Kurichy

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Kurichy
village
Kurichy Panchayath office
Kurichy Panchayath office
Coordinates: 9°30′24″N 76°31′36″E / 9.506799°N 76.526556°E / 9.506799; 76.526556
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKottayam
Languages
  OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Nearest cityChanganacherry

Kurichy is a village in Changanacherry Municipality in Kottayam district, in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Kurichy lies on the main Central Road which runs through the entire state of Kerala. The nearest towns to Kurichy are Changanacherry and Kottayam. Kurichy is 7 kilometers from Changanacherry by road.

Chethipuzha is near Kurichy.

Origin

Kurichy was formerly known as "Gurushreepuram", meaning "the land of Vishnu [Guru] and Lakshmi [Shree]", which later became truncated to its current name.

Places in and around Kurichy

The central area of Kurichy is known as the "Kurichy Out Post", named after an earlier police outpost. It acts as the major junction to the western areas. The west of Kurichy connects to places such as Kainady and Kavalam which are parts of Kuttanadu. The east part of Kurichy is Vakathanam. The surrounding areas of Kurichy are Neelamperoor, Mandiram, Thuruthy and Pathamuttom.

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