Amaravila

Poovar beach is 6 km from this village. Kovalam beach is 11 km from here. The distance between Amaravila and Vizhinjam International Seaport is 10 km. Ponmudi is 42 km from Amaravila. Neyyar Dam (38 km from Amaravila) is another popular picnic spot. Kanyakumari is 64 km from this village.

Maha Ganapathy (Ganesh) Temple in Narayanapuram street is a famous worship place where people from the different parts of Kerala come for worship. Ganapathy shrine with the left sided (curled) trunk is the uniqueness of this temple which cannot be found in any other Ganesh temple in Kerala. There is a belief among the people that the Ganesh shrine having its trunk curled towards left side has a tremendous power to remove obstacles.

Deveswaram Mahadewar Temple is one of the major worship places in Amaravila. The temple is about 1000 years old and is now under Travancore Devaswom board. People from different places worship the deity Lord Shiva here. The upadevas are Vigneshvara and Nagaraja. The temple is situated near the sub-registrar office in Amaravila.

        Neerakathala sreebhadrakali devi temple is famous for annual meenabharani mahotsavam.It is one of the oldest'mudipura'located in trivandrum district.

Amaravila Muslim Jama-ath includes two mosques, the town mosque and a Juma masjid. A madrassa is also with these mosques.

CSI Church illuminated for Christmas

CSI Amaravila in NTA Town

Amaravila CSI church is one of the major attractions of this place. It started as a small congregation in 1810, and currently it is the largest CSI church in Kerala, with three services (two in Malayalam and one in English). It was modified in 1895. The new bell-tower of the church has been inaugurated on 7 March 2010. The church has a shopping complex, a community hall and a school from Kindergarten to Plus Two. The church conducts a yearly convention which attracts a huge mass of people from south of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

NI Institute of Engineering ITC Amaravila

The following are the educational institutions in the area:

• Bharathiya vidyamandiram, Amaravila
• LMS HSS Amaravila
• LMS LPS Amaravila
• CSI EMS Amaravila
• JBS Amaravila
• CSI TTI Amaravila
• PGMVHSS Pullamala, Amaravilla
• NI ITC Amaravila
• Vimalahridaya English Medium School, Amaravila
• The NIIT (Noorul Islam Institute of Industrial Training)

V. S. Sivakumar started his political career as an activist of the Kerala Students' Union from this area, as he was born and brought up in Amaravila. He was a member of Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha representing Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency. He became the Minister for Transport and Devaswom of the Government of Kerala by defeating V. Surendran Pillai of the KC(T) party in the 2011 state election.

The late Rt. Rev. Dr. I. Yesudasan, former bishop and moderator of CSI South Kerala Diocese, was born and brought up in Amaravila.

• Syndicate Bank, Amaravila
• Muthoot Finance Ltd, Amaravila

There are two auditoriums in this locality which are used by the general public for services like marriage, get-togethers, and other similar functions. They are:

• Devika Auditorium, near check post
• Sumangali Auditorium, Thannimoodu Junction
• C S I Community Hall, Amaravila

The major hotels in the locality are:

• Hotel Hayar, Near Amaravila Check Post
• Hotel Rarikrishna, Thannimoodu Junction
• Hotel Green Land, Opposite JBS School
• Shri Ganesh Lunch Home, Bank Junction, Amaravila

There is a public library in Amaravila, on Amaravila - Karakkonam road.

• Neyyattinkara
• Neyyattinkara Railway Station
• Neyyattinkara Sree Krishna Swami Temple
• Thiruvananthapuram
• Municipalities of Kerala
• Upper cloth revolt

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