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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Cheppad<br />
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| other_name = Cheppaud<br />
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| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = File:PMD UPS.JPG<br />
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| image_caption = Cheppad School<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|9.2522200|N|76.467210|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]] <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = <br />
| registration_plate = KL-04<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Alappuzha<br />
| blank2_name_sec2 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec2 = [[Haripad]]<br />
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'''Cheppad''' is a scenic village near [[Haripad]] in Alleppy District in [[Kerala]] State, [[India]]. It is about halfway between [[Kochi (India)|Kochi]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on the National Highway 47.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Cheppad was known as "Cheppukadu" in ancient times; "cheppu" indicates a small container and "kadu" indicates a small forest.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}<br />
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==Economy==<br />
Cheppad is turning into a town of the future with the already existing national thermal power station, new government medical college, modernisation of Cheppad railway station and 5-star hotels in the neighbourhood. Cheppad is covered by the state of the art 3G mobile network and high speed broadband up to 8 Mbit/s and the new National Highway 47 development gives Cheppad access to all major cities.<br />
Cheppad has a railway station too. There is a Government Ayurveda Hospital with very well qualified doctors 24 hours a day.<ref>https://www.pin-code.net.in/govt-ayurveda-hospital-cheppad-karthikappally-pincode-690507</ref> <br />
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[[File:CKHS.JPG|thumb|C.K. Highschool]]<br />
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==Demography==<br />
Cheppad is inhabited by a predominantly Hindu community. The Christian community is the second largest religious community and many denominations of Christian faith can be found here. There is no documentary evidence to establish the arrival of Christian community to this place. [[St. George Orthodox Church, Cheppad]] under the Malankara Orthodox Syrian church is the major attraction of cheppad.<br />
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==St George Orthodox Church==<br />
{{main|St. George Orthodox Church, Cheppad}}<br />
[[Image: Cheppad Church Front.jpg|thumb|St George Orthodox Church, Cheppad]]<br />
St. George Orthodox Church in Cheppad is popularly known as [https://web.archive.org/web/20110203072222/http://www.cheppadvaliyapalli.com/ Cheppad Valiya Pally], and is a [[pilgrimage|pilgrim center]] of the [[Malankara Orthodox Church]]. The church may date from 1175.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/christianity/cheppad-church/63|title=St. George Orthodox Church, Cheppad {{!}} Mural Paintings in Kerala Churches {{!}} Christianity of Kerala {{!}} Kerala Tourism|website=Christianity|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref> St George Orthodox Church is the resting place of [[Cheppad Philipose Mar Dionysius]], Malankara Metropolitan of the [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]] during 1825-1855. The 900-year-old mural paintings in Cheppad St. George Orthodox Church exhibits the Christian traditional paintings. The paintings are on the walls of the Madbaha (altar) of the Church and show events from the life of [[Jesus Christ]] from birth to ascension and few events from the old testament.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Cheppad Mar Dionysios IV of the East]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://nasrani.net/2007/09/20/focus-ii-cheppad-st-george-church/ Article about Cheppad St George Church]<br />
* [http://www.stgeorgecheppaud.org/ St. George Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]<br />
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