Puthencruz


Puthenkurish is a town in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala near Kolenchery town en route to Muvattupuzha. It is a part of the Greater Cochin area.

Etymology

The name Puthencruz is a Portuguesisation of the Malayalam word പുത്തൻകുരിശ്, which means New Cross, and derives from the establishment of a new cross by the Syrian Christians who were the parishioners of Kolenchery St. [Peter and St. Paul's Church, Kolenchery|St. Peter's & St. Paul's Orthodox Syrian Church] in the year 1816. The cross was to assist against smallpox, 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 to Puthencruz.

Demographics

India census, Puthencruz had a population of 22378 with 11014 males and 11364 females.

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