Ulloor

This article is about the place. For the poet known by the same name, see Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer.
Ulloor
ഉള്ളൂര്‍
town
Ulloor

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 8°32′3″N 76°55′46″E / 8.53417°N 76.92944°E / 8.53417; 76.92944Coordinates: 8°32′3″N 76°55′46″E / 8.53417°N 76.92944°E / 8.53417; 76.92944
Country  India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Government
  MLA M. A. Vahid
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 695011
Telephone code +914712
Vehicle registration KL-22
Nearest city Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency Thiruvananthapuram
Legislative assembly Kazhakkoottam

Ulloor (Malayalam: ഉള്ളൂര്‍) is a town in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India. The place was made famous by the modern Malayalam triumvirate poet Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer whose ancestral home was in Ulloor.[1] The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram is located at Ulloor. Ulloor comes under Cheruvaikkal village limits of Thiruvananthapuram taluk. It comes under Kazhakkoottam legislative assembly.

Ulloor is famous for its devotional places which include Ulloor Balasubrahmanya Swamy temple and St. Alphonsa Church.

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