Punkunnam

Punkunnam Punkunnu
Suburb
Punkunnam Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Punkunnam Punkunnam (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 10°32′07″N 76°12′05″E / 10.535249°N 76.20147°E / 10.535249; 76.20147
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Government
• Body	Thrissur Municipal Corporation
Languages
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-08
Nearest city	Thrissur
Civic agency	Thrissur Municipal Corporation

Punkunnam is a commercial and residential area in Thrissur city of Kerala in India. It is 2 km away from the Swaraj Round. Punkunnam is home to the renowned Punkunnam Siva Temple. Sitaram Textiles is situated here. It was established in the early 1940s.^[1] The spinning wing has the capacity of 12,000 spindles. The mill also has a capacity to process 40,000 meters of cloth every day.^[2] Poonkunnam Railway Station provides rail connectivity to other parts of Kerala and India. Punkunnam is witnessing a real estate boom.

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Punkunnam has some of the famous temples in Thrissur city like Punkunnam Siva Temple, Punkunnam Seetha Ramaswamy Temple, Kuttankulangara Sri Krishna Temple and Sri Sankarankulangara Temple. Punkunnam Seetha Ramaswamy Temple have got a Ratholsavam festival which is second after Kalpathy ratholsavam. Besides these temples Punkunnam have also got a Christian church. Pushpagiri Agraharam is situated at Punkunnam where the majority of the residents here are Tamil Brahmins. Kerala Brahmana Sabha Thrissur Unit, is situated at Pushpagiri Agraharam, Punkunnam.

There are several Banks functioning in Punkunnam. Dhanlaxmi Bank (zonal office and Corporate centre), South Indian Bank, Catholic Syrian Bank, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, Federal Bank and HDFC Bank has got branches at Punkunnam. The bottle neck at poonkunam was over by demolishing the old buildings at the junction with co operation of owners and Thrissur corporation pave a way to developing the place which enhances the connectivity to Puzhakkal padam, the proposed site for mobility hub. Poonkunnam railway station in the coming year will develop as a second station to control the load of passengers at Thrissur main station, as many people who are working at Ernakulam catch their train from poonkunnam. The headquarters of Kalyan Jewelers, the largest jewelry chain in India is situated at Punkunnam. The infertility clinic KARE of Dr Krishnankutty is situated at Punkunnam. The Mobility Hub being planned at Puzhakkal Padam (പുഴയ്ക്കല് പാടം) is near to Punkunnam.

• T.S. Kalyanaraman — chairman and managing director of Kalyan Jewellers
• Priya Prakash Varrier — actress, model, and singer

• List of Thrissur Corporation wards

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