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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bharananganam
| other_name =
| nickname = Lisieux of India
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Bharananganam.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Bharananganam Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|9|42|00|N|76|43|40|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
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| governing_body =Panchayath
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 16000
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 686578
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 914822
| registration_plate = KL- 35
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 100%
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Kottayam]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]]
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[[File:BHM B2.jpg|thumb|Bharanamganam Church]]
[[File:Bhm B4.jpg|thumb|Bharananganam]]
[[File:Bhm B11.jpg|thumb|Bharanamganam School]]
[[File:Bhm B1.jpg|thumb|Bharananganam town]]
'''Bharananganam''', is a Christian [[pilgrimage]] centre in [[South India]]<ref>{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Primary Census Abstract Data Tables – India: Final Population Totals |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711042331/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=27 April 2025 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref> on the banks of the [[Meenachil River]], {{convert|4|km|spell=in}} away from [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]] and {{convert|4|km|spell=in}} from [[Plassanal]], in [[Kottayam district]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Kerala]]. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people, who cultivate cash crops like [[Natural rubber|rubber]].

== History==
The place was believed to be an independent territory under Travancore Kingdom immediately governed by vassal [[Kingdom of Poonjar]].
It is believed that the place had the Church of [[Veluthachan]] who is believed to be a legendary person. The church was later burnt in the 11th century and a new church was built on the opposite bank of the river [[Meenachil]], which lead to the current church also to be named '[[Anakallitt palli]] as an elephant laid its location due to confusion about construction of the church on the north or south bank of river [[Meenachil]].
It is also believed to be the birthplace of [[Kulapurath Bhima]] a Brahmin born in Kulapurath family of Bharananganam, who is a legendary figure who built a fort in Poonjar.
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==Demographics==
The population of Bharananganam comprises [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Catholic Syrian Christians]] and Nair's and Eshava's.Now Increasing Number Of Migrant labours From Nepal&Other North Indian States
== Saint Alphonsa's tomb ==

The thousand-year-old [[St. Mary's Forane Church, Bharananganam|St Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] is a pilgrimage centers of the [[St Thomas Christians]] in [[Kerala]]. [[St Alphonsa]] was the first woman from the Kerala Church to be canonized (declared a saint), and the second Indian after [[Gonsalo Garcia]], a [[Luso-Indian]] born in [[Portuguese Bombay and Bassein]].
[[File:Saint Alphonsa's tomb.jpg|thumb|right|Saint Alphonsa's tomb]]

Alphonsa was [[beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] during his visit to India in 1986. There is a two - floored structure in front of the shrine which was originally the Papal podium for the beatification ceremony on 8 February 1986.

She was canonised as Saint Alphonsa by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] at a ceremony at [[St. Peter's Square]], Vatican City on 12 October 2008. There is a museum adjacent to the convent chapel, where her personal belongings are preserved.
==Sri Krishna Swamy Temple==
This temple managed by N.S.S and admired for its architectural beauty. It is situated in the outskirts of Bharananganam.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202214457/http://bharananganamtemple.com/ Bharananganam Temple website]
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LesliGirard6 at 14:12, 13 June 2025