Kolenchery

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Kolenchery
Suburb
Kolenchery church
Kolenchery church
Kolenchery is located in Kerala
Kolenchery
Kolenchery
Location in Kerala, India
Kolenchery is located in India
Kolenchery
Kolenchery
Kolenchery (India)
Coordinates: 9°58′59″N 76°28′35″E / 9.982968°N 76.476388°E / 9.982968; 76.476388Coordinates: 9°58′59″N 76°28′35″E / 9.982968°N 76.476388°E / 9.982968; 76.476388
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictErnakulam
Government
 • BodyAikkaranadu/Poothrikka Panchayats
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
682311
Telephone code0484
Vehicle registrationKL-17
Nearest cityKochi
Lok Sabha constituencyChalakudy
Civic agencyAikkaranadu/Poothrikka Panchayats

Kolenchery is a town and the easternmost suburb of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. Located on National Highway 49 (NH 49) it is situated 22 kilometres away from Cochin. It is part of the Kunnathunad State Assembly constituency and is part of the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. Kolenchery is situated approximately midway between Cochin and Muvattupuzha. It lies in the transition between "Edanad" (midlands) and "Keezhmalanad" (higher midlands).

St. Peter's and St. Paul's Orthodox Church, Kolenchery is an ancient and historic church at Kolenchery, built by Thankan Mappila of the Kolenchery family in the 6th century. The name Kolenchery is derived from the place Kozhenchery in Pathanamthitta from where Thankan Mappila had migrated.[1] Kolenchery is a Syrian Christian with the Jacobites faction being the majority than the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church faction. St Peter's College in the town has conducted botanical research.[2]

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See also[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church_Medical_College,_Kolenchery

References[edit]

  1. Kerala (India); A. Sreedhara Menon (1982). Kerala District Gazetteers: Arnakulam. printed by the Superintendent of Govt. Presses. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (2008). Indian science abstracts. Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre. Retrieved 18 March 2011.

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