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Ramavarmapuram is the northern suburb of Thrissur City in Kerala. This suburban area is home to several governmental and other institutions of national importance. The largest menhir type megalithic monument in granite in Kerala is found here. A local catholic church (St. Francis Xavier's Church, Pallimoola, Ramavarmapuram) has recently been adorned with mural paintings in the traditional Kerala style. This is the first instance of such a church decoration in Kerala in modern times. At the time of the founding of a broadcasting station of All India Radio in Thrissur, the place where the station was established was renamed as Ramavarmapuram. Prior to that the place was known as Anappara. The original place name still lingers in native usage. Over the years the place specified as Ramavarmapuram expanded to include the entire region in the northern suburbs of Thrissur City. After of the formation of Thrissur Municipal Corporation in September 2000, one of the fifty-two divisions of the city has been named Ramavarmapuram.〔List of divisions of Thrissur Municipal Corporation (in Malayalam) (). Retrieved 19 January 2009〕 There is also a Post Office named Ramavarmapuram (PIN : 680631〔PIN Code details (). Retrieved 19 January 2009〕) serving parts of these suburbs. The area can be reached by bus from Swaraj Round and North Bus Stand in Thrissur. == Origin of the name == A part of the real estate holdings of the Cochin royal family was acquired by the government for setting up a broadcasting station of All India Radio in Thrissur. The place where the station was established was named as Ramavarmapuram in honour and to perpetuate the memory of Rama Varma the donor of the land.〔C A Krishnan (2009). ''Anchuvilakku'' (Malayalam : അഞ്ചുവിളക്ക്), p.35-38. Green Books, Thrissur. ISBN 978-81-8423-128-1〕 The word 'Ramavarmapuram' can be loosely translated into English as 'Rama Varma's land'. The donor was the last king of the princely state of Cochin, Rama Varma Kunjunni Thampuran known popularly as Pareekshith Thampuran. He was born on 15 August 1876 and crowned as king in July 1948. On 1 July 1949, the princely states of Travancore and Cochin were integrated to form the Travancore-Cochin state. With that merger Thampuran ceased to be the Maharaja of Cochin. He died in November 1964 at Thripunithura.〔K K N Kurup, ''Hill Palace and Pareekshith Thampuran'' (). Retrieved 23 January 2009〕〔Cochin Royal Family Historical Society (). Retrieved 23 January 2009〕 In Cochin royal family all the male members were named according to the following convention: eldest son to a mother - Rama Varma, second son - Kerala Varma and third son - Ravi Varma. 〔(Rameshan Thampuran, ''Genealogy of Cochin Royal Family'' )〕 Because of this convention the official names of most of the rulers of Cochin were Rama Varma. Counting since 1500 CE Pareekshith Thampuran was the eighteenth king named Rama Varma in the history of Cochin.〔Indian Princely States Website, The University of Queensland, Australia (). Retrieved 25 January 2009〕 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「Ramavarmapuram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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