Kottarakara is a town located in the district of Kollam, formerly known as Quilon, in the Kerala state of India. It is 72 km to the north of the State Capital, Thiruvananthapuram, on the Main Central Road, a State Highway and 25 km to the east of Kollam on the National Highway. For the district with the same name, see Kollam District. ... Kollam, formerly known as Quilon, is a city in Kerala which is also the headquarters of a district by the same name. ... Kerala (IPA: ; Malayalam: കേരളം — ) is a state on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... Thiruvananthapuram (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം []), formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarter of Thiruvananthapuram District. ...

It served as a place of residence for the King. Thus, it is named 'Kottarakara', or "the place of the palace". The 'Elayidath Swaroopam' was the last ruling family of the area. The last queen of the dynasty voluntarily surrendered to King Marthanda Varma of Travancore in the 18th century. Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... Marthanda Varma (1706 - 1758) was the son of the Rani of Attingal. ... Travancore or Thiruvithaamkoor (Malayalam: തിരുവിതാങ്കൂര്‍ [], തിരുവിതാംകൂര്‍ [], തിരുവിതാങ്കോട് []) or Tamil திருவிதாங்கூர் was a princely state in India with its capital at Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram). ...

The region is primarily agrarian. It has grown in population as well as economically. There are lots of educational institutions including the 'St. Gregorious College' and the 'IHRD Engineering College'. The place is well-connected, with a good network of roads and frequent bus services to all places. The Kollam - Chennai railway passes through Kottarakara and there is a railway station here. For the district with the same name, see Kollam District. ... Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ...

Kottarakara, like other parts of India, is governed by different levels of government such as the three tiers of 'Panchayatraj', namely Village, Block and Jilla and, of course, the state and central governments. The revenue and land administration has the village as the basic unit. The Kottarakara Taluk consists of a number of villages. The Taluk is part of the Kollam Revenue Sub-Division, which is coterminous with the Kollam District. Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... A Tehsil is an administrative subdivision or tier of local government in some South Asian countries. ...

The 'State Institute of Rural Development' is at Kottarakara. One of the three Extension Training Centres in the State is also here. Important Government institutions include the Irrigation Chief Engineer's (Kallada) office, Electricity Superintending Engineer's office, Transport Corporation's District office, Taluk Office and Taluk Hospital.

The Kottarakara Assemby seat has been held by the Kerala Congress leader 'R. Balakrishna Pillai' for decades. He holds the record for the highest margin of victory for any candidate to the Kerala Assembly. He has been responsible for most of the developmental activities here. Other prominent political leaders from the area are 'E. Chandrasekharan Nair' and the late 'D. Damodaran Potti'.

Kottarakara is the place where the classical art form of Kathakali was conceived. It was developed in competition with Krishnanattom which had its origin in Kozhikode. Malayalam novelists Lalithambika Antharjanam and Kakkanadan hail from here. Kathakali is a form of Indian dance-drama. ... Kozhikode in Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട്, also known as Calicut, is the third largest city (pop. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം) is the major language of the state of Kerala, in southern India. ...

The late Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair was one of India's best actors. His son 'Sai Kumar' and daughter 'Sobha' are Malayalam film actors. Veteran actor 'Bharat' Murali hails from Odanavattom near Kottarakara. 'Ganesh Kumar', MLA and former Minister, son of' R. Balakrishna Pillai' is also a renowned actor. 'K.P. Kottarakara' was a leading Malayalam film producer in the seventies.

It is a famous pilgrim centre for the Hindus as the seat of the famous Ganapati Temple. It is believed that the idol was sculptured by Perumthachan from the root of the jack tree.This temple is famous for its 'Unniappom'. There are lots of churches in the area, mostly of the 'Malankara Orthodox Church 'and the 'Marthomma Church'. A Hindu (archaic Hindoo), as per modern definition is an adherent of philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural system of the Indian subcontinent and the island of Bali. ... Popular image of Ganesh In Hinduism, Ganesha (Gaṇeśa, lord of the hosts, also spelled Ganesa and sometimes referred to as Ganesh in Hindi, Bengali and other Indian vernaculars) is the god of wisdom, intelligence, education and prudence. ... The Akshardham Hindu temple (mandir), Delhi, India, 2005 The Ecclesia, the Rosicrucian healing temple, Oceanside, California, United States, 1920 The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. ... Perumthachan also spelled as Perunthachan meaning (the master carpenter or the master craftsman) is a honorific title that is used to refer to an ancient legendary carpenter, architect, woodcarver and sculptor from Kerala, South India. ... Look up Jack, jack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the Christian buildings of worship. ...

A number of smaller towns surround the main city of Kottarakara, such as Thrikkannamangal, Mylam, Kulakada, Melila, Vettikavala, Poovattoor, Puthur, Oommannur, Valakom, Sadanandapuram and Chengamanad. Town Thrikkannamangal is a suburb around the city of Kottarakara in the Kollam District of Kerala, India. ...