19-12-2017, 04:30 PM
HEADQUARTERS
*Travancore Cement Factory - Nattakom
*Hindustan Newsprint Factory - Vellore
*Kerala Forest Development Corporation - Kottayam
*Plantation corporation - Kottayam
*Rubber Board - Kottayam
*Rubber Research Institute - Kottayam
*Oil Palm India Limited - Kottayam
Sahithya Pravarthaka - Kottayam
Sahakarana Sangam - Athirampuzha
Mahatma Gandhi University - Perunna(Changanacherry)
*The only Sun temple in Kerala is at
Ans : Adityapuram.
*The news paper Deepika was published from Kottayam (1887).
*Birth place of Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer
Ans : Thalayolaparambu
*Vagamon famous for paragliding is in
Ans : Kottayam
Prominent figures
*K.RNarayanan (Former President)
*Mannath Padmanabhan (Social Reformer) ,
*K.G. Balakrishnan (Former chief Justice of India)
*Alphonsa (Catholic Saint)
*Ullor S. Parameswaran Iyer (Poet)
*Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer (Writer)
no doubt
*Land of 3L's
Ans : Kottayam (Lakes,Letters,Latex)
*Land of 3C's
Ans : Thalassery (Cricket,Cake,Circus)
Tourist Spots
*Kumarakom bird sanctuary
*Elaveezhapoonchira
*Poonjar Palace
*Vagamon
*Mosart Art Gallery
*Ayyanpara
*The first cement factory in Kerala is
Travancore Cements Limited
*The 'Ezhara Ponnana' procession is the famous festival of Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple
*Vaikom satyagraha, the struggle against the untouchability in Kerala took place at -Vaikom (Kottayam)
*Vavarupally is famous for Pettathullal is situated in Erumeli.
Places of worship
*Vaikom Mahadeva temple
*Panachikadu Saraswathy temple
*Thirunakkara temple
*Vavarupally
*Bharananganam church
*Mannanam Church
