Chengalam

Chengalam is a village situated in the eastern part of Kottayam District (28 km) in India.

Chengalam

Padua of Kerala
village
Chengalam
Location in Kerala, India
Chengalam
Chengalam (India)
Coordinates: 9.6488600°N 76.702450°E / 9.6488600; 76.702450
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKottayam
Languages
  OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
686585
Telephone code04828 & 0481
ISO 3166 codeIN-KL
Vehicle registrationKL-34 & KL-05
Nearest cityPonkunnam

Location

The village is on the border of Kottayam kanjirappally and pala Taluka. Chengalam is well connected by road to Pala (15 km) and Ponkunnam 10 km. Most of the people here are Roman Catholic.

History

This place is under the province of Kanjirappally Diocese. But it has some history. Before 50–60 years the church was very much famous. The church is in the name of Anthony of Padua. The foundation stone of this church has laid in 1913. Also the chengalam market was very famous. The place is very calm and quiet. The climate is nice with enough rainfall and moderate temperatures. This place is also known as Padua of Kerala.

Disambiguation

NB: Kannur district also have one place name chengalam. It is located Kadannappalli panappuzha panchayat ward no.01. kaithapram kadannappalli and kandonthar is the nearest place of Chengalam. Lyrics wrighter kaithapram damodaran namboothiri, EX MLA KP kunhikannan, ex-central minister KC Venugopal and ex-minister Kadannappally Ramachandran also their birthplace and house is in the same panchayat.

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