Marianad
Marianad (also spelled Mariyanadu or Mariyanad) is a coastal town in south Indian state of Kerala. It belongs to Kadinamkulam grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district of southern Kerala. Marianad is 25 KM away from Thiruvananthapuram city which is both district headquarters and state capital. Marianad is under the area of Puthukurichy post office and PIN code is 695303.It is part of the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency History Marianad was founded by Bishop Peter Bernard Periera who was the head of the Latin church in Thiruvananthapuram with the help of the Social Service society and other social volunteers. One of the known volunteers was an Italian nurse Lauretta Farina (from Caravaggio, Bergamo, Lombardia) who coordinated schools, health clinics, sports clubs, women's collective, etc. In the late 1970s, the fishers founded cooperative societies to avoid merchant money lenders to sell their fish.
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 8.5994444444444 ° | E 76.815833333333 ° |
Address
695303 , Kadinamkulam
Kerala, India
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