Vellayambalam

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Vellayambalam is a prominent junction in the city of Trivandrum.

It is in the state of Kerala, India. It connects the arterial roads of the city leading to Kowdiar, Sasthamangalam, East Fort, Thycaud and Thampanoor. It is charectarised by the statue of Ayyankali in the centre of the roundabout which serves as a memorial to the freedom fighter.

The road from Kowdiar Square up to the Fine Arts college, Vellayambalam, Museum and Rama Rao Lamp was considered during early 1930’s and “Charalkonna” ( Copper Pod tree that is Peltophorzion Pterocarpium ) brought from Sri Lanka was planted as avenue trees. Before the widening, the vellayambalam junction was a tiny place, where four narrow roads met, with few petty shops around. A Wayside Inn ( Vazhiambalam ) of the revenue department occupied the south east corner of that junction at the foot of the diamond hill. As the Maharaja often passed through that junction, the inn was ever kept clean and tidy and regularly white washed giving a bright white look always. Because of that white wayside inn ( Vella Vazhi Ambalam ) that junction came to be known as ‘ Vellayambalam’ ( shortened form of Vella Vazhi Ambalam ) and in due course the locality around was also named vellayambalam.

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