Amaravila
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Amaravila is village in Neyyatinkara town which is in Trivandrum district, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. The word Amaravila means land of immortals. It has Kerala's second big checkpost after Walayar
Walayar
Walayar is a small developing town, located in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. It is situated in the border between the states of Kerala and Tamilnadu on NH 47 where the sales tax, motor vehicles check post, and excise check posts are located...

. This village is situated at NH 47
NH 47
National Highway 47, commonly referred to as NH 47, is a long highway connecting the city of Salem to Kanyakumari town in southern India...

on the way to Kanyakumari. Amaravila is located on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. It is around 3 km from Neyyattinkara. Situated on the banks of Neyyar River, this town is noted for its religious integration, where a mosque (Amaravila Juma Masjid), church (CSI Church) and a temple are lying near to one another.

Amaravila CSI church is one of the major attraction of the place. Started as a small congregation in 1810, currently it is the largest CSI church in Kerala with 3 services
6.00 am -English(on second Sunday Tamil)
7.00 am -Malayalam
8.30 am -Malayalam in Sunday.
It was modernised in 1895. Recently the extension works and building of a new bell-tower of the church has been completed and inaugurated on March 7, 2010. The church has a shopping complex and a community hall along with it. The church conducts yearly convention which attracts largest crowd in south Kerala.
The Amaravila CSI Church is now getting ready to celebrate one year long Bicentenary Celebrations, which is proposed to be inaugurated in 3 October 2010 (03-10-2010)
It has five educational institutions on the premises- The CSI English Medium School, Govt Aided LMS LP School, LMS High school, LMS Higher Secondary School and the CSI Teachers Training Institute in the compound.

Educational institutions

  • LMS HSS Amaravila.
  • LMS LPS Amaravila.
  • CSI EMS Amaravila.
  • JBS Amaravila.
  • CSI TTI Amaravila.
  • PGMVHSS Pullamala, Amaravilla
  • NI ITC Amaravila

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