Shri.CRISPIN-The wizard of KOTTUKONAM

he is the church secotary of CSI Kottukonam/and also he is known as king maker /also HM.in LMSUPS parasuvaikal.a good amerture drama artist .well sounded announser.SM CSI medical college co-ordinater.One day he say that kottukonam make me and I made kottukonam.He know meney stories .He makes story/so the stories made him.

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THE STORY AND Ref; KOTTUKONAM VARIKKA

Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 -- When it comes to mangoes, 'Kottukonam varikka' is undoubtedly Thiruvananthapuram's Alphonso. The sweet, yellowish and fleshy fleshy (flesh´e)
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Kottukonam varikka or 'Chenka varikka', the variety that is in great demand this summer, hails from a village near Parassala. Through this tasty mango, a small village in Kunnathukal panchayat Noun 1. panchayat - a village council in India or southern Pakistan
panchayet, punchayet

council - a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council" has also risen to fame. "The season has just begun. Wait for a week, Kottukonam varikka will conquer the market,'' says Gabriel, the seniormost member of the Kottukonam family.


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But, things are not as bright as in the past. A visit to Kottukonam will give you a rather disappointing picture. The mango groves in this tiny village have been replaced by huge rubber plantations and plantain plantain (plan`tin), any plant of the genus Plantago, chiefly annual or perennial weeds of wide distribution. Many species are lawn pests and the pollen is often a hay fever irritant. P. cultivation. What happened to the mango trees in this village? Gabriel remembers a time when they used to have at least 15 mango trees around every house and children used to jump from one tree to another for plucking Plucking describes the process of removing human hair, animal hair, or a bird's feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner's body.

In humans, this is done for personal grooming purposes, usually with tweezers. An epilator is a motorised hair plucker. mangoes during summer holidays.

The change has happened during the last 25 years with the more profitable rubber plantations emerging in the area. Like their neighbours This article is about an Australian soap opera. For other articles with similar names, see Neighbours (disambiguation).
Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began its run in March 1985. , Kottukonam farmers also thought it was wiser to focus on cash crops like rubber which give good yield during most part of the year, than sticking on to nostalgic crops like mangoes. But, in most of the houses, there are one or two mango trees which have been preserved by the older generation as a link to the past.

There is an interesting story behind the fame of Chenka varika mango. The place Kottukonam under Kunnathukal village on Kerala-Tamil Nadu border was gifted to a Brahmin by the Maharaja of Travancore centuries ago. Every year, during May, the villagers sent the most delicious mangoes produced in the region to Kowdiar palace as their sweet offering to the king. "This tradition continued for several years,'' recalls Gabriel.

The Maharajas fondly called the mango Kottukonam varikka. Word spread about the heavenly heav·en·ly
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2. Of or relating to the firmament; celestial: the sun, the moon, and other heavenly bodies.

3. taste of this mango from sources within the palace. The mango and the place became more popular when merchants from all across the State started coming to the village to buy mangoes.

Kottukonam mango is in high demand in the market, but there is an acute shortage as its presence is now limited to areas like Nedumangad, Nanthencode, Venjaramoodu, Kattakkada, Vilappilsala, Pothencode and Powdikonam. The mango, which is bought at Rs 25 per kg from the farmers, is sold at Rs 40 per kg in the wholesale market. The cost will go up to Rs 60 to 80 for a kg in retail shops.

Published by HT Syndication with permission from New Indian Express.

KOTTUKONAM MANGO

Our mango trees at Trivandrum bore large quanity of fruits and I got it a fair share of it in Bangalore. It's the first time our trees has bore mangoes in such numbers. Kottukonam, is it's breed. It's a popular variety back home, and it's flavour and taste are know to all Keralites.

After a long long time, it's now that I got to enjoy eating mangoes in such manner. I don't think I'll ever get fed up eating the king of fruits. Most of the time, I like to cherish it but eating it in a messy way, much to the dislike of my partner.

The fresh juice shops in B'lore are laid with very colourful mangoes, but when it's taken it, it betrays it's looks. I have heard that most ot these are riped using artificial methods.

