Places
Churches, chapels, temples, schools and the places that are gone.
Convent / Ashram
Calvary Ashram, Poothole
A Capuchin friary at Poothole, founded in 1954, known for retreats, youth camps, social work, drama and a college of philosophy.
School
Dr John Matthai Centre, Lalur
The University of Calicut campus at Lalur, on the green estate where John Mathai lived, home to the Department of Economics and the School of Drama.
Convent / Ashram
Elthuruth Ashram
The Carmelite monastery founded in 1858 by St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara on an islet at the western edge of Aranattukara parish.
School
Government Upper Primary School, Aranattukara (GUPS)
Aranattukara's government school near the Eastern Bazaar, which began as a free Malayalam lower primary school for the children of poor families.
Convent / Ashram
Holy Trinity Ashram, Lalur
A house of the Trinitarian order at Lalur, near the John Mathai Centre, opened in 1994 to train priests and serving the sick, the orphaned and the elderly.
Convent / Ashram
Holy Trinity Convent, Lalur
The Aranattukara house of the Trinitarian Sisters of Madrid, founded at Lalur in 2008, who help poor children with their education.
Convent / Ashram
Infant Jesus Convent, Aranattukara
The Holy Family sisters' convent, begun in 1947 in a rented house at Padinjare Angadi so that the girls of Aranattukara could go to high school.
School
Infant Jesus Girls' High School
Aranattukara's girls' high school, run by the Holy Family sisters since 1950, long known for strong results and a nationally honoured headmistress.
Temple
Kizhakkeppuram Ayyappa Temple
A temple to Sastha (Ayyappan) in Kizhakkeppuram, the eastern side of Aranattukara, built in 1987.
Temple
Lalur Karthyayani Temple
An old kavu (sacred-grove) temple at Lalur whose goddess goes in procession to Vadakkunnathan as one of the small poorams of the Thrissur Pooram.
Temple
Lalur Subrahmanya Temple
A temple to Sri Balasubrahmanya in the Mathaipuram Colony at Lalur, the place of worship of the colony's families.
Landmark
Netaji Ground
Aranattukara's football ground — home of the Netaji Sports Club's tournaments, and the field where local players and the Cochin Malleables team made their names.
School
Nirmala College
A self-financing women's college run by the CMC sisters at the Chungam junction on Anchangadi Road, in the north of Aranattukara.
Convent / Ashram
Pavanatma Convent
A house of the Holy Family sisters on Convent Road, founded in 1983, whose work is visiting and supporting families.
Chapel
Sacred Heart Chapel, Lalur
A chapel at Lalur Centre dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, built on ground that was once a clump of bamboo.
School
St. Aloysius College, Elthuruth
The CMI college at Elthuruth, which grew from a small boarding school for boys opened beside the monastery around 1889.
School
St. Ann's Girls' High School
A girls' school founded by the CMC sisters for the northern part of Aranattukara. The sisters also run Nirmala College nearby.
Chapel
St. Antony's Chapel, Poothole
A busy shrine of St. Antony on Poothole Road, on land that once served as the West Church's cemetery.
Chapel
St. Joseph's Chapel, Padinjare Angadi
A small chapel in Aranattukara's western market, said to have been built by five men of the market who all shared the name Ouseph.
Chapel
St. Mary's Chapel, Valiyangadi
A wayside chapel in the middle of Valiyangadi, at Fatima Corner, rebuilt more than a hundred years ago with what is said to be Aranattukara's first concrete beam.
Chapel
St. Sebastian's Chapel, Thekkekkara
A chapel at Thekkekkara (Vadookkara) that belonged to the West Church in the years of the divided parish, once reached by boat.
Church
St. Thomas Church, Aranattukara
The parish church at the heart of Aranattukara, whose story runs from a first church in 1796, through a long division, to reunion in 1964 and the church we see today.
Chapel
St. Vincent de Paul Chapel
A chapel at the entrance of Vincent de Paul Nagar, which grew from a statue set up when the St. Vincent de Paul Society gave ten houses to families in need.
School
Tharakan's School, Aranattukara
The parish school beside St. Thomas Church, which grew from a village writing school into Tharakan's High School and taught generations of Aranattukara children.
Lost place
The Chunkam (Toll Gate)
Aranattukara's old toll posts, where travellers once paid duty on their loads; one of them still gives its name to the Chunkam junction.
Lost place
The Kadavu and Sakthan Thampuran's Warehouses
The lost landing on the backwaters where Thrissur's goods once met the boats, and where Sakthan Thampuran kept the state's warehouses.
Landmark
The Lalur Trenching Ground
The land at Lalur where Thrissur dumped its waste for decades, and where residents fought a long campaign until the dumping stopped.
Landmark
The Tharakan House
The ancestral home of the Chiramel Tharakan family near the old landing, with its thick walls, palm-leaf medical manuscripts and a remarkable collection of heirlooms.