Omallur
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Omallur, often alternatively spelt Omalloor, is a small town, about 4 km south of Pathanamthitta District
headquarters, in Kerala
. Omallur is famous for Vayal Vanibham which is an annual cattle fair held in the month of Meenam (Malayalam Year). People from both within and outside the state participate in the fair.
co-exist harmoniously, the Ezhavas, Nairs, Viswakarmas and the Scheduled Class & Tribes constitute the major sections of the Hindu religion. Followers of Christianity Marthoma Church Orthodox church, Jacobite
Church, , St. Thomas Evangelical Church
, Church of South India
, Pentecostal Churches, and Brethren
form major Christian sects.
Omalloor is place of peace and harmony. Temple festivals -Utsavam and Church feasts (Palliperunal) are celebarated as village festivals. There are many historically important places of worship in Omalloor. The Raktha Kanda Swamy Temple is a grand temple situated in Omalloor and is famous for the annual festival (utsavam). The very old St Thomas Orthodox Valiya Palli (church) is also another major place of worship for Christians. Manjanikkara Dayara
is famous for its pilgrimage importance. Every year thousands of pilgrims come by foot to the tomb of Holy Patriarch Ignatius Elias III
at Manjanikkara. St.Peters Jacobite church,St. Stephen's Jacobite Church, St. Thomas Malankara Catholic Church, Puthenpeedika , St. Peter's Malankara Catholic Church, Cheekanal and St Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Cheekanal are some other important places worship at Omalloor. Mathoor Kaavu Bhagavathi Temple, situated on the banks of Achenkovil river, is a famous Hindu temple.
The River Achankovil marks the eastern border of the Omalloor Panchayat.
The Thazhoor Bhagavati Temple, famous for the annual Padayani rituals during the Malayalam month of Kumbham is located on the banks of the River Achankovil.
, Omalloor had a population of 17540 with 8272 males and 9268 females.
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The village of Cheekanal, on the periphery of Omallur, is mainly a residential area but there are a number of small family-owned retail shops, and some rubber plantations. The largest employer in Cheekanal is Citco Oil, a company employing around 50 people making coconut oil and cotton cloth.
Chippy - Film actress
Pathanamthitta district
Pathanamthitta district is the youngest district located in the southern part of the state of Kerala, India. The district headquarters is in Pathanamthitta town. The district is surrounded by Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Kollam districts. It has a border with the state of Tamil Nadu in the east...
headquarters, in 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....
. Omallur is famous for Vayal Vanibham which is an annual cattle fair held in the month of Meenam (Malayalam Year). People from both within and outside the state participate in the fair.
Religion
Various sections of HinduismHinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
co-exist harmoniously, the Ezhavas, Nairs, Viswakarmas and the Scheduled Class & Tribes constitute the major sections of the Hindu religion. Followers of Christianity Marthoma Church Orthodox church, Jacobite
Syriac Orthodox Church
The Syriac Orthodox Church; is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Eastern Mediterranean, with members spread throughout the world. The Syriac Orthodox Church claims to derive its origin from one of the first Christian communities, established in Antioch by the Apostle St....
Church, , St. Thomas Evangelical Church
St. Thomas Evangelical Church
St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India is an Evangelical, Episcopal denomination based in Kerala, India. It derives from a schism in the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church in 1961, and traces its ancestry before then back almost 2,000 years. STECI holds that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant...
, Church of South India
Church of South India
The Church of South India is the successor of the Church of England in India. It came into being in 1947 as a union of Anglican and Protestant churches in South India. With a membership of over 3.8 million, it is India's second largest Christian church after the Roman Catholic Church in India...
, Pentecostal Churches, and Brethren
Brethren
Brethren is a name adopted by several Protestant Christian bodies which do not necessarily share historical roots. As classified in The Pilgrim Church by EH Broadbent, the earliest primitive churches to Paulician Brethren, to Bogomil Brethren, to Anabaptist and to Moravian Brethren were historical...
form major Christian sects.
