Puthencruz Vadavucode Puthencruz | |
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town | |
  Puthencruz Location in Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates:9°58′0″N76°25′0″E / 9.96667°N 76.41667°E /9.96667; 76.41667 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 23,878 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 682308 |
| Telephone code | 0484 |
| Nearest city | Ernakulam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chalakkudy |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kunnathunadu |
| Website | www |
Puthenkurish is a town inErnakulam district in the Indian state ofKerala nearKolenchery town en route toMuvattupuzha.[1] It is a part of theGreater Cochin area.
The namePuthencruz is aPortuguesisation of the Malayalam word പുത്തൻകുരിശ് (puthan kuriśŭ), which meansNew Cross (the settlement was previously known as 'Pannikkuzhy kara'), and derives from the establishment of a new cross by the Syrian Christians who were the parishioners of KolencherySt. Peter's & St. Paul's Orthodox Syrian Church in the year 1816. The cross was to assist againstsmallpox, and since a procession of the main festival from the mother church of Kolenchery extended up to Pannikuzhy kara, the people started to tell that "the procession shall extend to the Puthen Kurisu". "Puthankurisu", as it was called, was Portuguesised toPuthencruz.[2]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus, Puthencruz had a population of 23878 with 12026 males and 11852 females.[1]
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