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| Kalayanthani കലയന്താനി |
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| Coordinates | 9°54′00″N 76°43′01″E / 9.9000°N 76.7170°ECoordinates: 9°54′00″N 76°43′01″E / 9.9000°N 76.7170°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District(s) | Idukki |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Kalayanthani(Malayalam: കലയന്താനി) is a small suburb in Thodupuzha Taluk. It lies in the Idukki district of Kerala, South India. The suburb is 9 km east of Thodupuzha, on the Velliyamattom route.
Kalayanthani is the meeting point of the Alakode and Velliamattom village Panchayats.
The main public establishments of Kalayanthani are St. Mary's Catholic Church (1920), the famous Muslim Mosque Konthalapally, St. George's High School., Yugasilpi Arts and Sports Club and Viswadeepthi library.
Kalayanthani is known as the 'Land of Art'.[citation needed] Inspector General of Police Tomin Thachankary, well known lyricist Baby John Kalayanthani, popular novelist, cartoonist and freelance journalist Ignatious Kalayanthani,
the founder of viswadeepthi library, famous artist and playwrighter Skylark ( K.O. Varkey) and senior Journalist Roy Mathew Pallickamyalil were all born in Kalayanthani.
A post office, a branch of Union bank, Urban Bank, Alakode service Cooperative Bank, and a primary health center are the main public institutions in Kalayanthani.
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It is a very small town having only a few hotels, textile shops, stationary shops, provision shops, and hardware shops. It is the Junction of two roads; one to Chilavu and the other to Vettimattam. The famous oil palm plantation (Ennappanathottam)of Agriculture Department is located at Vettimattam, which is two kilometers away from the town of Kalayanthani.
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[edit] Name
The name 'Kalayanthani' might have come from two words, 'Kalayam' and 'Thanni' (the malayalam name of two species of trees). There is another version which defines the word ‘Kalayam ’ as ‘Kalaham’(quarrel) and ‘Thanni’ as ‘Thanne’.
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[edit] people and religion
Kalayanthani has all communities (Christians, Hindus, Muslims) mostly agriculturist.
[edit] Education
Kalayanthani has a high school (St. George's high school), managed by the Kothamangalam catholic diocese and headed by the senior most teacher as Headmaster, which is really a benefit to the nearby villages.
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