Aloor, Kerala

Administration

Aloor is a revenue village in Chalakudy taluk in Thrissr revenue district. Aloor falls under the Thrissur Lok Sabha Constituency and Irinjalakuda Assembly Constituency.

M.P - C.N. Jayadevan, CPI

M.L.A - Prof. K.U.Arunan,CPI(M)

Sub Registrar Office is situated in Kacheriparambu, Kallettumkara. Aloor Police Station is situated in Kallettumkara near Irinjalakuda Railway station.

Aloor Panchayat

Aloor panchayath is part of Irinjalakuda legislative Constituency.It is a much wider area consisting of Aloor, Thazhekkad & Kallettumkara revenue villages.This includes places like Kallettumkara, Thazhekkad, Kombadinjamakkal, Anathadom, Karoor, Vellamchira, Kuzhikkattussery, Porunnakunnu, Kannikkara, Vallakkunnu, Thuruthiparambu,Panjappilly, Urumbumkunnu,Manattukunnu etc. in addition to Aloor. Aloor Panchayat office is located at Kallettumkara, another census town located nearby.This is a special grade Panchayat with 23 wards.

Current seat distribution of Aloor panchayath

History

According to Brahminical traditions Aloor desom is integral part of Irinjalakuda Grama. From AD 800 to AD 1102 this area was under the Mahodayapuram Cheras. An inscription of Rajasimhaperumanadikal of Eleventh century AD has been got from the Thazhekad church in Aloor Panchayath is proving this fact. From AD 1342 to AD 1793 this area was part of AruNadu. Sakthan Thampuran, the Ruler of Kochi Kingdom formed Mukundapuram Taluk by adding Mapranam Nadu and parts of Nandilath Nadu to MukundapuramNadu and also formed Kodassery Taluk with headquarters at Chalakudy. Sakthan Thampuran divided old Mukundapuram Taluk into six proverties viz.1)Thazhekkad 2)Aripalam 3)Mukundapuram 4)Mapranam 5)Palathingal(Nellayi) 6)Pudukkad for Administrative and Revenue purposes. Revenue Villages in Aloor Panchayat viz.Kallettumkara,Thazhekkad & Aloor came into existence in M.E 1081(AD 1905-06) by the Revenue Proclamation of the Maharaja of Kochi Kingdom.Aloor village Office is located in Vazhiyambalaparambu, Aloor since December 1980, before that it was in Kacheriparambu,Kalletumkara.

Language

Malayalam is the mother tongue of almost all natives of Aloor. Even though it has some similarities with the accent of Malayalam generally spoken in Thrissur district, it is not as thick in accent as the language spoken by Thrissur town natives.The Vocabulary used is very similar to other desoms of Aru(6)Nadu e.g.Enthuttu=What,Moru=face,Montha=face,Kollikizhangu=Tapioka,Koppakka=papaya,Annal=but,Kattikala=to throw away,Edekke=Friend inkadu=here Ankadu=there Enkadu=where etc.. Going by the literal meaning of the word Aloor, the name signifies "place with people" or "place inhabited by people" ("Aal" in Malayalam means "human" and "ur" or "oor" means "town" in old Malayalam and Tamil).

Education

A primary school was established in the premises of Aloor church in 1894 which was managed by the parishioners (now St. JBCLPS Aloor).In 1942, The first high school, Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School was established.Later it was upgraded to a higher secondary school in 1998.Other educational institutions in the area include Sree Narayana Vilasam Vocational Higher secondary School,St. Joseph's EMHS,Aloor(Thazhekkad village), CLPS at Sholayar near Vellamchira.Parents who have high ambitions can send their children to schools in nearby towns like Irinjalakuda, Chalakudi, Thrissur etc. Lack of seats in the schools in Aloor can also be the reason for children in Aloor to seek admission in schools in nearby towns.Sangama Grama Madhava, Mathematician &Astronomer was from Irinjalappilly,Aloor.

Many Aloorians, quite similar to other Keralites, go abroad, or to other cities outside the State, to earn their livelihood. Many of the educated youth from Aloor have become successful business owners, IT professionals, skilled blue color workers or unskilled workers in the Middle East, North America or in Indian cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore.

Demographics

People believes in Christian, Hindu and Muslim religions coexist harmoniously in Aloor.

98% of the Christians belongs to Syro Malabar Church,which in communion with the Universal Catholic Church .

St.Joseph Church

St. Joseph Church, Aloor is the first parish church in Aloor Muri of Mukundapuram Taluk.The Nazrani community of Aloor built a small prayer hall made of bamboo and palm leaf in the land donated by its members in 1858 and used it for their usual prayer necessities.

Temples

Irinjalappilly chengumkavu bhagavathy temple has a history over centuries.Sreedhanakkavu temple near kombodinjamakkal, Aanikkulangara Sri Durga temple at Sholayar, Palappetty temple near Vellamchira, Sasthamkunnu temple near Vellamchira, Muthappan Bagavathy temple at the Edathadan centre, two kilometers from Aloor Junction are the important temples.Thalappoli, ulsavam & shashti are celebrated with various festivities.

Kombodinjamakkal Jaram

The Jaram and masjid at Kombodinjamakkal(Thazhekkad village) dates back to the time(January 1790) of Tippu sulthan, the ruler of Mysore. 'Chandanakkudam Nercha'(on Makaram16) to the jaram is very famous in this region.

