Kodungalloor is a well known tourist location in Kerala due to St. Thomas church and also Juma Masjid . St. Thomas is believed to have landed in Kodungalloor (formerly called Muziris) in 52 AD. The St. Thomas Church established by the apostle houses holy relics from the olden days. ...
Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kodungalloor Located 2 km from Kodungalloor town, this mosque resembles a Hindu temple in appearance. The mosque built in 629 AD is the first mosque in India and the second in the world where Juma prayers were started.
Other tourist places in and around Kodungalloor include, Cheramanparambu, the ancient Thiruvanchikulam Temple and the Bhagavathi Temple and the Portuguese fort in Kodungallor.
KODUNGALLOOR: Kodungalloor had been a bastion of the Communist Party of India (CPI) till the 2001 Assembly elections when Umesh Challiyil of the Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) won the seat for the United Democratic Front.
While development remains the key electoral issue on the surface at least, political equations are an underlying factor in Kodungalloor.
The Kodungalloor municipality and all the panchayats, Perinjanam, Mathilakam, Sree Narayana Puram, Edavilangu, Eriyadu and Methala, in the constituency are ruled by the Left Front.
Kodungalloor the ancient capital of Kerala lying about twenty miles north-west of Ernakulam had a hoary past.
Till recently the administration of the temple was in the hands of the Kodungalloor royal family, but now it is under the Cochin Devasworn Board.
It is to commemorate this event that the famous Bharani festival is celebrated in the Kodungalloor Bhagavathi temple in Meenam (March-April) every year.
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