I also see mangoes kept for sale at Food wold but it all looks too artificial from the ones I've at my table.

The first graduet holder in kottukonam (B.Gabriyel)

Shri P KUTTAN (The first Communist Panchayathu Prasidant of Kunnathukal )

kunnathukal

KUNNATHUKAL
KUNNATHUKAL means KUNNATHU KAAL
Kunnu= Hill (MALA) KUNNATHU = on hill
Kaal = Leg

According to early adage this name was kept by ancient Sage. PARASHURAMA who kept his legs upon these hills thus the name KUNNATHUKAAL.
Geographically this village has more than 30 small hills.
Other neighbouring villages named PARASHUVAIKKAL (means where PARASHURAMA kept his axe) and DHANUVACHAPURAM (Means where PARASHURAMA kept the Bow) are supporting such stories.
One of the oldest historical places is CHEZHUNGAANOOR SHREE MAHADEVA TEMPLE which''s age and construction details are older than TIRUVITAAMCORE dynasty which has a monkey engraved in its NYRATRYA (southwest) similar to the ancient temple constructed by AYAR dynasty of historic days.
SREE BHADRAKAALI ILAMKAM and CHIMMANDI (probably CHAMUNDI) NEELAKESHI temples are the perfect examples of ancient ARYA DRAVIDA civilisation.

CHIMMANDI NEELAKESHI temple has MUDI (an idol carved from live jackfruit tree) IRAKKAM festival which you cannot find in entire Kerala which''s rituals are don by URALIES (URALI= tribal people like KANIES).

SREE BHADRAKAALI ILAMKAM is accompanied by MULLASHERI MANA (Namboothiries and Ambalavasis) and as CHEZHUNGAANOOR SHREE MAHADEVA TEMPLE is to MATHAM (Tulu Bhats) and VARYAM (Varyers and Unnies)
CHIMMANDI NEELAKESHI temple is surrounded by Nairs.
YAKSHI KOVILs(an old fretful female deity known as INA EKSHI who''s idol is made by potters with mud and then baked, Prathista and pooja are don by non Brahmins and VILLADICHAN PATTU one of the oldest Dravidian art form is offered to the goddess ) are many and somany SARPPAKAVUs are also few.
You will find almost all community except Muslims in this village in which some most minority communities like Ambalavasi (children of Nambootiri and Nair) Chekkala, Panar, Uraali, Pandaaram, Gurukkal, Anpattaru (the selected 56 Nair families by the Travancore king for safeguarding the treasury ) Pilla (possibly the descendants of ETTUVEETTIL PILLAMAAR who opposed the king MAARTHANDA VARMA and was wiped out by him after his reign as the king of Travancore, some of them might have been escaped and took shelter under another Nair family which had favor in the king''s eye, two families MOOLAYAM veedu and NARUVIL are these as the former on might have been given shelter to the later as MOOLAM stands for ancient and have their own KUDUMBA YAKSHI KOVIL and the later have only a place where they worship CHAMUNDI as their KULADEVI.) Nadars an ancient Dravidian community, Izhavar, Pulayar, Parayar etc are also living in harmony.
A R.C.Church and the beautiful Kottukonam CSI church and so many other local churches are also situated in its vicinity.
Vidyavilasini Vayanashala one of the oldest VAYANASHALA having rare books in its collection and a Gvt.Hospital (CHAVADI) Three high schools and so many other institutions are some which I knew before 18 years when I left Kerala.

KUNNATHUKAL is even known for its foolish acts which has a link with the MANINADU Krishna temple where the doubtful natured KUNNATHUKALAR tested the RISHI who was pleased with their hospitality and gave them the MANI (Bell) which can be used in a case of emergency to call the sage back to the village for help. But they rang the bell two times without any reason and each time the sage warned them to not disturb him without any reason. But the bell rang again for the third time and the SANYASI who immediately appeared gave the curse which maid the villagers to make at least a mistake every ear.

Even though I have seen so many places around the world nothing can be compared with my village in any manor as it has SHAIVA VAISHNAVA SHAKTEYA CHRISTAVA Sanskruti stands for human welfare.

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