Govt Offices

Major Govt institutions situated at Aloor are

1. Primary Health Centre, Aloor
2. Aloor Grama Panchayth Office
3. Village Office,Aloor
4. ESI Dispensary, Aloor
5. Govt. Veterinary Dispensary,Aloor
6. Post Office(PIN:680683),Aloor
7. Aloor Panchayath Community Hall, Aloor
8. Aloor Police Station

Rail

Irinjalakuda railway station (IJK in railway lexicon) is located at Aloor-Kallettumkara villages. Aloor natives reach Irinjalakuda railway station to board trains leaving for Chennai (Alleppey-Chennai Express), Mumbai (Kanyakumari-Mumbai CST Jayanti Janatha Express), Bangalore (Kanyakumari-Bangalore Island Express) and many other places within and outside Kerala.

Road

The traffic intersection at Aloor, popularly known as Aloor Centre or Aloor Junction, is one of the liveliest areas in Aloor. From Aloor Junction, government run or private buses can be boarded to major towns like Thrissur, Kodungallur, Chalakudi and Irinjalakuda.State Highway 51 Kodakara - Kodungallur Road & State Highway 61 Potta - Moonupeedika Road intersect at Aloor. National highway 47 is just a few kilometers away from Aloor.

Public transport

Aloor is 25 km away from Thrissur town, the district headquarters of Thrissur. From Thrissur one can board government run bus (KSRTC bus) to Mala. Only government buses ply on this route at full length. Aloor Junction comes 12 km before Mala. While in a KSRTC ordinary bus it takes 1 hour from Thrissur, if the bus is fast passenger, for which the ticket charge will be Rs.5/- to 10/- higher than the normal rate, it takes less than 45 minutes to reach Aloor Junction. Coming from Thrissur the order of bus stops within the limits of Aloor is: Aloor Junction, Mala via junction, Aloor Gate, RMHS School and English Medium School. Before entering Aloor, the bus passes through the territory of Kodakara and leaving Aloor the bus enters the territory of Thazhekkad - Kombadinjamakkal. Starting from Kodakara to a long way after Aloor, this road is part of [State Highway 51] of Kerala.

Aloor can be reached from Irinjalakuda and Chalakudi by private owned buses that ply between these two nearby towns between 5.30 am and 9 pm. State Highway 61 Chalakudi-Irinjalakuda route touches State Highway 51 at Mala via, overlaps with the Highway till Aloor Junction, and the two diverge. While Chalakudi is at a distance of eight km from Aloor, Irinjalakuda town is nine km away from here.

Air

Aloor is served by Cochin International Airport (Nedumbassery), which is about 35 kilometres away. Direct domestic flights are available to major Indian cities like Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. International flights to Middle East cities like Bahrain, Muscat, Sharjah, Jeddah, Riyadh, Doha and to Southeast Asian cities Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are available here. It has a dedicated Heli-taxi service and Chartered flights.

Geography and Climate

Under the Köppen climate classification, Aloor features a Tropical monsoon climate. Since the region lies in the south western coastal state of Kerala, the climate is tropical, with only minor differences in temperatures between day and night, as well as over the year. Summer lasts from March to May, and is followed by the South-west monsoon from June to September. October and November form the post monsoon or retreating monsoon season. Winter from December through February is slightly cooler, and windy, due to winds from the Western Ghats.

Festivals

'Pindiperunnal'-'Ambuperunnal' or the feast of St. Sebastian is a common festival in all the churches in Aloor panchayath.Thazhekad church is famous for the feast of Kurisu Muthappan (St.Sebasian)on 2nd and 3 May every year.Irinjalappilly chengumkavu bhagavathy temple and Edathadan Muthappan Bagavathy temple celebrate Thalappoli with various festivities.'Chandanakkudam Nercha' on Makaram16 at the Jaram and masjid at Kombodinjamakkal is very famous in this region.

Madhava of Sangamagrama, mathematician-astronomer

A prominent Kerala mathematician-astronomer Sangamagrama Madhava (Mādhava)(AD1350 –1425) who founded the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics was from Irinjalappilly, Aloor. Sangamagrama (Saṅgamagrāma) in medieval Kerala believed to be Irinjalakuda. Madhava of Sangamagrama is described as “the greatest mathematician-astronomer of medieval India” or as “the founder of mathematical analysis”. He was the first to have developed infinite series approximations for a range of trigonometric functions, which has been called the "decisive step onward from the finite procedures of ancient mathematics to treat their limit-passage to infinity".His discoveries opened the doors to what has today come to be known as Mathematical Analysis. One of the greatest mathematician-astronomers of the Middle Ages, Mādhavan made pioneering contributions to the study of infinite series, calculus, trigonometry, geometry and algebra in his works Mahajyānayana prakāra ("Methods for the great sines") and Venuaroham. His Contributions

Mar Pauly Kannookadan, Bishop

He is a native of Kombidy and was born on February 14, 1961 . After his School Studies at LFLPS Kombidy & RMHSS Aloor, he joined at St. Mary’s Petit Seminary, Thope, Thrissur. He had his philosophical and theological formation at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam.He was ordained as a priest on December 28, 1985.He obtained Doctorate in Oriental Liturgy from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome.He was also the Visiting Professor of Liturgy to various Major Seminaries viz., Mangalapuram, Alwaye and Poonamallee. He is a prolific ecclesiastical writer and author of the books East Syrian Lectionary and Holy Eucharist. He was elected by the Synod of Bishops (in the Synod held in January 2010) and with the assent of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, it was officially proclaimed on 18 January 2010. The Episcopal Ordination and the Installation of the new bishop took place on 18 April 2010 in the St. Thomas Cathedral premises, Irinjalakuda. He is guided by the motto : Omnibus Omnia Fieri.

V K Joseph Master, Ex MLA

He was a native of Aloor and elected as MLC of Aloor Constituency of Cochin Legislative Council and as MLA in Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly.He was also the second headmaster of Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School ,Aloor.