Puthenkurish is a town in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala near Kolenchery town en route to Muvattupuzha.[1] It is a part of the Greater Cochin area.
Puthencruz
Vadavucode Puthencruz | |
|---|---|
town | |
  Puthencruz Location in Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates: 9°58′0″N 76°25′0″E / 9.96667°N 76.41667°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 23,878 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 682308 |
| Telephone code | 0484 |
| Nearest city | Ernakulam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chalakkudy |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kunnathunadu |
| Website | www |
Etymology
editThe name Puthencruz is a Portuguesisation of the Malayalam word പുത്തൻകുരിശ് (puthan kuriśŭ), which means New Cross (the settlement was previously known as 'Pannikkuzhy kara'), and derives from the establishment of a new cross by the Syrian Christians who were the parishioners of Kolenchery St. Peter's & St. Paul's Syrian Jacobite Church in the year 1816. The cross was to assist against smallpox, and since a procession of the main festival from the mother church of Kolenchery extended up to Pannikuzhy kara, the people started to tell that "the procession shall extend to the Puthen Kurisu". "Puthankurisu", as it was called, was Portuguesised to Puthencruz.[2]
Demographics
editAs of 2001[update] India census, Puthencruz had a population of 23878 with 12026 males and 11852 females.[1]
Education
editColleges
editReligious institutions
edit- Headquarters of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
Location
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ^ വാലത്ത്, വി.വി.കെ. (1991), കേരളത്തിലെ സ്ഥലനാമചരിത്രങ്ങൾ എറണാകുളം ജില്ല, തൃശ്ശൂർ: കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി, ISBN 81-7690-105-9
