Clappana
village in Kollam District, Kerala, India
Clappana is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Thottathil mukku, Alumpeedika and Puthan Pura Mukku is one of the major junctions in thedistrics..the border kollam alappuzha districts
History
Legend has it that once the bulls brought to the Ochira temple were tied to palm trees in this area, the place was known as Kalapana and later became Clappana. The name history of Clappana begins with agricultural prosperity. Known as the paddy field of Onnatukara, Clappana was a land of vast agricultural lands and hardworking people. When the harvest season came, it was customary to bring cattle for plowing in groups from the southern countries. They camped in the southern region of Clappana, where palm trees abounded. There was a playground for relaxation and a water pantal to quench thirst. Thanneerkarasseri, the family of that day, which was responsible for providing water for thirst, still remains there under the same name. With the passage of time, the name clappana came to mean the land of palm trees, where the traders used to tie their bullocks during their leisure time. Many of the name stories of clappana, which have been handed down from ear to ear, remain.
“Clappana” enters the record as village in Kollam District, Kerala, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Clappana, village and Kollam can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5125891.
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This entry incorporates text from “Clappana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.