| Punkunnam | |||
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| Country | India | ||
| State | Kerala | ||
| District(s) | Thrissur | ||
| Nearest city | Thrissur | ||
| Civic agency | Thrissur Municipal Corporation | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Punkunnam is a commercial and residential area in Thrissur city of Kerala in India. It is 2 km away from the Swaraj Round. Punkunnam is the Ward 1 of Thrissur Municipal Corporation. Punkunnam is home to the renowned Punkunnam Siva Temple. The famous Sitaram Textiles is situated here. It was established in Punkunnam by TR Ramachandra Iyer in the early 1940s.[1] The spinning wing has the capacity of 12,000 spindles. The mill also has a capacity to process 40,000 meters of cloth every day.[2]Poonkunnam Railway Station provides rail connectivity to other parts of Kerala and India.
Punkunnam have some of the famous temples in Thrissur city like Punkunnam Siva Temple, Punkunnam Seetha Ramaswamy Temple, [[Kuttankulangara Sri Krishna Temple] and Sri Sankarankulangara Temple.Punkunnam Seetha Ramaswamy Temple have got a Ratholsavam festival which is second after Kalpathy ratholsavam.Besides these temples Punkunnam have also got a Christian Church.To add up there is a unique religious harmony that exist in Punkunnam, and for this reason there have no single problem in the past that have Religion as its cause.
There are several Banks functioning in Punkunnam. Dhanalaxmi bank (zonal office and proposed Corporate centre), South Indian bank and Canara bank has got branches at Punkunnam.