Thiruvankulam

Thiruvankulam is a suburb city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala in India. It is a part of Tripunithura Municipality and Kochi metropolitan area. In the times of the Kochi and Travancore kingdoms, Thiruvankulam was an outskirt town. The Kavaleeshwaram stream, now a channel, isolated the two kingdoms. The Kochi - Madurai National Highway NH 49 goes through Thiruvankulam.

It is a noteworthy fork intersection on the parkway from Kochi, going east towards Muvattupuzha and south towards Kottayam. Karingachira fills in as an end of the Airport– Seaport street associating Nedumbaseery and the Kochi port. Despite the fact that Thiruvankulam was an unspoiled town, its nearness to the city and also modern regions including the Kochi refineries and associated businesses have added to its development.

The financial spurt in Kochi has brought about Thiruvankulam rising as a favored neighborhood. This has brought about an expansive increment in the town populace, bringing it into a status of a residential area. The name "Thiruvankulam" is gotten from the word Thiru-vayaram-kulam. The legend behind this name is identified with Lord Shiva and Parasurama Muni. The Siva sanctuary at Thiruvankulam is one out of four other Siva sanctuaries, Parasurama Muni had manufactured sequentially.