Pandalam

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Pandalam is one among the fastest growing towns in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala state, south India. It is a holy town, second only to Sabarimala. Sree Ayyappa, the presiding deity of Sabarimala had his human sojourn here as the son of the Raja of Pandalam.

Before proceeding to Sabarimala, pilgrims usually stop to worship the deity of Valiyakoikal Temple near the Pandalam Palace. This temple is on the banks of river Achenkovil.

Three days prior to the Makaravilaku festival, the sacred ornaments of Sree Ayyappa are taken in a procession from Pandalam to Sabarimala.Other famous temples are MahadevaTemple,Puthankavil Bhagavathi Temple at Kurampala Pattupurakkavu Devi Temple at Thonnalloor and Sree Krishna Swami Temple at Kaipuzha.

The centuries old Kadakkad Juma Masjid, the Orthodox Cathedral at Thumpamon and the St. Thomas Church at Kurampala gives this pilgrim town, the glare and glory of a secular township.

This holy town is also a well known educational and health care centre in Kerala. Pandalam has a host of educational institutions ranging from reputed schools to Post Graduate,Training and Ayurveda Medical Colleges. Pandalam had witnessed a rare piece of history when it was first converted to a muncipality and later back to a grama panchayat. This has probably hindered the growth of Pandalam.The inefficiency of Members of Legislative assembly and Parliament , who were elected from here has been identified as another reason for it. Most of the development in Pandalam was due to the founder of NSS Mannathu Padmanabhan

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It is believed that the Pandya king came to Pandalam from Tamilnadu and settled here in the land he bought from Kaipuzha Thampan, a landlord.

[edit] Major educational institutions

COLLEGES

1. N.S.S College, Pandalam : Established in the year 1950, this special grade post graduate college is one among the most reputed educational institutions in the state. Aluminis include noted film director, Padmashri Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Dr.V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai (Vice Chairman, NAAC), Prof.Narendra Prasad (Actor), Mr.Pandalam Sudhakaran (Former Minister)and many more.......

2. N.S.S Training College, Pandalam: Establised in the year 1957

3. Mannam Co-operative Ayurveda Medical College

4. N.S.S Polytehcnic, Pandalam

5. N.S.S School of Nursing, Pandalam

SCHOOLS

1. N.S.S Higher Secondary School, Pandalam

2. Government Higher Secondary School, Thottakkonam, Mudiyooykoonam P.O, Pandalam

3. St.Thomas High School, Kurampala, Pandalam

4. Eminence Public School, Pandalam

5. Mannathu Parvathy Amma Memorial N.S.S High School for Girls, Pandalam

6. N.S.S High School for Boys, Pandalam

7. Government Upper Primary School, Thonnalloor, Pandalam

8. Government Upper Primary School, Mangaram, Pandalam

9. M.S.M Lower Primary School, M.S.M P.O, Pandalam

10. Vyasa Vidya Peedom, Thonnalloor, Pandalam

and many more.......

[edit] How to reach there

By Road : 105 Kms north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala and 120 Kms South of Kochi the state's commercial capital.

[edit] Famous personalities

1.Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma (Poet)

2.Pandalam K.P (Poet)

3.M.N.Govindan Nair (Politician, Former Minister and former M.P)

4.Pandalam P.R (Politician, CPI leader)

5.Artist V.S.Valiyathan (Recipient of Raja Ravi Varma Award)

6.Prof.Kadammanitta Vasudevan Pillai

7.Pandalam Sudhakaran (Former Minister)

8.Venmony Sukumaran


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