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Melukara

Coordinates: 9°21′0″N 76°43′0″E / 9.35000°N 76.71667°E / 9.35000; 76.71667
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Melukara
village
Melukara is located in Kerala
Melukara
Melukara
Location in Kerala, India
Melukara is located in India
Melukara
Melukara
Melukara (India)
Coordinates: 9°21′0″N 76°43′0″E / 9.35000°N 76.71667°E / 9.35000; 76.71667
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictPathanamthitta
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKL-03
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
ClimateTropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature20 °C (68 °F)

Melukara is a small sub-village of Kozhencherry 689641 pinin Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. Its official languages are Malayalam, English and Hindi.

Location

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Melukara is surrounded on three sides by the Pampa River.

Climate and agriculture

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The climate is humid, and the land is fertile. In addition to vegetable agriculture, farmers in Melukara cultivate coconut, mangosteen, rambutan, jackfruit, mango, nutmeg and rubber trees.

Temples

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Sree Subrahmania Swami Temple is in the heart of Melukara and thiruvulsavam is being conducted every year. Chittedathu Nagachamundi Devi temple, Puthuppallil Bhagavathi Temple, A Marthoma Primary School, A Grade Vayanashala, A Marthoma church, Subrahmania swami temple, Sreekrishna swami temple, health center are a few social and religious centers in Melukara.

Snake boats

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Melukara palliyodam (snakeboat) won the first prize in boat race which was conducted for the first time in Aranmula. Melukara won 7 times in mannam trophy. In 2011 the residents of Melukara made a new Snake boat "melukara palliyodam". It was built by Ayroor Chellappan Achari and his teams. In 2019 won Mannam Trophy & In 2016 Melukara Palliyodam won the first runners-up prize in the Uthrittathi Vallam kali.

Festivals

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Every alternate year Sree Nagachamundi Devi Thiruvutsavam will celebrate with Bhairavi-kkolam thullal and kalamezhuthum pattum. Melukara SreeKrishna Swami Temple is owned by the Chittedathu family. The Sree Palan Pulayan Temple in Kanjeetukara is also owned by Chittedathu Family. It is a history in the world that Adiyane Poojikkunna Tambran.

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