Melukara

Melukara is a small sub-village of Kozhencherry in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. Its official languages are Malayalam, English and Hindi.

Melukara
village
Melukara
Location in Kerala, India
Melukara
Melukara (India)
Coordinates: 9°21′0″N 76°43′0″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictPathanamthitta
Languages
  OfficialMalayalam, English Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKL-03
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
ClimateTropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature20 °C (68 °F)

Location

Melukara is surrounded on three sides by the Pampa River.

Climate and agriculture

The climate is humid, and the land is fertile. In addition to vegetable agriculture, farmers in Melukara cultivate coconut, mangosteen, rambutan, jackfruit, mango, nutmeg and rubber trees.

Temples

Sree Subrahmania Swami Temple is in the heart of Melukara and thiruvulsavam is being conducted every year. Chittedathu Nagachamundi Devi temple, Puthuppallil Bhagavathi Temple, A Marthoma Primary School, A Grade Vayanashala, A Marthoma church, Subrahmania swami temple, Sreekrishna swami temple, health center are a few social and religious centers in Melukara.

Snake boats

Melukara palliyodam (snakeboat) won the first prize in boat race which was conducted for the first time in Aranmula. Melukara won 7 times in mannam trophy. In 2011 the residents of Melukara made a new Snake boat "melukara palliyodam". It was built by Ayroor Chellappan Achari and his teams. In 2019 won Mannam Trophy & In 2016 Melukara Palliyodam won the first runners-up prize in the Uthrittathi Vallam kali.

Festivals

Every alternate year Sree Nagachamundi Devi Thiruvutsavam will celebrate with Bhairavi-kkolam thullal and kalamezhuthum pattum. Melukara SreeKrishna Swami Temple is owned by the Chittedathu family. The Sree Palan Pulayan Temple in Kanjeetukara is also owned by Chittedathu Family. It is a history in the world that Adiyane Poojikkunna Tambran.

Celebrities

Chittedathu Shanku Pillai - Famous freedom fighter of India. He had conducted Panthibhojanamin the time of freedom fight in chittedathu tharavadu. Mahatma Gandhi commented him as Dheeranaya Porali.

References

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