Kidangannoor is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Pathanamthitta district

Pathanamthitta district

Pathanamthitta district is the youngest district located in the southern part of the state of Kerala, India. The district headquarters is in Pathanamthitta town. The district is surrounded by Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Kollam districts. It has a border with the state of Tamil Nadu in the east...

 in the state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is on the route between Aranmula

Aranmula

Aranmula is about 128 km from Trivandrum, capital city of Kerala, the south western state in India. It is situated on the banks of the river Pampa. Traditions, cultural variations, traditional village life, sceneries are unique for Aranmula. It is a suburb of Kozhencherry in Pathanamthitta...

 (famous for its boat races) and Pathanamthitta

Pathanamthitta

Pathanamthitta is a large town and a municipality situated in the central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, south India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The city has a population of 38,000...

 (en route to the holy piligrimage destination of Sabarimala

Sabarimala

Sabarimala is a Hindu pilgrimage center located in the Western Ghat mountain ranges of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala. It is the largest annual pilgrimage in India with an estimated 45–50 million devotees visiting every year. Sabarimala is believed to be the place where the Hindu God Ayyappan...

).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Kidangannur had a population of 16364 with 7665 males and 8699 females.

Famous personalities

It is the birth place of the father of modern Malayalam, Rev.George Mathan. Rev.George Mathan wrote the first grammar book in Malayalam called "Malayanmayude Vyakaranam" and other books like "Satyavadakhedam", "Marumakkathaya Sampradayam" and many others. He was born in the Puliyelil family and did most of his writing in his ancestral house in Kidangannoor though he spent most of his life in Mallapally

Mallapally

Malapally or Mallappally is a taluk in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala state, India. The major religions of the population are Christianity and Hinduism. The Kizhakkedath Sree Subramanya Temple at Mallappally is of note. The Thrikkarthika is celebrated in this temple....

 and Kottayam

Kottayam

Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...

. He worked tirelessly with Rev.Hermann Gundert

Hermann Gundert

Rev. Dr. Hermann Gundert was a German missionary and scholar, who compiled a Malayalam grammar book, Malayalabhaasha Vyakaranam , the first Malayalam-English dictionary , and translated the Bible into Malayalam. He worked primarily at Tellicherry on the Malabar coast, in Kerala, India...

 and other priests to save Malayalam from the onslaught of Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

, which was the official language in Kerala at that time. The sleepy village of Kidangannoor can be proud to have a great literary figure like Rev.George Mathan as its son.

Trivia

The village's other attractions are proximity to Aranmula and Sabarimala (both holy places of pilgrimage and worship for Hindus), the Syrian Christian Valiapalli at nearby Mezhuveli, a local market, schools, etc. The KGS Aranmula Airport is coming in the vicinity of Kidangannoor. The airport will start operations for flights within India soon and will be upgraded later to an international airport. This airport will serve the pilgrims visiting the Hindu holy shrine at Sabarimala and also the Maramon Convention of the Christians.

The majority of the residents are Christians and Hindus. Therefore religious festivals of Christians and Hindus are observed every year. Worth mentioning is the festival in the Syrian Christian Valiapalli at Mezhuveli

Mezhuveli

Mezhuveli is a village situated between the holy rivers of Pamba and Achankovil. It is located 16 km south-west of Pathanamthitta and 13 km east of Chengannur. The Ananda Bhoodeswaram temple in Mezhuveli is dedicated to the Lord Siva...

with its kathina fireworks and rally which is observed every year with great fanfare. The Hindu temple festivals are also conducted every year with great pomp and fanfare.

Places of Importance

St.Thom Mar Thoma Church

Holy Innocent Orthodox Church

St.George Jacobite Church

Navadarshan De-addiction Center

Pallimukkathamma Devi Temple