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Ammupatti's thoughts: Men Are Better Cooks

Nayarambalam Medical Centre

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Initiated by Islamic Management, NMC is situated near the Juma Mazjid, Nayarambalam. It is one of the well structured hospital in the village.

PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, NAYARAMBALAM

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Situates in the beach area (Puthen Kadappuram), the heath centre building has no health at all.

GOVT. AYURVEDIC HOSPITAL, NAYRAMBALAM

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Aproximately 25 bed hospital situates almost the centre of the Village. Near to Public Library and Govt. Vet hospital.

NAYARAMBALAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Nayarambalam Public Library
Details will be added later

POKKALI - CYCLIC PADDY CULTIVATION METHOD

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Pokkali cultivation is the traditional method in our paddy fields for centuries long. Its a cyclic method of paddy cultivation. After the harvest, the farmers switch Pokkali fields into shrimp farms using traditional methods. So Shrimps can eat the remains of paddy leaves and after the shrimp harvest is over again rice has been started cultivation. Then the excreta of the shrimps will be nutritios fertiliser.

Fish culture in rice fields is said to be practised between latitudes 20°N and 20°S and between 1,000 and 1,500 metres altitude (Schuster, 1955; Coche, 1967). Such regions are found in Preanger highlands of Java, the Batak areas in Sumatra, the inland areas in Madagascar and the Thailand region (Coche, 1957), but it is well recognized that several paddy growing areas exist at lower attitudes - the brackishwater paddy growing areas of Bengal (“Basabada”) and Kerala (“Pokkali”) in India are coastal based.

There are about 4,000 hectares of paddy fields under pokkali cultivation in Ernakulam district, while in Alappuzha the extent of pokkali cultivation is in about 3,000 hectares. These are the facts. But genaraly, Pokkali cultivation in kerala is about to reach its end.

DEVI VILASOM UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL, NAYARAMBALAM

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Devi Vilasom UP School is managed by Bhagavathi Temple Karayogam, Nayarambalam.

BHAGAVATHI VILASOM HIGH SCHOOL (BVHS ), NAYARAMBALAM

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One of the oldest High Schools in Nayarambalam. Managed by Bhagavathy Temple Karayogam, Nayarambalam. Many Nayarambalam guys got high school education from this school. The same management runs another school - Devi Vilasam- in Lover Primary level at Veliyathamparambu, Nayarambalam.

Lobelia English Medium High School, Nayarambalam

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Lobelia is the first English Medium School at Nayarambalam. May be it is the first English Medium School in Vypeen Island.
MEANING OF LOBELIA
I have asked so many people about the meaning of Lobelia, because I was hearing that name since my childhood. But nobody knows the meaning, including some of the teachers of the school. So I asked google, it returned some definitions. According to the Seach Engine giant, it is a kind of flower. Dictionary.com says its meaning as: 'Any of numerous plants of the genus Lobelia, having terminal racemes of variously colored flowers with a bilabiate corolla.'
And Wikipedia says: 'Lobelia (also known as Indian Tobacco, Asthma Weed, Pukeweed, or Vomitwort) is a genus in the family Campanulaceae, comprising some 200 species, some of which are cultivated in gardens. These include Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower or Indian Pink), Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Lobelia), Lobelia fulgens and Lobelia erinus, as well as some hybrids.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia) Wikipedia has some high res images of Lobelia:



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Googles Search results:
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Lobelia is a useful systemic relaxants. It has a general depressant action on the central and autonomic nervous system and on neuro-muscular action. Its primary specific use is in bronchitic asthma and bronchitis. Lobeline is a powerful respiratory stimulant that will stimulate catarrhal secretion and expectoration while relaxing the muscles of the respiratory system. More reading?
go: www.lamasbeauty.com/glossary/glossary_L.htm
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LOBELIA_BOTANICAL_DETAILS
Kingdom : Plantae • Division: Magnoliophyta • Class : Magnoliopsida • Order : Asterales • Family : Campanulaceae • Subfamily : Lobelioideae • Genus: Lobelia

St. George Carmelite Public School

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It’s a public school with CBSE syllabus, managed by CMI Sisters. The school was inaugurated in 1995. This school is the only full fledged convent school in Nayarambalam village. There is a special school for mentally retarded children also run by the same convent.

SANKARA NARAYANA TEMPLE, NAYARAMBALAM

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A small temple situated in the northern side of Bhagavathy Temple, Nayarambalam. Just opposite to Village office and beside of Talent College.

