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India</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Edathua&params=9_22_0_N_76_28_0_E_type:city_region:IN-KL"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°22′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°28′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.36667°N 76.46667°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.36667; 76.46667</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alappuzha_district" title="Alappuzha district">Alappuzha/Alleppey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Language<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Spoken</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">689573</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">(0477 221...)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">KL-66</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nearest Cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a> & <a href="/wiki/Haripad" title="Haripad">Haripad</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EdathuaChurch_Inside3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/EdathuaChurch_Inside3.jpg/220px-EdathuaChurch_Inside3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/EdathuaChurch_Inside3.jpg/330px-EdathuaChurch_Inside3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/EdathuaChurch_Inside3.jpg/440px-EdathuaChurch_Inside3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Inside the church</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Edathua</b> is a small village in <a href="/wiki/Kuttanad" title="Kuttanad">Kuttanad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a> district, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It is located 12 km from Thiruvalla city center, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_183_(India)" title="National Highway 183 (India)">National Highway 183</a> and the Thiruvalla railway station.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pilgrim_Center">Pilgrim Center</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Pilgrim Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/St._George_Forane_Church,_Edathua" title="St. George Forane Church, Edathua">St. George Forane Church, Edathua</a> is the major pilgrim center of the area. The Feast of St. George is a major festival here. People from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and elsewhere attend the feast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edathua is in the <a href="/wiki/Kuttanad" title="Kuttanad">Kuttanad</a> region. It lies below sea level: agricultural land (rice farms) in this region are separated from big and small rivers by high mud levees (bunds called <i>Puravaramp</i>). Farmers and agricultural workers build their dwellings on reclaimed land by expanding upon these levees around these paddy fields known as <i>padam</i>. These levees are also often planted with coconut trees, a major commercial crop in the region. The area attracts a lot of foreign tourists. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attraction">Attraction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Attraction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Situated on the banks of a branch of the Pamba river, the massive shrine St. George Forane Church, Edathua, 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Alappuzha and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of Thiruvalla and built more than 200 years ago resembles the churches of medieval Europe. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ambalappuzha_Sri_Krishna_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambalappuzha Sri Krishna Temple">Ambalappuzha Sree Krishna temple</a> is about 20 km from Edathua. </p><p>The very ancient <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Niranam" title="St. Mary's Church, Niranam">St. Marys Church, Niranam</a>, believed to have been originally established by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas the Apostle</a>, the disciple of Jesus Christ, in the 1st century AD, is 9 km south-east of Edathua. </p><p>There are a number of ancient Hindu temples with interesting legends and history in the surrounding villages of Edathua such as Changankary, <a href="/wiki/Pandankary" title="Pandankary">Pandankary</a>, Mithrakkary, Kozhimukk, <a href="/wiki/Thalavady" title="Thalavady">Thalavady</a> and Veeyapuram. </p><p>Veeyapuram also has a Muslim mosque. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chakkulathukavu_Temple" title="Chakkulathukavu Temple">Chakkulathukavu Temple</a> is less than 5 km east of Edathua. </p><p>The Haripad <a href="/wiki/Haripad_Sree_Subrahmanya_Swamy_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Haripad Sree Subrahmanya Swamy temple">Subrahmanya Swamy temple</a> is about 13 km from Edathua. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mannarasala_Temple" title="Mannarasala Temple">Mannarasala Temple</a>, believed to be more than 3000 years old, is just a few kilometres south of Edathua. </p><p>It is said that Edathua got its name because in ancient times it was a "resting spot" (<i>edathavalam</i>), for the king's men and traders traveling by river. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivals">Festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The annual feast of the St. George Forane Catholic church starts on 27 April with the hoisting of the flag and concludes on 7 May. </p><p>During the feast, the statue of St. George, decked in gold regalia, is carried out and placed on the dais at the center of the church. </p><p>Devotees from other states are the main contributors to this Church feast. The feast, known as "Edathua Perunnal", helped Edathua to develop as one of the most important commercial centers in Kuttanad region. During the feast family members from outside Edathua, especially from the southern Kollam, Trivandrum side of Kerala and Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, come and visit their relatives. During the 10-day feast, many devotees stay and cook food in the church premises and take part in ritual bathing in the river in front of the church. The church is colorfully illuminated, and there is a fireworks display. Apart from Edathua Church, Arthunkal Church and Thumboly Church are the major Christian churches of Alappuzha district where the festival and pilgrimage are held. