Kannamaly

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Kannamaly | official_name = Kannamaly | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Kerala | pushpin_map_caption = Map showing Kannamaly | pushpin_label = Kannamaly | pushpin_label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|9.88020|N|76.26262|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = Taluk | subdivision_type4 = Grama Panchayat | subdivision_name1 = Kerala | subdivision_name2 = Ernakulam district | subdivision_name3 = Kochi | subdivision_name4 = Chellanam | timezone1 = IST | postal_code_type = Postal Index Number }}

'''Kannamaly''' is a coastal suburb of Kochi situated in Chellanam Panchayat in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It comes under the Kochi taluk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lsgkerala.in/chellanampanchayat/chellanam/|title=Kannamaly|last=|first=|date=|website=lsgkerala.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720090257/http://lsgkerala.in/chellanampanchayat/chellanam/|archive-date=20 July 2019|access-date=|url-status=dead}}</ref> The place is well-known all over Kerala state for the St Joseph's pilgrim Centre and the feast along with 'nercha sadhya' (votive meal) on March 19 that attract massive crowds every year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Priyadershini |date=2015-03-18 |title=A thousand kilos of curry |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-thousand-kilos-of-curry/article7007629.ece |access-date=2022-07-26 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Geography == Kannamaly is situated in the coast of Arabian Sea. The village shares its border with Arabian sea in west, ''Kannamali kayal'' in east, ''Kandakadavu'' in south and ''Cheriyakadavu'' in north.

== History == This place was a seaport in ancient times. There were telescopes in the highest points of the seaport for detecting the ships arriving to the port.

==Feast of St Joseph== {{Further|St Antony's Forane Church, Kannamaly}} Kannamaly celebrates St Joseph's Feast on March 19 every year with a massive communal meal. On that day many hundreds of thousands gather at Kannamaly to pay respects to St Joseph and to take part in the 'nercha sadhya' (solemn meal). The shrine of St Joseph is attached to St Antony's Parish Church. The custom dates back to the early 1900s when an outbreak of Cholera epidemic in the area killed a large number of people. It is believed that the custom of a communal meal got started in 1905, when the epidemic came to an end with a similar meal on March 19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=church(jd) |first=st joseph |title=Church History |url=http://www.kannamalychurch.com/church-history/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=St. Antony's Church & St. Joseph's Miraculous Shrine |language=en}}</ref>

== Etymology == The word Kannamaly is a combination of two words ''Kannu'' and ''Maly.'' The word Kannu means eye and maly means seaport.

== References ==

Category:Villages in Ernakulam district