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Country
  
India

District
  
Alappuzha

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:55 AM

State
  
Kerala

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Chunakkara

Weather
  
26°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 89% Humidity

Chunakkara is a village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. The most famous actor Mukesh and his father O. Madhavan, the legandary theater director and actor is from Chunakkara.Renowned Song Writer Chunakara Ramankutty , Prof. Prayar Prabhakaran critic and teacher, Artist Rajan, Journalist and Poet B. Aburaj ( Director , State Institute of Educational Technology) , theatre personality J. Sailaja belong to Chunakara.The Village is renowned for the presence of more than a millennium old Chunakkara Thiruvarur Mahadeva Temple which is the only sarvam swayambhu(the idol is believed be self generated ) in the world

Contents

Map of Chunakkara, Kerala

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Chunakkara had a population of 22436 with 10565 males and 11871 females.

References

Chunakkara Wikipedia