NAYARAMBALAM VILLAGE OFFICE

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Situated almost at the northern end of Nayarambalam village, close to BVHS, opposite to Sankara Narayana Temple. Village office compound is generally called as Tube Well Ground (Kuzhal Kinar Maidanam).

NAYARAMBALAM GRAMA PANCHAYATH OFFICE

Nayarambalam Panchayath came into existence on August 1946. Earlier it was Narakkal - Nayarambalam combined Panchayath. Mr. G.K. Panickar (Gopurappilly Kunjunni Panickar) was the first president of Nayarambalam Grama Panchayath.
Mr. Cherian Narikulam, Mr. P.K. Gopi, Mr. Kamaleshan P.K., Ms. Taji Roy, Ms. N.K. Bindu, Mr. E.P. Shibu were some of the former Presidents of the Panchayath.
Office Phone: 0484-2493339

SUB TREASURY, NAYARAMBALAM

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Details will be published later

MAHAVISHNU TEMPLE, VELIYATHAMPARAMBU

SUBRAHMAHNIA TEMPLE, KOCHAMBALAM

St, AUGUSTIN'S CHURCH, NEDUNGAD

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Details of this chuch will be published later

KARUNA SPECIAL SCHOOL

Karuna Special School For Mentally challenged Children Under the management of Sisters of St.George Carmel Convent.

The school is one of the well maintained special schools in Vypeen Island. Hundreds of students are getting quality education from here. The school team has won many festivals state and national levels.

One reader (who belongs to an NGO) requested to include the contact details of the school. Even though the school situates a stone's throw away distance from my home, I realized that I didn't have their contact details except its address. So one evening I just dropped in and met the principal and requested the details. With their proper permission, here I include their contact details.

Karuna Special School and Rehabilitation Society, 
Wadel, Nayarambalam P.O.

Ernakulam - 682509

Karuna Special School Contacts
Sr. Anchela, Principal (as of now in 2008)
Sr. Savoola, Manager (as of now in 2008)

Phone: 0484-2499922 | 2493659

To visit the official Facebook page, click on the icon below:

 

INFANT JESUS CHURCH, NEDUNGAD

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Infant Jesus Church, Nedungad, Nayarambalam. There is no detailed info about this church readily I have. If anyone who read this blog have any details, please send as comment

St. GEORGE CHURCH, WADEL

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One of the ancient churches in the Island. Wadel Church's history lays back to one and a half century.
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[FOLLWOING INFORMATION ARE NOT CHECKED. IT HAS TO BE CORRECTED LATER]
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Family units

The parish contains more than 1000 families. The Parish is divided into 37 family units. Each unit has an average of 30 familes. Each unit has ten committee members including President, Vice-President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer elected from among them. Their term of office is two years.
Service Schedule
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Sunday • 6.30 am • 8.30 am • 9.30 am
Tuesday • 6.30 am • 5.30 pm
Other days • 6.30 a.m • 7.15 a.m
The Holy Mass and Novena is held on every Tuesday as per schedule.

SACRED HEART CHURCH, MANATTUPARAMBU

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[This article will be re-written later. This is only a scratch. Those who read this blog, please give me information on the service times and festival dates etc.]
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Immaculate Heart Church, Manattuparambu, Nayarambalam. (also known as Sacred Heart Church) A small chapel under St. George Church Wadel from 1954 and upgraded as a parish on 1998, Immaculate Heart Church, Manattuparambu, Nayarambalam soon became a popular pilgrimage centre in Vypeen Island. The church has been witnessed lots miracles. Thousands of people irrespective of cast, creed and colour who believe in miracles, regularly attend the holy mass here.
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Serivice Schedules:
Holy. Mass & Novena: Fridays - 6.30 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 5 p.m.

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Feast May 2nd Sunday, First Friday of the year
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Source: http://www.verapolyarchdiocese.org/shrine_sh_manattuparambu.htm

St. Joseph's Church Sanjopuram, Nayarambalam

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St. Joseph's Church Sanjopuram. Sanjopuram is a recently coined name in relation with the church's patron's name St. Joseph. Its a Roman Catholic Syrian Church consecrated on 1987. Before 1987 it was a tiny chappel (in the name of St. Joseph) under St. Mary's Church, Narakkal.
Sanjopuram is situated almost the southern area of Nayarambalam village in the side of Vypeen - Pallippuram State Highway. The place is popularly known as Kudungasserry vazhi.
Most Rev. Fr. Antony Perumayan, the First Vicar of the Church, take initiative to build the church and upgrade to the status of a parish.

The church is devided by 6 family units. There is a daily Mass everyday in the morning and 3 Holy Masses every Sundays.
(More details will be added later)
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