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Kollam is famous as a city with excellent export background. [101] 5 star, 4 star and 3 star hotels, multi-storied shopping malls, branded jewellery, textile showrooms and car showrooms have started operations in the city and suburbs. Kollam was the third city in Kerala (after Kozhikode and Kochi) to adopt the shopping mall culture. Kollam ...
Kollam was a part of the ancient kingdom of Desinganadu. Desinganadu was known for its trade connections with foreign countries, and Kollam served as an important port city during that time. After the king Jayasimha from whom the Venad dynasty is supposed to have originated. [72] 3 Venad
Kollam is known as the capital of Kerala's cashew industry. Plains, mountains, lakes, lagoons, and backwaters , forests, farmland and rivers make up the topography of the district. The area had trading relationships with Phoenicia and Ancient Rome .
Kollam or Quilon is an old seaport and a city on the Laccadive Sea coast in Kerala, India, on Ashtamudi Lake. [1] [2] [3] The city remains notable as the ancient commercial capital of Kerala and the southwestern Indian coast, in addition to its fame as the "Cashew Capital of the World".
The following is a list of notable people from Kollam, Kerala, India. For more details please see their respective articles. Film and media. Actors and Actresses
Jatayu Earth Center, also known as Jatayu Nature Park or Jatayu Rock, is a park and tourism centre at Chadayamangalam in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It stands at an altitude of 350m (1200ft) above the mean sea level. Jatayu Nature Park holds the distinction of having the world’s largest bird sculpture, which is of Jatayu. [2]
The area is known as a center of trading and culture. Kollam's main road runs through the center of the downtown business district of Old Quilon. [3] [4] The north–south area of this downtown, popularly known as Big bazaar, is the largest bazaar in city of Kollam with many rice, spice and cloth merchants doing business in the Big bazaar area ...
Kollam is known as the Prince of Arabian Sea. Several beaches, estuaries, backwaters and islands are there in the city. In 2015, Kollam got selected as the least polluted city in India. [9] The mineral sand deposit in Kollam coasts worth several thousand crores of Indian rupee. [10]