Kurichy

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Kurichy is a small village in [changanacherry] in the district of Kottayam in southern India. It lies on the main Central Road which runs through the entire state of Kerala. The nearest towns to Kurichy is Changanacherry and Kottayam. Kurichy is 7 kilometers from Changanacherry by bus.

History

"Kurichy was formerly called as "Gurushreepuram", meaning "the land of Vishnu [Guru] and Lakshmi [Shree] ", which got mispronounced all through the years to its current form."Kurichy"

Places in Kurichy

The main attraction of Kurichy is that it is a very green and calm place. Kurichy is having an engineering college (Saint Gits) and also a Homeo college. The central area of this small village is called " Kurichy Out Post", dates back to an earlier Police OutPost.The land is blessed by the goddess of "Cherupparakkavu", 1.5 km away from Kurichy out post.Kurichy has a minor seminary.

Other important temples are - 1) Ednattu Indalayappa Swami Temple, 2) Thrikkapaleswarm Shiva temple 3) Shankarapuram Shiva Temple etc. Makaravilakku Utsavam at Indalayappa Swami temple is very famous. On the day of Makaravilakku lot of devotees will come with "Irumudi Kettu" that too observing Vrtham (Upvas) to this temple and "Ghee Abhishekham" will take place at 11.10pm. Indalayappa is also fondly known as "Edanattu Valiachchan".

Two famous Kathakali artists were born in Kurichy - Kurichy Kunjan Panickar and Kurichy Krishna Pillai.

Kurichy is also the home of Anglican Church of India. The headquarters of the church is located near the Main Central Road (MC Road).The majority Christians are Syrian Christians in Kurichy.Mainly Kurichy contains knanaya people. Kurichy is a place consists of many famous Churches. Saint Mary's Jacobite Syrian Soonoro Church kurichyputhenpally [website: [http://kurichyputhenpally.org] is famous for its name where people get lot of blessings through Virgin Mary's prayer.Major ettu nombu perunal is important for everyone there.

The famous churches in Kurichy are Mar Ignatius Knanaya church which is situated at Moscow which is at a distance of about a km from outpost , St. Mary's Orthodox Church (Kurichy Chapel) located at Outpost Junction, St: Peters and st: pauls Orthodox church (Kurichy Valiyapally) which was established in 1831 A.D by malankara orthodox people in kurichy. This church is located in a very cool, calm and greener place in Kurichy. It is situated 2 km far west from Kurichy out post junction.

Major Families

The major families in Kurichy are: Ambalakadavu(root-pakalomattom),Chandrathil,Peroor, Punnackadu,Pallathettu, Pallat, Pallathara, Parel,Parambattu, Poozhikunnel,Pallickaparambil, Kalappurackal, Thayyil, Kottuppallil, Karunattu, Kunnel, Maamoottil, Padinjarethil, Madathil,Anickattu,Mazhuvancheril, Sannidhanam, Ambalakadavu,Varacheril, Mananthanathu house and Neicherri

Nearby places

1) Thuruthy2) Mandiram Kavala3) Chingavanam4) Chethipuzha5) Mission palli

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