Puthencavu is a village in Alappuzha District of Kerala, India, located 2 km east of Chengannur along the southern bank of the river Pamba. The village is around 2 km from Arattupuzha, and can be easily accessed from Chengannur and Arattupuzha.

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Puthencavu
village
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Coordinates: 9°19′23″N 76°38′23″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Government
• Body	Chengannur Municipality
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	689123
Lok Sabha constituency	Mavelikkara
Legislative Assembly constituency	Chengannur

Education

Metropolitan Higher Secondary School,[1] run by the Catholicate and MD Schools Corporate Management of the Malakara Orthodox Syrian Church is located at Puthencavu.

Transportation

Chengannur Railway Station is the nearest railhead, and Cochin International Airport the nearest airport. The Century Multispeciality Hospital is located very near to Puthencavu Junction. [2]

Structures

The 218-year-old Puthencavu St Mary's Orthodox Church[3] is located in the village. The remains of three leaders of the Malankara Sabha, Mar Thoma VI, Mar Thoma VIII & Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos are interred in the church.

Notable people

Mahakavi Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan hails from this village and has made significant contributions to the freedom movement and the Malayalam language. His son K. M. Tharakan was a president of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, and a noted writer, novelist and critic.

References

External links

• http://www.alappuzhaonline.com/puthencavustmaryscathedral.htm
• http://wikimapia.org/17631221/Shaji-George-Chennattu

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