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Chellanam is a village in the Kochi sub-district of Ernakulam District in the South Indian state of Kerala. Chellanam means "Place where no one goes" (In Malayalam - Chella Vanam). == History == Chellanam formed the southern border of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Cochin. At one time, there was a police station called "chouki" at the southwest end of the forest, where policemen guarded shipments transported through the canal and collected the tariffs on goods brought into the country. On May 24, 2010 residents of Maruvakad, staying near Thiruhridaya Chapel, just 100 meters from Velankanni Matha Pilgrim Center; dug an old well which is to be believed that, it was built and used by Dutch Army around 200 years ago. This will help and will be a new resource for drinking water. Water is the most precious element for the people of Chellanam. The story of chellanam goes like this: The Maharaja of kochi had a marine fleet which had a captain named Mr. Thobias Cappithan. When he won a battle he was presented with a piece of land called "chellavanam". It was a vanam (forest) then which normally nobody goes to but he and his family settled there. He had three sons; one stayed near a cross statue later his descendants came to be known as Kurisingal family, another stayed at Valiyaparambu and became Valyaparambu family, and the third son who stayed near "Kalam" became Kalathumkal family. Chellavanam now is called Chellanam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chellanam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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