Ooruttambalam

Ooruttambalam is a suburban area in Trivandrum .situated in Kattakkada Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India.[1]

Ooruttambalam
medium Town
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Government
 • BodyGram panchayat
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
695507
Telephone code0471

Location

It is 16 km from Kerala State Road Transport Corporation's Central Bus Depot, Thampanoor and City Depot East Fort,There are regular bus services to other parts of city also.[2] It is only 4 kilometres from National Highway 66. Nearest towns are Balaramapuram, Kattakkada and Neyyattinkara.


Railway station is 3 km away. The railway line connects Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram Central.

History of Ooruttambalam

AD 1915: Ooruttambalam Revolt (Nineteenth Century Revolt) under the leadership of Ayyankali. In the same year, Kallumala Agitation occurred under the leadership of Ayyankali in Perinad of Kollam. An attempt by Ayyankali to enrol a Pulayar girl in a government school led to violent acts perpetrated by upper castes against the community and eventually to the burningdown of the school building in the village of Ooruttambalam. It is known as ‘Ooruttambalam Lahala This was followed by the first-ever agricultural strike in the history of the nation, fought not for wages but for school admission.

Ooruttambalam Parankimamvila Durga Bhagavathi Temple
Ooruttambalam Parankimamvila Durgabhagavathi Temple

Ooruttambalam is also awell known for temples. The Ooruttambalam Parankimamvila Sree Durga Bhagavathy Temple is located near Ooruttambalam Market. Many devotees from different parts of the state visits the temple. The Durga Pooja and Bhagavathy Pooja of the temple are very famous. Atham mahothavam has been celebrating during the Malayalam month "Medam" on the day of the Malayalam nakshthra "Attam" every year. The People from all walks of the society participating in the festival especially Hindus, Christians and Muslims. The major attraction of the festival is the "Thalappoli Ghoshayathra" (cultural procession)which has been conducted during the last day of the festival. Procession starts from the temple and moves through velicode, pallithara and reaches Govindamangal Mahavishnu temple. From there it moves to Govindamangalam Junction, Ooruttambalam Junction, Neeranamkuzhy Junction and comes back to temple. The procession was also accompanied by many cultural programmes like Panchavadyam (orchestra of five instruments), Chnda Melam (orchestra of cylindrical percussion instrument, Nadaswaram (It is a wind instrument used to produce classical music and is considered as world's loudest non-brass acoustic instrument), Nettipattam Kettiya Gajaveen (elephant wearing the golden elephant caparison). The elephants carry Thidambu. It is taken out of the temple as Ezhunnallathu by the temple priest. This occasion is the only time where the goddess comes out of the temple in full alankaras in Ulthasava Thidambu. Many people from different region of kerala visits here and occupy their position at early in the morning to see the same and get worship from the goddess Durga.

Ooruttambalam Parankimamvila durga temple

Neyyar dam, a tourist destination, is 16 km away. Its canal passes through the town and the water is used for agriculture.

Institutions

Post Office, banks and village office are near the Ooruttambalam junction. There are two schools as well. Earlier, this place was the main hub.

Local government office (Panchayat office), a local outpost of main police station are 1 km away from Ooruttambalam. Valiyarthala Thampuran Temple an ancient temple in Oorutambalam OORTTU Festival is very popular in this temple

Krishnapuram is also a good agricultural place in ooruttambalam farmers are full-time in banana plant and in coconut plants more pupils are well educated in krishnapuram.A high school and LP Scholls are here ooruttambalam near good shepherd Church velikkodu built by Portuguese missioners in 1917 August 17.

Sree Saraswathy Vidyalayam [3], CBSE is a subsidiary of Bharatheeya Vidya Nikethan, having classes from pre-KG to plus two.

Ooruttambalam Service co-operative Bank, is situated near the post office.

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gollark: At least to the degree of paying for itself.
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References
  1. http://www.indiastudychannel.com/india/pincodes/39329-Ooruttambalam-S-O.aspx Details of Ooruttambalam
  2. http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?title=KSRTC%20launching%2050%20new%20city%20services&artid=D7aQxtFG8HI=&type= KSRTC bus services to Ooruttambalam
  3. Sree Saraswathy Vidyalayam

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