Cheeranchira
| Cheeranchira Veroor Muriyil | |
|---|---|
| town | |
  Cheeranchira   Cheeranchira Location in Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates: 9°28′39″N 76°34′00″E / 9.4775931°N 76.566574°ECoordinates: 9°28′39″N 76°34′00″E / 9.4775931°N 76.566574°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democracy |
| • Body | Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 686106 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-33, KL-05 |
| Nearest city | Kottayam, Town - Changanacherry |
Cheeranchira is a suburb of Changanasserry town, Kerala State in India. It is around 4 km from downtown. It is one of the first settlements in Changanachery Taluk. It is also the birthplace of the renowned athlete, Anju Bobby George.
Origin of the name
The name Cheeranchira is believed to have its roots in perhaps the land's original ownership by an individual named Cheeran. From Cheeran's chira (small parcel of land mostly surrounded by water) the land got its name Cheeran is an archaic Malayali name. Another speculation is that the locality was infested by thorny amaranths (Amaranthus spinosus) plants (മുള്ളഞ്ചീര) giving it the name Cheera-chira, which later became Cheeranchira. The land is also referred to as Veroor Muriyil by various legal documents of the previous decades.[1]
Luminaries
Anju Bobby George
It was here that Anju Bobby George was born, spent her early years. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the gold medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics clearing 6.70 m. She went on to win the silver medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005, a performance she considers her best.
Rev.Fr.T.C Jacob Thalakulam
Rev.Fr.T.C Jacob Thalakulam (1907–1976), also known as Managerachen, was the manager of Old Seminary of the Malankara Orthodox Church for 30 years and the manager of Malankara Orthodox Catholicate Headquarters for another 15 years. He was an eminent figure of the Malankara Orthodox community during his lifetime. He had worked along with prominent metropolitans including St. Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril and also with three Catholicoses of the East namely H.H Baselios Geevarghese II, H.H.Baselios Augen I, and H.H. Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I. Fr. T.C. Jacob Memorial Upper Primary School was established to preserve the memory of this luminary in his native village.
Community
Educational Institutions
- Government Lower Primary School, Cheeranchira
- Rev. Fr.T.C Jacob Memorial Upper Primary School
Religious Institutions
In the chronological order of their establishment.
- Salvation Army Church
- St. Mary's Indian Orthodox Church
- Sree Narayana Temple
- CSI Church
- Mor Adai Study Center, a Syriac Orthodox Christian publishing house
- St. George Syro-Malabar Church
- The proposed Shrine under St. Adais Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, Nalunnakkal
Agrarian and Medical Enterprises
- M.L. Coffee (Moolayil Coffee): a locally owned coffee powder company which uses coffee beans collected from Cheeranchira and its environs with a distribution area covering the three districts in the central Travancore region.
- Thara Health Clinic : A signature institution of Cheeranchira, Thara Homeopathic clinic is run by Dr. Shashi, a homeopathic physician.
References
- ↑ Chev. K.K. Kurian. നാലുന്നാക്കൽ പള്ളിയും ദേശത്തിന്റെ കഥകളും.Chap. ചീരഞ്ചിറ ഗ്രാമം. Mor Adai Study Center. 2014