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unusual facts about Kollam district



Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II

He was born at Perinad in Kollam district of Kerala, and had his religious training at Old Seminary Kottayam and also at Basil Dayara, Pathanamthitta.

K. Sukumaran

K. Sukumaran was born on 8 January 1903 to great reformer, thinker and socio-cultural leader C.V. Kunhiraman and Kunjikavu in Mayyanad of Kollam District who established Kerala Kaumudi as a periodical in 1911.

Mullakkara Ratnakaran

Born in 1955 to Purushothaman and Sulochana at Mullakkara, Chadayamangalam in Kollam district, Ratnakaran became a member in Communist Party of India in 1978.

Thoppil Bhasi

Ningalenne Communistakki was first staged (under the banner of KPAC) in Chavara in Kollam district on December 6, 1952.


see also

District Planning in Kerala

Kollam district conducted a resource potential survey and went ahead with district planning as a pilot project with focus on industrial sector.

Kallada Boat Race

The country boat sightseeing across Munroe Island conducted by the Kollam district tourist promotion council is the best of its kind in the country.

Peruviruthy

Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada Temple is a temple dedicated to Duryodhana, is located in Poruvazhy Village of Kunnathur Tehsil in the Kollam district of Kerala, India.

Not only the Kaurava king Duryodhana but also his brothers along with his sister Dussala, uncle Shakuni, Angaraja Karna, Pita mah Bheeshma, guru Drona have dedicated temples (unlike other temples there is no deity) in and around Kollam District.