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2 unusual facts about St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum


Geevarghese Chediath

He was the Vice Rector (1970-1973) and later Rector (1993-1996) of St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum.

He had his Seminary Studies at St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum and St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam.


C. P. Rajendran

Rajendran did his schooling in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) and Chennai and did his BSc (1976) in Geology from University College, Kerala University and MSc (1978) from Cochin University of Science and Technology.

Chalakudi railway station

It is a 'A' class station under Trivandrum division and this station is the second largest station in Thrissur District after Thrissur railway station.

Chandrika

It is published from Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Kochi, Trivandrum, Doha, Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah and was the first attempt to have a newspaper from Malabar Muslims to support the political party.

Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

The Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology and the Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering at Trivandrum were named after him.

Choozhal

Choozhal, Krishnapuram, Piracode is located nearly 60 km from Kanyakumari and 40 km from Trivandrum.

Gabbur

Raichur is the nearest railway station to Gabbur and Raichur is served by a major rail line and is well connected by trains to all major parts of India such as Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum, Kanyakumari, Pune, Bhopal and Agra.

Ganapati Sastri

T. Ganapati Sastri was a Sanskrit scholar, editor of the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, and discovered the plays of Bhasa.

History of Thiruvananthapuram

The Sardar camped in the suburbs of the present day Trivandrum, till he was defeated by Kerala Varma, a prince from the Kottayam royal family, adopted into the Venad royal family.

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.

Kaviyoor

Kaviyoor Revamma, Carnatic Musician, Ex-principal, Woman's College, Trivandrum

Mahitha Mohan

With the family living in Thodupuzha, the small town in Kerala, it was more than 5 hours drive to the nearest cycling track at Trivandrum for the girl to train.

Mar Theophilos Training College, Trivandrum

It is administered by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum.

Matsyaganda Express

Shashi Tharoor demanded extension of this train to Trivandrum via Kottayam but caused a lot of protests in D.K District of Karnataka.

MobME

In Jan 2012, MobME tied up with The National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), The Department of Science and Technology and Technopark, Trivandrum to set up India's first Public–private partnership telecom Business incubator named 'Startup Village' at Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation Park in Kalamassery.

N. Peethambara Kurup

He was born in Navaikulam in Thiruvananthapuram district and has completed his B.A. and B.L. from Law Academy, Trivandrum.

National Engineering College

Madurai is the closest metropolitan city, around 100 km away, while Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Trivandrum are the other major cities that are close by.

Oryzias curvinotus

Oryzias curvinotus or the Malabar ricefish are a freshwaterbrackish fish species native to the Gulf of Kutch to Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Oyoor

A road along a sandy bank passing the temple leads to the northernmost part of Trivandrum district: Pakalkuri, which is home to the nearest government high school.

Padmanabhan Palpu

Palpu attended Maharaja's College in Trivandrum but was subsequently refused admission to Travancore Medical College in 1878.

Ravisankar

Ravishankar is married to Priyarenjini, a native of Kottayam and a practicing advocate in Trivandrum.

Software Technology Parks of India

STPI has a presence in many of the major cities of India including the cities of Bangalore, Mysore, Trivandrum, Bhilai, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Pune, Guwahati, Noida, Mumbai,Nagpur, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Dehradun, Patna, Rourkela, Ranchi, Gandhinagar, Imphal, Shillong, Nashik etc.

Tamil honorifics

The word "Thiru" is part of city-names, such as Trivandrum or Thiruvananthapuram; Thiruchendur, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvenkadam, Thirumalai, Thirupathi, Thiruchirappalli, Thirukoilur, Thirukumaran, Thiruvannamalai etc.

Tata Marcopolo

Tata Marcopolo products are currently being used or inducted in several Indian cities as part of the local transports fleet like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mysore, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Pune, South Kanpur, Kochi, Madurai, Hyderabad, Thane, Trivandrum etc.

Thomas Cooray

Thomas Cooray was born to a poor but religious family in Negombo, and attended St. Aloysius Seminary in Borella, and St. Joseph's College and University College in Colombo before going to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), obtaining a doctorate in philosophy summa cum laude.

Vallavilai

Vallavilai is located north-west to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) and south-east to Trivandrum (capital of Kerala).

Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam

Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam started her training in Carnatic Music at the age of five under K. Padmanabhan, a disciple of Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar from the Swati Tirunal Academy, Trivandrum.


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