Amaravila
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Amaravila അമരവിള |
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 Amaravila
 Amaravila
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| Coordinates: 8°24′N 77°05′E / 8.4°N 77.08°ECoordinates: 8°24′N 77°05′E / 8.4°N 77.08°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| Government | |
| • Body | Neyyattinkara Municipality |
| • Chairman | S. S. Jayakumar (Indian National Congress party) |
| • Vice Chairperson | Adv. L. S. Sheela (Indian National Congress party) |
| • Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) | Ansalin (CPI(M) party) |
| • Member of Parliament | Shashi Tharoor (Indian National Congress party, re-elected in 2014) |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 70,850 (municipality) 880,986 (taluk) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam · English |
| • Spoken languages | Malayalam, English, Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 695 122 |
| Telephone code | 91 (0)471 XXX XXXX |
| Vehicle registration | KL-20 |
| Coastline | 78 kilometres (48 mi) |
| Sex ratio | 1064 |
| Literacy | 98.72% |
| Planning agency | P W D Neyyattinkara |
| Civic agency | Neyyattinkara Municipality |
| Distance from Mumbai | 1,566 kilometres (973 mi) NW (land) |
| Distance from Delhi | 2,837 kilometres (1,763 mi) N (land) |
| Climate | Am/Aw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,700 millimetres (67 in) |
| Avg. annual temperature | 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) |
| Website | neyyattinkaramunicipality.in |
| Amaravila is part of Neyyattinkara Town. | |
Amaravila is a village in Neyyattinkara town in Trivandrum district, Kerala State, India. The word "Amaravila" means "land of immortals". Kerala's second largest checkpost after Walayar is situated in Amaravila. This village is situated in NH 47 on the way to Kanyakumari, on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. It is around 3 km from Neyyattinkara town. This town is noted for its religious integration, where a Ganapathy temple in Narayanapuram street, a mosque (Amaravila Juma Masjid), and a church (CSI Church) stand near to one another. This village has a post office, village office, sub-registrar office, Akshaya e-center, and an excise office. Situated on the banks of the Neyyar River, this village has a large area of cultivated land including paddy and plantains. The river Neyyar makes this land more fertile. A government tile factory is also located in this village.
Amaravila CSI church or CSI Amaravila, founded in 1810 and known in those days as Emily Chapel, an old Anglican Church (Anglican Communion), is one of the main attractions of this village.
Poovar beach is 6 km from this village. Kovalam beach is 11 km from here. The distance between Amaravila and Vizhinjam International Seaport is 10 km. Ponmudi is 42 km from Amaravila. Neyyar Dam (38 km from Amaravila) is another popular picnic spot. Kanyakumari is 64 km from this village.
Maha Ganapathy (Ganesh) Temple in Narayanapuram street is a famous worship place where people from the different parts of Kerala come for worship. Ganapathy shrine with the left sided (curled) trunk is the uniqueness of this temple which cannot be found in any other Ganesh temple in Kerala. There is a belief among the people that the Ganesh shrine having its trunk curled towards left side has a tremendous power to remove obstacles.
Deveswaram Mahadewar Temple is one of the major worship places in Amaravila. The temple is about 1000 years old and is now under Travancore Devaswom board. People from different places worship the deity Lord Shiva here. The upadevas are Vigneshvara and Nagaraja. The temple is situated near the sub-registrar office in Amaravila.
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