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12 unusual facts about Ernakulam


Antony Padiyara

He is buried in St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam.

Bineesh Balan

Bineesh started his career very early at his school days playing for Panampally Nagar School, Ernakulam and winning a lot of awards and appreciations.

Chirag United Club Kerala

Viva Kerala's name is the result of a contest, won by Dr. P Ramakrishnan of Ernakulam.

Dinesh Nayak

R. Dinesh Nayak (born May 17, 1975 in Ernakulam, Kerala) is a field hockey defender from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against Kenya.

Don Bosco School Ernakulam

Don Bosco School Ernakulam is a public high school located in Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

Ernakulam Duronto

Ernakulam-Lokmanya Tilak Duronto, is a bi-weekly nonstop superfast train between Kochi and Mumbai

Ernakulam-H.Nizamudin Duronto, a weekly non-stop superfast train which runs between Kochi, and the national capital New Delhi

Ernakulam-Lokmanya Tilak Duronto

The service of this train started on January 14, 2011 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Ernakulam.

Kannur Jan Shatabdi Express

The Jan Shatabdi express train covers the state capital Trivandrum and commercial hub Ernakulam in 3 hours 42 minutes which makes it the fastest train running via Kottayam rail link section in Kerala state covering these two cities.The train is one among the popular commuter trains in Kerala state.

Literacy in India

Kerala undertook a "campaign for total literacy" in Ernakulam district in the late 1980s, with a "fusion between the district administration headed by its Collector on one side and, on the other side, voluntary groups, social activists and others".

Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri

A native of Cheranalloor in Ernakulam district, Nelliyode joined the PSV Natyasangham in Kottakkal in 1957 and received training in Kathakali largely under Kunchu Nair.

Tantri controversy

He also lodged a complaint of kidnap with the police after returning to his house in Chengannur from Ernakulam where he is building a flat.


Ancient Crosses of India

This Cross is at St. Mary's Church under the diocese of Ernakulam- Angamaly of the Syro Malabar Church.

Augustine Kandathil

Mar Augustine Kandathil (b. at Chempu, near Vaikom, in Kottayam, Kingdom of Travancore, 25 August 1874; d. at Ernakulam, Travancore-Cochin, India, 10 January 1956) was the first and longest serving Metropolitan and Head of the Syro-Malabar Church, the principal Church of the Saint Thomas Christians in India.

Chavittu Nadakam

This form of play is prevalent among the Latin Christian community in the districts of Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur of Kerala.

Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

It was founded on 19 March 1931 in a small village called Mookkannur by Mar Augustine Kandathil, the Metropolitan of Ernakulam and head of the Syro-Malabar Church.

Dakshina Mookambika

Dakshina Mookambika Temple North Paravur, a temple in the town of North Paravur, Ernakulam district

Eagles F.C.

The original Ernakulam Eagles was formed in 1955 in Kochi by a group of football loving students of St. Albert’s High School and NJ Joseph, their mathematics teacher and an ardent sports loving businessman.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

M. Thomas Mathew

He had served as Professor & Head of the department of Malayalam at Government College, Chittoor, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, Govt.

Mar Augustine Memorial Lisie Hospital

The Mar Augustine Memorial Lisie Hospital is a hospital near Kaloor, in Ernakulam, Kerala, India, noted for its service to the poor.

Mudiyett

Mudiyett is a village ritual performed by members of the Marar and Kuruppu communities in Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki districts of Kerala.

P. V. Srinijan

In 2006, Srinijan had contested unsuccessfully from the SC reserved constituency of Njarackal in Ernakulam.

Sebastian Paul

Dr. Sebastain Paul,(educated at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala)made his electoral debut in the 1997 Lok Sabha byelection in Ernakulam (Lok Sabha Constituency) when he defeated Antony Isaac of the INC.

Sindhudurg district

District is also well connected by Konkan railway to Mumbai, Thane,Goa and other parts of the country like Mangalore, Karwar Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Hapa, Veraval, New Delhi, Jodhpur, Porbundar by Konkan rail.

St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral, Irinjalakuda

The Metropolitan of Ernakulam, Mar Antony Cardinal Padiyara, was made the Major Archbishop.

Thrikkakara Temple

It is located 10 km north east of Ernakulam between Thrissur-Ernakulam highway (NH 47), Seaport-Airport Road, Cochin University of Science and Technology and Model Engineering College.

Ulikkal

Ulikkal area was under the dominance of Kalyatteshman (Kaliat Yejamana, master of Kalyat, also called Kalliat or Kaliat, the Kaliat Nambiar) and this area witnessed Christian migration (Kudiyettam) in the 1950s mainly from the southern Kerala districts of Kottayam and Ernakulam.

Valakom

Valakom, Muvattupuzha Taluk, a village in the Ernakulam district, Kerala, India

Yaqu'b Mor Anthonios

Mor Anthonios Yaqub was born on 12 July 1952 as the fourth son of K.C John and his wife Eliyamma John, Plamthottathil House, in the small village of Kalamboor near Piravom in Ernakulam District, Kerala.