Charummood
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Charummood ചാരുംമൂട് Charummoodu |
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 Charummood
 Charummood
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| Coordinates: 9°10′21″N 76°36′29″E / 9.172371°N 76.608055°ECoordinates: 9°10′21″N 76°36′29″E / 9.172371°N 76.608055°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam language, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 690 505 |
| Telephone code | 0479 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-31 (Mavelikkara) |
| Sex ratio | 1145 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 96.31% |
Charummood is a fast growing town in Mavelikkara Taluk of Alappuzha district in Kerala. Charummood is 12 km east of Kayamkulam , 15 km west of Adoor and 12 km south of Mavelikkara. Charummood Junction is one of the busiest in the district due to intersection of KP Road (Kayamkulam- Punalur Road) and NH 183 (Kollam - Theni Highway). Charummood is also a culturally important place. It celebrates a lot of religious and non religious festivals and programmes every year. The very famous Vetticode Nagaraja Temple is located at a distance of 4 kilometers from Charummood Town. Famous chunakkara mahadevar temple is located at a distance of 4 Km from charummood town, which is famous for sarvam swayambhoo deity and its festival is the first mega festival of entire onattukara area . Padanilam Parabrahma Temple, which is famous for its Sivarathri festival, is about 5 kilometers from Charummood town.
1.Chunakkara Ramankutty, Notable lyricist, he penned songs for many hit songs in malayalam like devatharoo poothu , sindoora thilakavumayi, worked for many movies like odaruth ammava alariyam,kandu kandarinju, mutharam kunnu po,adhipan, irupatham noottandu,doore doore koodu kottam, kottayam kunjachan etc
2.O.Madhavan, Playwright& Director.Social activist.Notable Drama - Doctor. His son Mukesh is a popular film actor.
3.Noornad Ramachandran. Film Director National Award Winner for the film Achan Pattalam.Directed a number of Documentaries.
4. V.Muraleedharan Nair. National Award Winner for Best Teacher. Former Head Master VVHS Thamarakkulam.
5. T.R. Tharayil (late) Poet & Novelist. Notable work. Nidarshanam, a Romantic novel.
6. B. Aburaj- Poet & Journalist. Director, State Institute of Educational Technology (SIET)www.sietkerala.gov.in. Winner Kerala University Youth Festival twice. Former Vice Chairman Kerala University Union and Asst. Pvt. Secretary to Home Minister Kerala(2006-2011). Worked as Sub Editor Deshabhimani Daily, Editor The Commercial Magazine -Muscat and Asst. Manager Mangalam Daily.Notable work- Adhikaravum Adhyayanavum (Power& Education)
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