [[Travancore]]. The four-star Hotel AllSeason is also situated at Thevally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotelallseason.com/ |title=Best Hotel In Kollam, Kerala |publisher=Hotelallseason.com |date=2014-11-18 |access-date=2015-04-03}}</ref> The [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]]'s [[Kollam District]] headquarters is situated in Thevally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/rs4-crore-for-new-ncc-facility/article4972729.ece |title=Rs.4 crore for new NCC facility |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=2013-07-31 |access-date=2015-04-03}}</ref>

==Nearby institutions==
* [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]]
* Milma Kollam Dairy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milma.com/index.php/contactus |title=Contact |publisher=Milma.com |access-date=2015-04-03}}</ref>
* Fish Seed Hatchery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawaterportal.org/news/fisheries-department-starts-larvivorous-fish-seed-hatchery-thevally-kollam-kerala-part |title=The Fisheries Department starts a larvivorous fish seed hatchery at Thevally, Kollam, Kerala as a part of the government's mosquito control efforts to prevent spread of epidemics |publisher=Indiawaterportal.org |date=2011-09-28 |access-date=2015-04-03}}</ref>
* ICD bank coaching centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icdkollam.in/|title=ICD Kollam homepage |publisher=Icdkollam.in|access-date=2015-04-03}}</ref>
* [[The Raviz Hotel, Kollam|Hotel Raviz]]
* Hotel All Season
* [[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|SPCA]] [[Kollam]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/kollam-trembles-as-rabid-dogs-strays-run-amok.html|title=Kollam trembles as rabid dogs, strays, run amok|publisher=English.manoramaonline.com|access-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205110918/http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/kollam-trembles-as-rabid-dogs-strays-run-amok.html#|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* The Elephant Squad & [[Kennel club]] of Kerala<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awbi.org/awbi-pdf/awo.htm |title=LIST OF AWOs RECOGNISED BY AWBI|publisher=Awbi.org|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
* District Medical Store
* NGO Quarters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kollam.nic.in/kolla.html |title=Kollam Taluk |publisher=Kollam.nic.in |access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
* Wrenchboy Customs

==See also==
* [[Downtown Kollam]]
* [[Kollam]]
* [[Kollam district]]
* [[Kollam Airport|Quilon Aerodrome]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Thevally}}

{{Kollam |state=expanded}}
{{Kollam district}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam]]
{{Kollam-geo-stub}}

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