Kazhakuttom

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Kazhakoottam is a place in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The place is 17 km north of Thiruvananthapuram City. Kazhakoottam is located on the National Highway 47 on the way to Kollam from Thiruvananthapuram, and has gained in significance because of proximity to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, and more recently, Technopark,the IT center which is the first and largest of its kind in the country. The Sainik School is also situated in this area

History
The Mahadeva Temple in Kazhakoottam is believed to be around 1000 years old.

Kazhakoottam was the centre of power for Kazhakoottathu Ugran Pillai, the prominent one among the Ettuveetil Pillamar (Pillais from Eight Houses) who rebelled against the Travancore king Marthandavarma in the late 18th century. After defeating Pillai, Marthanda Varma destroyed Kazhakoottam Pillai's palace. He also dug a pond in place of the palace. To redeem himself, he built a temple to Krishna nearby. Both the pond and the temple exist, even now. 'Sri Ramananda Asramam,Kazhakkuttam. This is the one of the oldest Hindu traditional ascetic instituition in Kazhakuttom. It is just 1 km away from Kazhakuttom Junction. H.H Swami Paramewaranda ( Valiya Paramewaranda swami ), direct disciple of his holiness Sri Ramaananda Gurudev Mannur ashram Palakad, is the founder of this ashram. Daily Poojas, discourse, Preachings, spiritual sadhanas, satsangas, bajans, temple worships etc are the main spiritual activities. Swami Paremeshwaranda, Swami Madhavananda, Swami Chinmayanamda were the main masters

Current events
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Technopark campus in KazhakoottamPost Independence, Kazhakoottam got its first boost with ISRO setting up its space center, VSSC nearby, that set up its residential area barely 3 km from here. A Sainik School, which is a military residential school, was set up in Kazhakoottam in early 60s by the Government of India. In early 1980s, Kazhakoottam was selected as one of the ends of the bypass to be constructed to the NH47. By the end of 1980s, the construction on the Technopark began here. By late 1990s, Kazhakoottam was growing and merging with the nearby Trivandrum city. In 2000, the expanding Trivandrum Municipal Corporation expanded to the border of Kazhakoottam Panchayat. The northern section of Trivandrum - Neyyattinkara combined bypass was opened to the public. In 2005, there was further acquisition of agricultural land for expansion of Technopark and also for the new venture Technocity, that is planned to come up around 4 km north of Kazhakoottam. There is also KINFRA film and video park near sainkaschool where you can find DCSMAT media school, PRASAD film lab,VISMAYAMAX etc
From Chingam 1, August 17 2010, Kazhakuttam features the International pre-school "KIDZEE" in the name of Techno Kidzee at Mookolakkal junction, Kulathoor (p.o).KIDZEE is pre-school chain from the world famous ZILS education division under the ETC networks who also owns many leading brands like Zee channels, Dish TV, Siticable, Fun Republic and Esselworld. Techno Kidzee at Kazhakuttam aims in providing the kids at this area with child-friendly curriculum and a child –safe learning environment with an international standard. Kidzee runs pre-primary training program and a patented curriculum "ILLUME" which is for specialized training in the segment: Play Group, Nursery, KG and Activity Center for children in the age groups of 1.5 to 5 years. “iLLUME” places the “unique” child in the center of the learning process and gives the freedom to learn
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazhakuttom
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Coordinates:   8°34'4"N   76°51'57"E

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  • Good thing after the coming of Technopark is that Gundaism has been limited to great extend and it was placed in a spotlight for development with respect to the Urban Development Mission of Thiruvananthapuram. Thought houses are residential accomodations are available at a fair cost, needless to say is the skyrocketing prices of land in these region which is alienating comman man from this place.
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