Budhanoor is a village in Chengannur taluk, in the Alappuzha District of Kerala state, India. It has 14 wards – Kadamboor, Budhanoor West, Budhanoor East, Budhanoor South, Ennakkadu, Ennakkadu North, Ulunthy East, Ulunthy, Elanjimel. Perigalippuram West, Perigalippuram East, Gramam, Tayyoor and Perngadu. Neighbor villages are Mannar, Chennithala, Pandanadu and Puliyoor.
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Adichikkavu Sree Durga Devi Kshetram, also known as the Adichikavu Devi Temple is one of the oldest temple in Pandanad village, Alapuzha. The temple is located at Pandanad in Chengannur taluk of Alappuzha district in the south Indian state of Kerala. The temple is situated about 6 km west of Chengannur, and 4 km east of Mannar.
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The Karingattukavu Devi Temple is located at Prayar village, Chengannur taluk, Kerala, in India on the bank of the river Pampa. It is a Durga and Bhadrakali temple. An annual festival is held at the temple during the Meena month of the Malayalam Calendar, and the most important day is Karthika.
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Puliyoor is a village in Chengannur municipality in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala.
The schools in the village include Government HS Puliyoor, Govt. U.P. School Perissery, Vallikkav LP School and Snehagiri U.P. School. Government UP School was the first established school in the area and is over 100 years old. The Great flood of 99 provided the timber for today's school building.
Thrippuliyoor Mahavishnukshethram is the famous temple here which is mentioned in Thirukkural and Alvar scripts and is a main attraction. It is one of the 108 Vaishnava temples and is believed to be established before 6th century CE.
Today, many social associations and cultural clubs, libraries, temples and churches strengthen the culture of the region.
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The Thripuliyoor Mahavishnu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu and located in Puliyoor, Alappuzha District, Kerala, South India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Mayapiran/Thripuliyoorappan. The nearest railway station to the temple is located at Chengannur, while the nearest airport is Trivandrum International airport.
It is one of the five ancient shrines in the Chengannur area of Kerala, connected with the legend of Mahabharata, where the five Pandavas are believed to have built one temple each; Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu Temple by Yudhishthira, Puliyoor Mahavishnu Temple by Bhima, Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple by Arjuna, Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple by Nakula and Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple by Sahadeva.
The Aratu festival during the Tamil month of Margaḻi and the Kavadiattam during the month of Thai are the major festivals celebrated in the temple. The temple is open from 4 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 8 pm and is administered by Travancore Devaswom Board of the Government of Kerala.
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Sree Bhuvaneswari Higher Secondary School, managed by the Kurattikadu Pattambalam Devaswam, was founded in 1974 with LKG classes and has now grown into a cluster of schools comprising the Sree Bhuvaneswari Sisu Vidyalayam-the nursery, Sree Bhuvaneswari English Medium High School, Sree Bhuvaneswari Higher Secondary School and Sree Bhuvaneswari CBSE School. It is an unaided higher secondary school recognized by the Government of Kerala with a total strength of more than 2000 students and more than 100 staff members. It is situated at Mannar.
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