Thonnakkal

Thonnakkal
Thonnakkal
village
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Talukas	Thiruvananthapuram
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695317 - Thonnakkal,695313 - Kudavoor, Manjamala
Telephone code	0471
Vehicle registration	KL-22
Nearest city	Attingal

Thonnakkal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, India. It is located on the National Highway 47 on the way to Kollam from the state's capital. It is located about 25 km from the state's capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Mahakavi Kumaranasan, a major poet of Malayalam literature lived in Thonnakkal for long time and his major literary contributions came while he was staying in Thonnakkal. Birthplace of the late Mahakavi Kumaranasan, is near Kayikkara in Thiruvananthapuram District. The house of Kumaranasan is now converted into a tourist spot named Kumaranasan Smarakom.

The place has also given birth to Kathakali artistes like Thonnakkal Peethambaran and Margi Vijayakumar. Thonnakkal is also well known for sports such as Volley Ball. Thonnakkal owns its own Volleyball Team based upon Thonnakkal Samskarika Samithi.

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