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Vazhakulam lies east of the town of Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district on the Muvattupuzha - Thodupuzha road in Kerala, India. This town is famously known as ''Pineapple City''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kerala pineapple farmers look to Sri Lanka - The Hindu )〕 due to large-scale cultivation of pineapple. The town is the largest Asian pineapple market. Kerala Agricultural University established a Pineapple Research Station at Vazhakulam in 1995 to give research support to pineapple farmers. The pineapples cultivated in Vazhakulam has been credited with geographic indication. Today Vazhakulam pineapples are marketed as GI tagged products. Vazhakulam is part of Muvattupuzha Taluk Rice used to be the main crop of this area in the 1960s and 70s, but the advent of rubber cultivation saw many rice fields and estates being turned into rubber plantations. The population of this area largely consists of Syrian Catholic Christians. K. M. George, the founder of the Kerala Congress, is from Vazhakulam. Many Hindu families have also made this place their home. Among the famous Hindu temples in this area are the Lord Subramanya temple, Vallikkada Bhagavathi temple and Pudussery Kalari Bhagavathi temple located at Avoli. This place always get confused with South Vazhakulam, a small town in between Aluva & Perumbavoor, representing Vazhakulam Block & Vazhakulam Panchayat. ==Educational institutions== *Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Vazhakulam 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology )〕 *St. George College, Vazhakulam *Chavara International Academy, Vazhakulam 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chavara International Academy )〕 *Carmel Public School, Vazhakulam 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carmel Public School, Vazhakulam )〕 *Infant Jesus High School, Vazhakulam *St. Little Theresas Girls High School, Vazhakulam *St. George's TTI, Vazhakulam *St. Reetha's L.P. School, Theakkumala *St Thomas School, Vengachuvadu *The Bethlehem International Vazhakulam *Vimalamatha High School Kadalikkad *St Sebastian's HS, Memadangu *Govt. L P School, Neerampuzha *Govt. L P School, Maniyantharam 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「Vazhakulam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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