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Kannammoola, a major place located at Thiruvananthapuram has historical significance. It is
birthplace of Chattambi Swamikal, one of the greatest scholar saints in Kerala. The nearest airport is
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Pettah railway station and Thiruvananthapuram railway
station are the nearest ones. The first medical college in Kerala is Thiruvananthapuram medical
college .The Kerala government secretariat is the seat of administration of the government of Kerala
in Thiruvananthapuram which houses important ministries and bureaucratic offices.

Velu Thambi Dalawa was executed by the British at Kannammoola. Kannamoola is on the banks of
Aakulam lake. The Amayizhanjan canal which flows through Kannammoola forms the lake. Three
bridges cross the canal in Kannammoola the Kakkodu bridge, the Nellikhuzu Bridge, and the
Kannammoola Bridge.
The suburb was initially owned by a Namboothiri family called Kollur Athiyara matham. It was a
stronghold for Nair families before it became a metropolitan suburb.

In 1809, the British sentenced Velu Thambi Dalawa, a former dewan of Travancore and freedom
fighter, to be executed in Kannammoola . However , Dalawa committed suicide at the Mannadi
temple before being arrested . The British brought his body to the west end of a karanava’s
property, and Dalawa was hung on a post on a hill in Kannammoola; the hill was renamed Dalawa
Kunnu (Dalawa’s hill).

Chattambi Swamikal was a hindu sage and social reformer .He was born on 25th august 1853 at
Kollur thiruvananthapuram . He launched many social , religious , literary , and political
organisations and movements in Kerala . Earlier called Kunjan pillai, he was a social reformer and a
contemporary of Narayana Guru. Swamikal fought against the rigid Caste system and social vices and
challenged the prevalent value system. In his book Pracheena Malayalam, Swamikal argues that the
evil of caste and the superiority claims of the Brahmin are without any logic. He severely criticized
the Brahmin domination of that period. He wrote several books on religion and spirituality.
Swamikal's meeting with Swami Vivekananda in 1892 was instrumental in bringing about social
change in a caste-ridden society. Swamikal entered samadhi at Panmana, 18 kilometres (11 mi)
north of Kollam in 1924.

Kannammoola is connected by private and KSRTC buses. The nearest major railway station is
Thiruvananthapuram central . 2Two kilometres (1.2 mi) away is Pettah, a smaller railway station. The
nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International airport.

The Thiruvananthapuram medical college was founded in 1915 dedicated by Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru and is Kerala’s oldest medical college .

Kerala government secretariate is the highest echelon of state administrative structure .Government
secretariat is the popular landmark and is located in the heart of the Trivandrum city in Narmada
road .

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