Thamarakulam

Thamarakulam

Thamarakkulam
Thamarakulam Thamarakkulam
Neighbourhood
	Road towards Downtown Kollam area, Thamarakulam
	Thamarakulam Location in Kerala, India
	Coordinates: 8°53′01″N 76°35′11″E / 8.883566°N 76.586412°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Government
• Body	Kollam Municipal Corporation(KMC)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	691001
Vehicle registration	KL-02
Lok Sabha constituency	Kollam
Civic agency	Kollam Municipal Corporation
Avg. summer temperature	34 °C (93 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	22 °C (72 °F)
Website	http://www.kollam.nic.in

Thamarakulam or Thamarakkulam is a business centre and neighbourhood of Kollam city in Kerala, India. Thamarakulam is a part of Downtown Kollam area and is near Chinnakada.^[1]

Temple

Ganapathy temple in Thamarakulam is a very famous Hindu temple and worship centre in Kollam district. The caparisoned elephants from this temple are exhibited publicly during the celebrations of Kollam Pooram. The Ezhunnellippu of elephants from Thamarakulam temple is a regular ritual of Kollam Pooram, witnessed by thousands of spectators.^[2]

Local authority

The Kollam Development Authority office is situated at Thamarakulam.

Partner Kerala Meet 2014

The Government of Kerala organized an urban development meet in the name Partner Kerala in February 2014.^[3]

The Kollam Municipal Corporation and the Kollam Development Authority submitted a number of proposals for Thamarakulam to the Partner Kerala Meet 2014.^[4] These were:

The Kollam Municipal Corporation unveiled its plan to construct a commercial complex-cum-convention centre and multilevel car parking at Thamarakulam at a total cost of Rs 178.53 crore.
The Kollam Development Authority proposed a shopping mall, office complex and exhibition-cum-trading centre for micro, small and medium enterprises at Thamarakkulam at a cost of Rs 80 crore.^[5]