Ayemenem
E811312
Ayemenem is a small village in the Indian state of Kerala, best known as the primary setting of Arundhati Roy’s novel "The God of Small Things."
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Arundhati Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | South India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Syrian Christian community of Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn | agriculture ⓘ |
| featuredIn | The God of Small Things NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalizedAs | Aymanam in The God of Small Things ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | low-lying riverine landscape ⓘ |
| governingSystem | panchayati raj ⓘ |
| hasClimateCharacteristic |
heavy monsoon rainfall
ⓘ
hot and humid weather ⓘ |
| hasNaturalFeature |
backwaters
ⓘ
paddy fields ⓘ rubber plantations ⓘ tropical vegetation ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Christian churches
ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ |
| knownFor |
depiction in The God of Small Things
ⓘ
lush greenery ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important site in contemporary Indian English literature ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Kottayam district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | Travancore region of Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Meenachil River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCrop |
coconut
ⓘ
rice ⓘ rubber ⓘ spices ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Kottayam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTown | Kumarakom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | primary setting of Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things ⓘ |
| partOf |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ Kottayam district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalSystem | served by India Post ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageSpoken | Malayalam ⓘ |
| religionPracticed |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryLanguageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| transportConnection | local roads to Kottayam ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
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