This article is about the taluk. For the village, see
Chirayinkeezhu
.
Taluk in Kerala, India
Chirayinkeezhu Taluk
is a
Taluk
(tehsil) in
Thiruvananthapuram district
in the Indian state of
Kerala
.
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It is shares border with
Varkala Taluk
in North and with Thiruvananthapuram Taluk in South. It comprises 12 panchayats and Attingal Municipality. Chirayinkeezhu taluk is the birthplace of a host of illustrious personalities like the painter
Raja Ravi Varma
, the great poet and social reformer
Kumaran Asan
and
Prem Nazir
etc.
Settlements
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There are 16 villages and one
municipalities
are in the taluk.
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Villages
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Alamcode
,
Azhoor
,
Chirayinkeezhu
,
Edakkode
,
Kadakkavoor
,
Keezhattingal
,
Kilimanoor
,
Ponganadu
,
Koonthalloor
,
Koduvazhannoor
,
Mudakkal
,
Nagaroor
,
Pazhayakunnummel
,
Perunguzhi
,
Pulimath
,
Sarkara-Chirayinkeezhu
,
Vakkom
,
Vellalloor
[3]
Municipalities
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There one Municipality
Attingal
.
Places of tourist interest
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Chirayinkeezh has a network of
backwaters
and
canals
, which is quite typical of
Kerala
. Also there are many
Temples
and important tourist places.
Some of them are given below.
Kilimanoor Palace
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The estate of Kilimanoor originally belonged to a
Pillai
ruling chief and was forfeited to Travancore by Maharaja Marthanda Varma. The estate comprising several villages was then handed over to the family of the father of the King who had come south from Parappanad in Malabar around 1718.
[4]
In 1705 (
ME
880) the son and two daughters of Ittammar Raja of
Beypore
Thattarikovilakam, a
Kolathunadu
royal house, were adopted into the Royal house of
Venad
. Ittammar Raja's sister and her sons, Rama Varma and Raghava Varma, settled in Kilimanoor and married the now adopted sisters.
Marthanda Varma
, the founder of the Kingdom of
Travancore
, was the son of Raghava Varma. The nephew Sister's son. According to the matrilineal system prevalent at that time children born of the female members only belonged to that house of Raghava Varma, Ravi varma Koil Thampuran, married the sister of Marthanda Varma. Their son became known as
Dharma Raja
Kartika Thirunnal Rama Varma.
In 1740 when an allied force, the forces were from Kochi, Thekkumkoor, Deshinganad (present kollam) and Purakkad who had enmity towards Marthanda Varma led by Dutchman Captain Hockert supporting the Deshinganadu King, attacked Venad, an army from Kilimanoor resisted and then defeated them. Although a small victory, this was the first time an Indian army had defeated a European power. In 1753, in recognition of this feat, Marthanda Varma exempted the areas controlled by the Kilimanoor palace. Most of the area under the present Kilimanoor and
Pazhayakunnummel
panchayats
. from taxes, and granted them autonomous status. Although under his kingdom. The present palace complex was built at this time, together with the Ayyappa temple. The original temple being at
Nerumkaithakotta
, near Kozhikode for the family deity,
Sastha
or Ayyapan.
Velu Thampi
Dalawa
held meetings at Kilimanoor palace while planning uprisings against the British. He handed over his sword at the palace before going into his final battle against the British, and India's first President, Dr
Rajendra Prasad
received this sword from the palace and it was kept in the
National Museum
in
Delhi
. Afterwards the sword was moved to the Napier Museum, Trivandrum.
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