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Kunnamkulam is a municipal town situated in the Thrissur District of Kerala in India, spread over an area of 34.18 km2. It is an old commercial town, with an ancient history, famous for its printing and book binding industry. It is the chief centre of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Christians in the Kerala state. In the past the town was called Kunnankulangara and references can be seen in a lot of British Archives about a neat and prosperous town which was predominantly Christian. Over the years Kunnamkulam has become a meeting point for all religions. ==History== The word Kunnamkulam is made up of kunnu (mountain) and kulam (ponds). It is called as Parayil Angadi (market among rocks). The terrain condition and geomorphology of the area lead to the name. There are several hills: Aduputty,Cherukunnu, Kizhoor, Kakkad Mission Kunnu etc. The area is interspersed with ponds: Eeenjakulam, Ayyankulam, Madurakulam Appikulam Chattukulam etc. Kunnamkulam town has its remote antiquity and evident from the history and it was a part of Mahodayapattanam, the capital of Chera Dynasty. History tells about the cross installed by Thomas the Apostle, at Chattukulangara (a part of Arthat in Kunnamkulam). During the invasion of Tippu Sultan the Christians from Chattakulangara migrated to Kunnamkulam town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Urban Observatory )〕 Manakulam, Cheralayam and Kakkad (the suburbs of Kunnamkulam) were the seats of the Nambidis of Manakulam, Ayinikur and Kakkad Karanavappad respectively. They were collectively known as Thalappilli Rajas and belonged to three branches of the same dynasty. The history of Kunnamkulam goes back to the Paleolithic age. Kakkad cave and Chowannur cave support this fact. It is said that this place was part of ‘MahodayaPattanam’ and was known as ‘Kunnamkulangare’. C. Achutha Menon in the Cochin State Manual says that, “it is in fact the chief center of the Jacobites in the State, and there are several of their old churches in the town and its neighborhood”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The problems and prospects of paper-based industry in Kunnamkulam )〕 Moreover, “Most of the oldest and wealthiest Christian families are to be found in Kunnamkulam”. Chungath, Kollannoor, Panakkal, Paramel, Pulikottil, Thengungal, Cheeran, Kanjirathingal, Moolapath, Tholath and Kakkassery were prominent among them. The ascendancy competition between these wealthy families, its context to literary activities opened new dimensions in the development of printing. Panakkal Chakku, Cheru, Thengungal Ittoop, Varu and Koothur Paramel Iyyu Uttoop were arbitrators of some of these families. It is said that the Christian families were settled earlier at Chattukulangare shifted to Kunnamkulam after the invasion of Tippu in 1789. They were invited by the Thalappilli Rajas, provided residences and places of worship. They resided on both sides of the street. This may have helped to avoid threat from Tippu against Thalappilli Rajas. Those settled on both sides of the street started trade and business, and began a new era of transaction.〔 A unique cyber campaign to get the often-misspelt name കുന്ദംകുളം corrected to കുന്നംകുളം Some where using wrong spelling " കുന്ദംകുളം "for the city name in Bus Route,Sign board,publications etc. 100 Percentage people pole for correct word കുന്നംകുളം kunnamkulam by the same time this post reached to a great discussion in public and in all news medias. Finally this issue come in to Municipal authorities desk council meeting and bring down a rule do not use the wrong spelling കുന്ദംകുളം for കുന്നംകുളം in any where. 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「Kunnamkulam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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