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_institutions">Educational institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Aloysius_College,_Edathua" title="St. Aloysius College, Edathua">St. Aloysius College, Edathua</a> is the only arts and science college in Kuttanad.</li> <li>St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School</li> <li>St. Mary's Girls High School</li> <li>Georgian Public School & Junior College, Edathua.</li> <li>Marthoma Syrian Girls High School, Anaprampal</li> <li>Holy Angels Senior Secondary School, Edathua</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prominent_people">Prominent people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Prominent people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Varghese Augustine Punchaichira, the first elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the then Thakazhy constituency after India's independence, was from Edathua. He defeated his friend and now famous novelist <a href="/wiki/Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai" title="Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai">Thakazhy Shivashankarappilla</a> in the election. </p><p>Edathua is the hometown of <a href="/wiki/K._N._P._Kurup" title="K. N. P. Kurup">K. N. P. Kurup</a>, who was also its panchayat president. </p><p>Edathua is the home town of the international swimmer <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna award</a> winner <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Xavier" title="Sebastian Xavier">Sebastian Xavier</a> of Manammal family. It is also the home of Mathews Mar Theodosius, the Metropolitan of Idukki Diocese. Malankara Orthodox Church belongs to Kannammalil family Pandankary . </p><p>'Keralaassisi' <a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthenparampil_Thommachen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Puthenparampil Thommachen (page does not exist)">Puthenparampil Thommachen</a>, the founder of the Franciscan Third order in Kerala, is also from Edathua. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Distance from Edathua: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_International_Airport" title="Cochin International Airport">Cochin International airport</a> - 109 km</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trivandrum_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivandrum International Airport">Trivandrum International airport</a>-128 km</li></ul> <ul><li>Ambalappuzha railway station-13 km</li></ul> <ul><li>Thiruvalla railway station- 17 km</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">Kerala State Road Transport Corporation</a> (KSRTC) operates bus service from Sub depot of Edathua. <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Water_Transport_Department" title="Kerala State Water Transport Department">Kerala State Water Transport Department</a> (SWTD) operates boat services from Edathua boat jetty. </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">SWTD Boat Services to/From Edathua <br />*= Approximate Timing </th></tr> <tr> <th>Arrival </th> <th>Departure </th> <th>Service </th> <th>Route </th></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>06:00* </td> <td> </td> <td>Champakulam - Edathua </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>06:00 </td> <td>Edathua - Champakulam </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>08:15* </td> <td> </td> <td>Champakulam - Edathua </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>09:00* </td> <td> </td> <td>Venattukadu - Edathua </td> <td>Nedumudy, Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>8:15 </td> <td>Edathua - Kochupally </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>10:00 </td> <td>Edathua - Nedumudy </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>10:15* </td> <td> </td> <td>Kochupally - Edathua </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>11:40 </td> <td>Edathua - Champakulam </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>13:00* </td> <td> </td> <td>Nedumudy - Edathua </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>13:15 </td> <td>Edathua - Nedumudy </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>14:00* </td> <td> </td> <td>Champakulam - Edathua </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>14:45 </td> <td>Edathua - Veliapally </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>16:15* </td> <td> </td> <td>Nedumudy - Edathua </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>16:15 </td> <td>Edathua - Nedumudy </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>17:30* </td> <td> </td> <td>Veliapally - Edathua </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>17:30 </td> <td>Edathua - Nedumudy </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>19:15* </td> <td> </td> <td>Nedumudy - Edathua </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>19:15 </td> <td>Edathua - Champakulam </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #2988BC; color: white"> <td>20:45* </td> <td> </td> <td>Nedumudy - Edathua </td> <td>Champakulam </td></tr> <tr style="background: #4D648D; color: white"> <td> </td> <td>21:00 </td> <td>Edathua - Champakulam </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edathua&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output 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