Thiruvalla
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Tiruvalla തിരുവല്ല |
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 Tiruvalla
 Tiruvalla
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| Coordinates: 9°23′06″N 76°34′30″E / 9.385°N 76.575°ECoordinates: 9°23′06″N 76°34′30″E / 9.385°N 76.575°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Named for | Sreevallabha Temple |
| Government | |
| • Body | Tiruvalla Municipality |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 52,883 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 689101 |
| Telephone code | 91-469 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-27 |
| Literacy | 95.5% |
| Website | www |
Tiruvalla is a town in Pathanamthitta district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the mandal headquarters of Thiruvalla taluk. The town is spread over an area of 27.94 km2;. It lies on the banks of the rivers Manimala and Pamba, and is a land-locked region surrounded by irrigating streams and rivers.
Tiruvalla is regarded as the "cultural capital of Central Travancore", and also called "Land of non resident Indians".
The town gets its name from the Malayalam word "Thiru-Vallabha-Puram", meaning "The Land of Great Lord Vallabhan" (Lord Vishnu), referring to the deity of the Sri Vallabha Temple located in the town. The Sanskrit name for Tiruvalla in texts such as "श्रीवल्लभ क्षेत्र माहात्म्यम्" (ശ്രീവല്ലഭ ക്ഷേത്ര മാഹാത്മ്യം, śrīvallabha kṣētra māhātmyaṁ,a 10th-century work) is "श्रीवल्लभपुरम्" (ശ്രീവല്ലഭപുരം)(śrīvallabhapuraṁ).
In the olden days the name of the place was Sri Vallabha Puram and with passage of time the name transformed to Thiru Vallabha Puram and later to Thiruvalla. The place was under the Travancore Kingdom under its Kollam Division.
In 1742, Thiruvithaamkoor forces attacked Kayamkulam possessions at Kollam and fought the Kayamkulam army led by Achuta Warrier and chiefs from Valiya Kakkanadu Madhom. Although Thiruvithaamkoor was defeated at this battle, Marthanada Varma reinforced his army with cavalry brought in from Tirunelveli before mounting an attack on Kayamkulam, which led to the final defeat the chiefdom. A treaty known as the Treaty of Mannar was signed in Year 1742, under which Kayamkulam became a tributary state of Thiruvithaamkoor. However, by 1746, the Kayamkulam chief once again showed signs of rebellion and when his conspiracies with the northern chiefdoms such as Kottayam, Changanassery, Kochi and Ambalapuzha came to the attention of Marthanda Varma, Kayamkulam was annexed by a final battle in which the chief fled to Kochi. The following is from related documents.
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