Cheppad

Cheppad is a scenic village in Karthikapally Taluk of Alleppy District in Kerala State, India. It is about halfway between Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram on the National Highway 47.

Cheppad

Cheppaud
Village
Cheppad School
Coordinates: 9.2522200°N 76.467210°E / 9.2522200; 76.467210
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictAlappuzha
Government
 • BodyGram panchayat
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKL-04
Lok Sabha constituencyAlappuzha
Vidhan Sabha constituencyHaripad

Etymology

Cheppad was known as "Cheppukadu" in ancient times; "cheppu" indicates a small container and "kadu" indicates a small forest.

Economy

Cheppad is turning into a town of the future with the already existing national thermal power station, new government medical college, modernisation of Cheppad railway station and 5-star hotels in the neighbourhood. Cheppad is covered by the state of the art 3G mobile network and high speed broadband up to 8 Mbit/s and the new National Highway 47 development gives Cheppad access to all major cities.

C.K. Highschool

Demography

Cheppad is inhabited by a predominantly Hindu community. The Christian community is the second largest religious community and many denominations of Christian faith can be found here. There is no documentary evidence to establish the arrival of Christian community to this place. St. George Orthodox Church, Cheppad under the Malankara Orthodox Syrian church is the major attraction of cheppad.

St George Orthodox Church
Main article: St. George Orthodox Church, Cheppad
St George Orthodox Church, Cheppad

St. George Orthodox Church in Cheppad is popularly known as Cheppad Valiya Pally, and is a pilgrim center of the Malankara Orthodox Church. The church may date from 1175.[1] St George Orthodox Church is the resting place of Cheppad Philipose Mar Dionysius, Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church during 1825-1855. The 900-year-old mural paintings in Cheppad St. George Orthodox Church exhibits the Christian traditional paintings. The paintings are on the walls of the Madbaha (altar) of the Church and show events from the life of Jesus Christ from birth to ascension and few events from the old testament.

gollark: Also titration a few times.
gollark: Oh, and probably weigh it and stuff.
gollark: We did do various random practical things. Which mostly consisted of "pour thing into thing, maybe heat it, wait a bit".
gollark: Nice color.
gollark: Hmm, neat, it looks weirdly flat.

See also
  • Cheppad Mar Dionysios IV of the East

References
  1. "St. George Orthodox Church, Cheppad | Mural Paintings in Kerala Churches | Christianity of Kerala | Kerala Tourism". Christianity. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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