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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Neendakara
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| area_code_type          = Telephone code
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| area_code              = 0476
| area_code              = 0476
| registration_plate      = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-23, [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-
| registration_plate      = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-23, [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-02
| blank1_name_sec1        = Nearest city
| blank1_name_sec1        = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1        = Kollam City (9 km)
| blank1_info_sec1        = Kollam City (9 km)
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'''Neendakara''' is a suburb of [[Kollam]] city in [[Kerala]], India.<ref>[http://kollam.nic.in/villa.html&ved=0ahUKEwj15-__4oDXAhVCro8KHW2WA8MQFghXMAs&usg=AOvVaw2irpM9T5WgwoYb9BOzonVD] Kollamnic.in|Villages in Karunagappally Taluk</ref> The twin harbours, Neendakara and Shakthikulangara are located here. |url=https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/kerala/neendakara-port-kollam.html  Trawling ban and withdrawal of the state official start from Neendakara harbour. It is about 10km away from the city center.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/090616/kollam-braces-for-monsoon-trawl-ban.html |title=Kollam braces for monsoon trawl ban |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=9 June 2016 |access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref>
'''Neendakara''' is a village in [[Karunagappally]] taluk, [[Kollam district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>[http://kollam.nic.in/villa.html&ved=0ahUKEwj15-__4oDXAhVCro8KHW2WA8MQFghXMAs&usg=AOvVaw2irpM9T5WgwoYb9BOzonVD] Kollamnic.in|Villages in Karunagappally Taluk</ref>. It is Kollam district's medium [[fishing port]].
[[File:St-Sebastians-Church-Neendakara-Kollam.jpg|thumb|Neendakara Church]]
[[File:St-Sebastians-Church-Neendakara-Kollam.jpg|thumb|Neendakara Church]]
==Location==
Neendakara is 30&nbsp;km north of [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] and 14 km south of [[Karunagappally]] town.


==History==
==History==
When [[Portugal|Portuguese]] traders settled in Kollam (then Quilon) in the early 16th century, their ships passed through the Neenadakara [[bar (river morphology)|bar]], now the site of Neendakara Bridge, part of [[National Highway (India)|National Highway 66]], which connects the village to [[Sakthikulangara]] across [[Ashtamudi Lake]].
When [[Portugal|Portuguese]] traders settled in Kollam in the early 16th century, their ships passed through the Neenadakara [[bar (river morphology)|bar]], now the site of Neendakara Bridge, part of National Highway 66, which connects the village to [[Sakthikulangara]] across [[Ashtamudi Lake]].


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
In [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], Neendakara means "a long bank".<ref>{{cite book|last=Gulati|first=Leela|title=Fisherwomen on the Kerala Coast: Demographic and Socio-economic Impact of a Fisheries Development Project|publisher=International Labour Organisation|year=1984|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fisherwomenonker0000gula/page/48 48]|isbn=978-92-2-103626-5|url=https://archive.org/details/fisherwomenonker0000gula|url-access=registration|access-date=2009-05-20}}</ref>
 
In [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], Neendakara means "a long bank".<ref>{{cite book|last=Gulati|first=Leela|title=Fisherwomen on the Kerala Coast: Demographic and Socio-economic Impact of a Fisheries Development Project|publisher=International Labour Organisation|year=1984|pages=48|isbn=978-92-2-103626-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2he8t3PyLIMC|accessdate=2009-05-20}}</ref>
 
==Norwegian Project==
==Norwegian Project==
The headquarters of the Indo-Norwegian Fisheries Community project, established in 1953, was based in Neendakara until 1961, when the site was handed over to the [[Government of Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifpkochi.nic.in/history.htm|title=History|publisher=National Institute of Fisheries Post Harvest Technology and Training|access-date=2009-05-20}}</ref>
 
The headquarters of the Indo-Norwegian Fisheries Community project, established in 1953, was based in Neendakara until 1961, when the site was handed over to the Government of Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifpkochi.nic.in/history.htm|title=History|publisher=National Institute of Fisheries Post Harvest Technology and Training|accessdate=2009-05-20}}</ref>


{{wide image|Neendakara Bridge, 11 March 2016.jpg|1200px|Panoramic view of Neendakara bridge and [[Ashtamudi Lake]]}}
{{wide image|Neendakara Bridge, 11 March 2016.jpg|1200px|Panoramic view of Neendakara bridge and [[Ashtamudi Lake]]}}
==See also==
*[[Indo-Norwegian Project]]


==References==
==References==
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==Other websites==
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[[Category:Villages in Kollam district]]
[[Category:Villages in India]]
[[Category:Settlements in Kerala]]
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