Thonnakkal

Thonnakkal
village
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Talukas	Thiruvananthapuram
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695317 - Thonnakkal,695313 - Kudavoor, Manjamala
Telephone code	0471
Vehicle registration	KL-22
Nearest city	Attingal

Thonnakkal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, India. It is located on the National Highway 66, on the way to Kollam from the state's capital. It is located about 25 km from the state's capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Mahakavi Kumaranasan, a major poet of Malayalam literature lived in Thonnakkal for long time and his major literary contributions came while he was staying in Thonnakkal. Birthplace of the late Mahakavi Kumaranasan, is near Kayikkara in Thiruvananthapuram District. The house of Kumaranasan is now converted into a tourist spot named Kumaranasan Smarakom.

The place has also given birth to Kathakali artistes like Thonnakkal Peethambaran and Margi Vijayakumar. Thonnakkal is also well known for sports such as Volleyball and Kho Kho. Thonnakkal owns its own Volleyball Team based upon Thonnakkal Samskarika Samithi and Kavil Volley club.

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Thiruvananthapuram district

District HQ: Thiruvananthapuram

History

• Travancore
• Battle of Colachel

Geography

• Karamana River
• Vamanapuram River
• Neyyar River
• Varkala Beach
• Agastya Mala
• Ponmudi
• Meenmutty Falls
• Kovalam
• Neyyar Dam
• Shankumugham Beach

Cities and Taluks

Taluks	Chirayinkeezhu Neyyattinkara Nedumangad Thiruvananthapuram
Corporations	Thiruvananthapuram
Municipalities	Varkala Neyyattinkara Nedumangad Attingal

Transport

• Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
• Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station
• Thiruvananthapuram Pettah railway station
• Varkala Sivagiri railway station
• Kochuveli railway station
• Neyyattinkara railway station
• Central Bus Station Thiruvananthapuram
• NH 47
• Main Central Road
• Nemom railway station

Education

• University of Kerala
• Thiruvananthapuram Medical College
• Thiruvananthapuram Engineering College
• Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering
• Trivandrum International School
• Mahatma Gandhi College
• Centre for Earth Science Studies
• College of Engineering Attingal
• Swathi Thirunal College of Music
• College of Fine Arts Trivandrum

Buildings

• Padmanabhaswamy Temple
• Secretariat Building
• Halcyon Castle
• Kowdiar Palace
• Niyamasabha Mandiram
• Napier Museum
• Kanakakkunnu Palace

Culture

• International Film Festival of Kerala
• Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
• Culture of Thiruvananthapuram

Lok Sabha constituencies

• Thiruvananthapuram
• Attingal

Sports

• Thiruvananthapuram Golf Club
• Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium
• University Stadium

Museums

• Kerala Soil Museum
• Napier Museum

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