Chadayamangalam is a village

Village

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 in Kollam district

Kollam district

-Climate:Kollam's temperature is almost steady throughout the year. The average temperature ranges from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius. Summer usually runs from March until May; the monsoon begins by June and ends by September. Kollam receives an annual average rainfall of around...

 in the state of Kerala

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, India

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. The place has mythological importance as having connections to the stories in the Hindu

Hinduism

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 epic

Indian epic poetry

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 of Ramayana

Ramayana

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. The place is believed to have derived its current name from its old name of Jatayumangalam. Jatayu

Jatayu

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 was the giant bird that engaged in a fight with Ravana

Ravana

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 as the latter was on his way to Lanka

Lanka

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 after kidnapping Sita

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. Ravana cut the wings of Jatayu, which forced Jatayu to fall down. Jatayu fell on a huge rock, which was later called Jatayuppara. Jatayuppara is a tourist place now.

Demographics

India census

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, Chadayamangalam had a population of 22213 with 10671 males and 11542 females.