Vallikavu

Vallikavu
Town
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
Coordinates: 9°8′0″N 76°38′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-
Nearest city	Kollam
Lok Sabha constituency	Kollam
Climate	Tropical Wet (Köppen)

Vallikavu is a small village in Kollam District of Kerala. Vallikavu is chiefly inhabited by Farmers and Craftsmen who were traditional Canoe builders, skilled at making Changadam vallam (the present House-Boats) using planks and coir ropes to tie the planks together and coating the Vallam with melted pith. The people of the village are very industrious and are good at various skills. The Vallam making artisans have died and with the advent of motor transport the industry died. The women used to collectively manufacture coir from the coconut, while few were engaged in making Mats out of Screw Pine. The community and is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Karunagappally and 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Kollam. People of this village are literate and have contributed to the armed services, as many of them have worked in various armed forces for the country.

Vallikavu became world famous by the birth of Matha Amritananthamayi Devi,the Hindu spiritual leader.Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham's Amritapuri Campus is situated here.Many people from different states and countries comes here for Amma's Dharshan.As many people came,Vallickavu developed to a small town in a short time span and shops,markets,textiles,etc. began to flourish her.Many banks set-up their branch here(eg:SBI Vallikkavu Branch on Cherukara Building).

Transportation

Trivandrum International Airport is the nearest airport. Karunagappalli railway station serves Vallikavu. Regular buses connect the village with Ernakulam, Alapuzha, Karunagappally, Ochira and Kayamkulam.