Pallippuram, Alappuzha
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Pallippuram is a village near Shertallay in Alleppey, Kerala.
Palackal Thoma Malpan was born and lived here, heading a Seminary (1818-1855) for teaching priests, the first such run by the St. Thomas Christians, and the antecedent of St. Joseph's Seminary, Mannanam (1833-1894) to which it later merged. The College of Engineering, Cherthala, run by the Institute of Human Resources Development and affiliated to the Cochin University of Science and Technology, was inaugurated at Pallippuram in 2004.
Pallippuram is noted for its whitish sand (due to the high silica content), which has been of great usefulness for glass and cement manufacturing.
Nadakkal Parameswaran Pillai ("Coffee House Pillai"), the founder of Indian Coffee House in Kerala, was a native of Pallippuram.
