Edappally is a fast growing town in the suburbs of Cochin City in Kerala state, south India.The town is famous for St. George's Church which is quiet old and is a pilgrimage centre. [[Perandoor Temple,Thrickovil Sree Krishna Temple,Edappally Palace, Edappally mosque(more than 1000 years old) and many other old buildings are preserved in Edappally. It is the home town of the famous malayalam poets Changampuzha Krishna pillai and Edappally Raghavan Pillai.One of the most famous Malayalam poets Mr.Balachandran Chullikkad is staying here. Two National highways NH 47 and NH 17 goes through Edappally. One of the best Hospital in Kerala named Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences is situated in Edappally. It is a place which comes under Thripunithura legislative constituency.The cochin byepass connects Edappaly with Aroor which is a industrial town near the city of cochin. Toll Junction in Edappally is a busy market and a joint for the city-bred youngsters.two movie houses named Vanitha and Vineetha are located here.The world famous museum of kerala history and sculpture is also located in Edappally.Thrikkakkara temple is only 2 kilometers away from Edappally Toll junction. (IPA: ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... South India is a linguistic-cultural region of India that comprises the four Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Pondicherry, whose inhabitants are collectively referred to as South Indians. ...
Even as the twin murder at Edappally gets into the list of cases transferred from the local police to the Crime Branch, the authorities do not seem to address the real issues faced by the police force.
There are some officers in the force who advocate transferring of cases of such magnitude to the Crime Branch without much delay, when the evidence is not lost and the incident is fresh in the memory of the witnesses.
At the same time, the police sources claimed that except for a couple of cases handed over to the Crime Branch, the local police could detect all the crimes committed in the city limits during the last two years.
Edappally was then a small hamlet, a part of the princely kingdom of Elangalloor.
The Catholic congregation at Edappally was rather small and they were all descendants of the Hindus converted into Christianity by St.Thomas the Apostle (alias Dideemos) who came to India to preach the Gospel.
A church was built in A.D.593 at Edappally on a plot of land allotted by the Elangalloor Swaroopam (The Raja of Edappally), a Hindu dynasty that ruled Edappally and neighboring areas.
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