KUNNUMPURATHU KUDUMBAM

 

PUTHENCAVU, CHENGANNUR, KERALA

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PUTHENCAVU  METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOLIS ONE OF THE OLDEST SCHOOL ESTD BY MAR  PHILAXINOS IN THE YEAR 1948.MOST OF THE  YOUNGER GENERATION OF KUNNUMPURATHU  FAMILY HAD THEIR EDUCATION  HERE.SHRI. K. K. ABRAHAM OF KUNNUMPURATHU WAS A TEACHER HERE FOR LONG YEARS. LATE FR. P.G. GEORGE IS STILL REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE EMINENT HEADMASTERS OF YESTERYEARS. AT PRESENT IT IS A HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL. THERE IS A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING ROOM OPPOSITE TO IT.EARLIER THERE WAS A POPULAR CLUB. THERE USED TO BE BADMINTON COMPETITION AND CARDS PLAY.

 

METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL ,PUTHENCAVU

   
ONE OF THE OLDEST CHURCHES OF THE  MALANKARA ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH. IT IS   DECLARED AS A CATHEDRAL NOW.  THE MORTAL REMAINS  OF THREE GREAT METROPLITANS OF THE CHURCH HAS MADE IT A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE. TWO CHURCH PERUNALS, OF MAR ANTHRAYOS ( A 17TH CENTUARY SYRIAN SAINT WHO WAS BURIED AT KALLADA) AND OF PUTHENCAVU MAR PHILAXINOS ARE CELEBRATED HERE. THE WOODEN HORSE OF MAR ANTHRAYOS DONATED BY THE PADIJAREVEETIL FAMILY IS PRESERVED IN THE CHURCH. THERE ARE A LOT OF  VILLAGE STORIES AROUND THIS HORSE ON WHICH  ANTHRAYOS BAVA USED TRAVEL AT NIGHT. 
 

ST . MARY 'S CATHEDRAL 

   
PALLI PPADI  AFTER A RAIN .YOU CAN SEE THE OLD STONE CROSS AND THE CHURCH  AUDITORIUM . PALLIPPADI IS A LIVELY  PLACE THROUGH OUT THE DAY. IT IS TO BE SEEN ON PERUNAL TIME. RAASA CULMINATES AT THIS PLACE. EARLIER PEOPLE  LIKE PAPPYSIR, BOOTH SIR, KAPPYAR SIR WERE LEGENDS OF PALLIPPADI. KUNJAPPAN, EC,THAMPURANKUZHI KOSHY WERE SOME OF THE NAMES ASSOCIATED  WITH THIS PLACE EARLIER. ATTHIKKAYAM IS AS FAMOUS AS ARATTU CASE. VERY FEW PEOPLE REMEMBER THESE THINGS NOW.
 

 PALLI PPADI 

   
THE THOOKKUPALAM OVER PAMPA NADI WAS THE LATEST BRIDGE TO EDNAD ONCE, THE ISLAND OF PAMPA  . BUT NOW THERE IS A CONCRETE BRIDGE THROUGH WHICH THERE IS  A BUS SERVICE TO EDANAD. BEFORE THERE USED TO A FERRY GHAT THE PASSAGE FOR WHICH WAS THROUGH TWO BUILDINGS OF THE METROPOLITAN SCHOOL.  MOST PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ALL THIS. VALIYA MAR DIONASIUS AND THE FAMOUS  BUSINESSMAN MATHUTARAKAN REACHED PUTHENCAVU BY BOAT. SOME  OF THE WOOD USED IN THE PUTHENCAVU CHURCH HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY TARAKAN. THE KALIVALLAMS OF ARNAMULA VALLAMKALI PASSES THROUGH THIS AREA.
 

 PAMPA

 

Members present during the first kudumdayogam meeting .

Many of them are no more

 

 

Kunnumpurathu is one of the oldest Orthodox Syrian Christian families of Puthencavu, Chengannur, Kerala, ( India). Many of its members are spread all over the world . Our forefathers migrated from Kuravilangad. At Puthencavu now there are nine families. The main branches and sub branches are given below :

Maachaanangu (Theruvil, Manglavil,Thelliyoor & Othara) 

Veettil (Malayil Georchayan & Babychayan ) 

Kochuveettil (Kizhakee kochuveetil, Padinjare, Kollam , Malayil & Goa) 

Kochappantangu (Theruvil, Kollam & Malayil) 

Angeveettil (Theruvil,Kayamkulam,Thiruvananthapuram & Kottayam ) 

Sasthampurathu (Chengannur)

Kunnumpurathu kudumbam wishes you all the best in life. May God bless you ...

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