Ulloor is a place in the Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

 district 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...

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Location

Ulloor is located to the north-west of Thiruvananthapuram city. It is a major junction at the entry point of Thriuvananthapuram City. National Highway 47 passes through Ulloor.

How to reach

Ulloor is well connected by road. Buses from East Fort

East fort

The East Fort is located at the heart of the CBD of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital city of Kerala- a South Indian state.-History:East Fort got its name from the eastern entrance to the fort built by the Kings of Travancore. The old city was all inside the fort on four sides with the Sri...

 and Thampanoor

Thampanoor

Thampanoor is a major commercial area of the Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala state, South India. The major railway station of the state, Trivandrum Central, Railway Mail Service , Central Bus Station, the head office of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and many movie theatres and...

 bus stations ply to Ulloor. Long distances buses, originating from Thampanoor, also halt at Ulloor.

Places of interest

The Thiruvananthapuram Medical College is located in Ulloor. The famous Ulloor Balasubramanya Swamy temple is near the Ulloor junction.

Prominent personalities

The famous Malayalam poet Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer

Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer

Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer , commonly known as Ulloor was a famous Malayalam poet and a noted historian. Ulloor was one of the famous triumvirate poets of Kerala, South India in the first half of the 20th century....

 is believed to have resided at this place, even though he retained another house near Vazhuthacaud

Vazhuthacaud

Vazhuthacaud is located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. The place is located 3 kilometers from the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station and 8 kilometers from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport....

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