Omalloor is place of peace and harmony. Temple festivals -Utsavam and Church feasts (Palliperunal) are celebarated as village festivals. There are many historically important places of worship in Omalloor. The Raktha Kanda Swamy Temple is a grand temple situated in Omalloor and is famous for the annual festival (utsavam). The very old St Thomas Orthodox Valiya Palli (church) is also another major place of worship for Christians. Manjanikkara Dayara
Manjanikkara Dayara
Manjanikkara Dayara is a monastery of the Syrian Orthodox Church. It is situated at the top of the hillock in Manjanikkara, near Omallur, Pathanamthitta District, in South Kerala, India. The monastery was established by Mor Yulius Elias Qoro, Patriarchal delegate to the Malankara Church...
is famous for its pilgrimage importance. Every year thousands of pilgrims come by foot to the tomb of Holy Patriarch Ignatius Elias III
Ignatius Elias III
Mor Ignatius Elias III was the 119th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch from 1917 to 1932. He died and is buried at the monastery of Manjanikkara Dayara in Kerala, India, where there is a considerable number of Syriac Orthodox Christians...
at Manjanikkara. St.Peters Jacobite church,St. Stephen's Jacobite Church, St. Thomas Malankara Catholic Church, Puthenpeedika , St. Peter's Malankara Catholic Church, Cheekanal and St Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Cheekanal are some other important places worship at Omalloor. Mathoor Kaavu Bhagavathi Temple, situated on the banks of Achenkovil river, is a famous Hindu temple.
The River Achankovil marks the eastern border of the Omalloor Panchayat.
The Thazhoor Bhagavati Temple, famous for the annual Padayani rituals during the Malayalam month of Kumbham is located on the banks of the River Achankovil.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Omalloor had a population of 17540 with 8272 males and 9268 females.
The Community
Like many other communities in central Kerala, Omallur has a relatively high proportion of working age adults as diaspora, also known as non-resident Indians(NRIs)Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
A Non-Resident Indian is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian...
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The village of Cheekanal, on the periphery of Omallur, is mainly a residential area but there are a number of small family-owned retail shops, and some rubber plantations. The largest employer in Cheekanal is Citco Oil, a company employing around 50 people making coconut oil and cotton cloth.
Noted personalities
- Father V.C. Samuel World renowned Ecumenical Theologian, Historian, Author and Multilinguist. First Keralite of highest academic pursuit (B.A. ph, M.A. ph, B.D. th, S.T.M. th, PhD., Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Post Doctoral Research Scholar - University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, Rockefeller Fellow), Dean of foreign university (Haili Selassie I U, Addis Ababa UniversityAddis Ababa UniversityAddis Ababa University is a university in Ethiopia. It was originally named "University College of Addis Ababa" at its founding, then renamed for the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I in 1962, receiving its current name in 1975.Although the university has six of its seven campuses within...
, EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
) - H.G Yuhanon Mor MilitosYuhanon Mor MilitosH. G Mor Militheos Yuhanon is a Syriac Orthodox bishop in Malankara. He is currently the Metropolitan of Kollam and Thumpamon Dioceses.-Early years:...
- Metropolitan of Kollam and Thumpamon Dioceses of Syrian Orthodox Church. - Madhu OmalloorMadhu OmalloorDr. Madhu Omallur , a cartoonist and journalist was born on 28-10-1954 at Omallur, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala.-Notes:...
- Cartoonist, Journalist - PrathapachandranPrathapachandranPrathapachandran was a Malayalam film actor who left a vivid impression through his dramatic portrayal of villainous and character roles in over 300 movies. He was born in 1941 at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. He died on December 16, 2004. He was 63.-Biography:Prathapachandran...
- Malayalam cinema actor - Captain RajuCaptain RajuCaptain Raju is a Malayalam film actor. He was born at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.After finishing his graduation in Zoology, Raju joined the Indian Army as a first class officer at the age of 21. He started acting in films after leaving the army service. He has acted in more than...
- Malayalam cinema actor
Chippy - Film actress
See also
- Pathanamthitta DistrictPathanamthitta districtPathanamthitta district is the youngest district located in the southern part of the state of Kerala, India. The district headquarters is in Pathanamthitta town. The district is surrounded by Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Kollam districts. It has a border with the state of Tamil Nadu in the east...
- VazhamuttomVazhamuttomVazhamuttom is a village township near to Pathanamthitta City in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India..Vazhamuttom is famous for the ancient Thazhoor Bhagavathy Kshetram."Padayani" performances are held at the temple annually...
- Thazhoor Bhagavathy KshetramThazhoor Bhagavathy KshetramThazhoor Bhagavathy Kshetram, is a 300-year-old Hindu temple on the banks of the Achankovil river in Vazhamuttom, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala. The Devi is the main deity here.....
- VallicodeVallicodeVallicode is a village in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, India.It is a beautiful village situated at about 7 km from the district head quarters of Pathanamthitta at south - east direction....