Kidangoor

Kidangoor is a village in Kottayam district, near Pala. It is strategically located between the two major towns in Kottayam District, Kottayam and Pala. The Meenachil River flows through the heart of Kidangoor village. This village is situated in Kidangoor Panchayath and is the birthplace of two famous people P.K. Vasudevan Nair, better known as 'comrade pkv', former chief minister of Kerala and Gopalakrishnan Nair, former general secretary to NSS. There is the famous Knanaya Catholic church (St Mary's Church) and an ancient and famous Subramanya Swamy Temple, believed to be more than 1500 yrs old. The village was once a centre for education for the nearby villages as it had one lower primary school and two high schools 75 years ago. The first library in this village was established in 1927 by socialist Irittukuziyil Paramupilla who built NSS high school. The literacy rate is very high as this small village has three secondary schools and three lower primary schools in the vicinity. The village is mentioned in many old manuscripts and believed to be extanct at least from the 4th century AD.

There is another village of the same name near Angamaly. The River Meenachil divides this village into Kidangoor North and Kidangoor South. It is the birthplace of V.T. Bhattathirippadu. Dr Joseph Padinjath, who was the first president of Kerala Knanaya Congress, is also from here.

Southern Kidangoor has Subramaniya Swamy Temple, a very old temple on the banks of the river and northern Kidangoor has St. Mary's Church which is also very old. Kidangoor St. Mary's Church is the parish forane of the Knanaya community. Little Lourdes hospital in Kidangoor, run by the Visitation Nuns, is a famous hospital on the Palai Highway. The hospital and the nunnery by it was the the arena of Sr. Aleyamma Cheruvallil, a warm and kindhearted nun who served the people of the region. Kidangoor is also the birthplace of filmmaker and poet Joe Eshwar alias Jomy George.and all types of imported goods are available here