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Thiruvanvandoor village is one of the earliest formed villages.It is located in Chengannur Taluk of Alappuzha district in Kerala. It is situated approximately 4km away from taluk headquarter Chengannur which is the nearest town to Thiruvanvandoor and approximately 48km away from district headquarter Alappuzha. Thiruvanvandoor villages comes under Chengannur assembly & Mavelikkara parliamentary constituency.The old roof tiled village office building was replaced by a new building in 1987. It was further renovated and converted to smart village office which came into existence in 2015.Resurvey was implemented during the period 1988-1989 in this village.Thiruvanvandoor village has two blocks ,block 5 and 6.The village mainly occupies panchayath of Thiruvanvandoor and a small part of Pandanad panchayath.
Situated on the banks of the Manimala and the Pamba Rivers, Thiruvanvandoor is a famous Hindu pilgrim centre. The Vishnu Temple, where the images of Vishnu and Gopalakrishna worshipped by Nakula, one of the five Pandavas, are believed to have been consecrated by the legendary Bhrigu Muni is in Thiruvanvandoor. It may be mentioned here that Thiruvanvandoor is one of the five sacred places where the Vishnu images worshipped by the five Pandavas during their Vanavasa. The annual festival in the shrine of Thiruvanvandoor is celebrated in the Thiruvaimozhi of Nammalvar, the great Tamil saint assigned to the 9th Century.