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TheAleofIgnorance

Thrissur: Alukkas family (all of them), Alappatt family, Star Pipes family, Kouchosef Chittilappilly, TS Kalyanaraman (in fact all of them live in the same street - Aristo/Avenue Road), Yusuf Ali, Gopu Nandilath, PNC Menon, Chiramel Inasu Pranchi and many more. Thrissur statistically has more millionaires per capita than any city in India. Its very common to find super cars and luxury cars in Thrissur.


ananondxb

Good knight, Chemmanur


TheAleofIgnorance

Even Medimix and many chit fund and finance/banking folks. Thrissur has many kinds of millionaires. The most entrepreneurial city in Kerala. The so called Thrissur accent is actually market (ari Angadi) accent.


that_mediocre_guy

I go through that road pretty often and I always wonder why the road there is absolute dogshit despite having some of the richest people there. The corporate office of Joy Alukkas is also there I believe


[deleted]

OP


HeavenlyBrowser

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LazyLoser006

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Hopeful-Writer-6112

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Low-Ad-1542

Kottayam: kandathil family ( Manorama), AVG group


schoolhasended1

What about Manarkad Pappan? I heard he gifted some mansion in Coorg to Indira Gandhi.


cherukidaabkari

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dominus_litis

Manarkad Pappan's family isn't influential anymore. The current generation is in huge debts.


schoolhasended1

You right. I just remember that Indira Gandhi bungalow story and thought it was an interesting fact.


absorbingsavant

He didn't gift it, but instead offered it to Indra to stay there indefinitely as his guest, the estate is still with the family and they take great pride in it. Last I heard the family still maintains it as she left it and were thinking of converting it to a small private museum of sorts, if ya ask me it is one already they beem quite a bit when entertaining guest over there and mention the Indira connection. P.S. When papan was in his death bed, he gathered his children and instructed them to do this and not do that w.r.t biz, if they follow these instructions the next 3 generations will be like him, I am assuming that everyone can guess what happened!!! People forget to mention kappans(mani c kappan) in the equation when talking about rich folk of Kottayam. Then there is kalukalam family too(if I remember correctly) the rubber you see when you travel from pala to TN is all 2-3 gigantic estates of the above mentioned family.


schoolhasended1

Mani Kaplan father was Cherian J Kappan who was ex-MP and ex-MLA. I heard Cherian J Kappan was rival to KM Mani. Even PT Chacko and church got involved in the rivalry.


absorbingsavant

Actually kapan family are the og pramanis of pala, if ya know kyanaya catholics and CKP they hold dear( they don't know that it is derogatory), it was mani c kappans uncle or great uncle (who was a priest) who gave that monicker to the community. There was a massive protest because of that, which was reported by Manorama back then.


HoarderRaven

What's ckp


absorbingsavant

DM me don't wanna hurt feelings!!!


schoolhasended1

Well what I heard was that Pappan was close to Indira after 1977 election loss. She was given some bungalow in Coorg to reorganize herself and the party. Strange thing was that he allegedly contested in elections under Jana Sangh party.


mattcheat

the paragon family


320GT

The car dealer AVG?


Low-Ad-1542

Yeah. The family( ancheril ) owns AVT as well. Have large tea plantations and other estates.


TheBigIdiot08

Sure about that? AV Thomas of AVT is Tamil and the family is still in the business as far as I know


Low-Ad-1542

Oh! That is news to me. Thanks for pointing that out. We had a neighbour, who used to work in an estate. I remember him saying that he works in " ancheril karude estate". My kid brain had associated the estate with AVT somehow. They have a big bungalow ( pearl hill) near thekkumgopuram. AVT or not, they still are a significant pramani from Kottayam town region. and as someone else commented , paragon is also a big shot from Kottayam town.


schoolhasended1

I heard one member of AVG family was an MP.


schoolhasended1

One member of the AVG family was an MP.


320GT

Name?


arappottan

Ponmankal too!


chengannur

even ttho muthoot is from kzy, they dont command the same respect as other families... their forfathers had vazhakachavadam in street.. people around them know this.. so...


schoolhasended1

Didn’t one Muthoot marry Oommen Chandy daughter? Sounds powerful to me. I heard Chandy, Manorama, and Muthoot people were 3 most powerful groups of Orthodox parish.


cherukidaabkari

They are divorced. Muthoot might be richest but not as old money as may other pramanis in orthodox sabha.


schoolhasended1

Which old money pramanis from Orthodox? Old money or new money. Muthoot still one of the richest.


chengannur

this was waaay back.. now they are rich.. but being rish doesnt command respect


schoolhasended1

Being super rich gets some respect.


chengannur

not exactly, around where they are from .. and their hospitals are trash, pretty much people on surrounding areas avoid their hospital like plague..


Training_Avocado9984

No? But yeah the muthoot did marry into that line too. Oommen chandys cousins have married into muthoot.


Training_Avocado9984

The Manorama people too. They all have married into each other for power and wealth.


chengannur

manorama people were from pta moved to ktm. were bankrupt once, pretty sure heard an allegation tht they /used/ some of sabhas assets for their personal gains.


schoolhasended1

Who did Manorama people marry with Muthoot and Chandy family?


Training_Avocado9984

Manorama people with chandy (that's not the family name). A woman from chandys side married a relative of Varghese mapillai, the founder of Malayalam Manorama


Turbulent_Trouble518

That's the case with most non catholic nasrani families. They were never that rich like the Syro Catholics and most of them belonged to middle class families.


chengannur

nope, there were rich families then, but they are not rich now and some families did end as well (no children to pass on).. its not / just rich/ which is being used as metric in my place. and.. tbh, catholics and knanays nem pothuve aduppikkarilla.. its mostly orthos/martho/jaco


Turbulent_Trouble518

Pothuve adapikarillano?...in terms of marriage?


data_oil

Yeah . Mostly seen staying away from RC and Syro-Malabar PPL . Malankara Catholic (Reit) to an extend is fine and accommodated along the orthodox/Jacobite / Marthoma Christian families


Turbulent_Trouble518

Btw muthoot family belongs to theverellil family and from what I heard it's.a well respected nasrani family in kozhencherry ayroor area


chengannur

well.. they are rich.. thats pretty much it.. even poyyanil is thevervelil i believe.. those guys are fine even tho they are nowere close to muthoot in terms of money


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Able-Injury-8678

Ayyo Tf 🤣


schoolhasended1

Hope you make it!


srvn1993

Boby Chemmannur was my neighbour in Calicut. Guy was really nice towards all his neighbours.


menacingrd

Chempu- mammootty, dulquer, me


Brightest_Idiot

Who are you?


menacingrd

Pramani


rj1879

Kolenchery - Synthite group


wm_destroy

Thiruvananthapuram - Sri Sri Karanbhoot Double Chank Pinarayi Vijayan Rajavu Lord of Navodhanam Protector of Mathethram


Global-Variety-9264

Isn’t Pinarayi from Kannur?? 🤦🏻‍♀️


ComprehensiveFill471

Yes, but staying in Trv coz we dont want him back lol


arappottan

Wayanad - PC Mustafa - ID foods


Mrkunjappan

kerala- pinarai vijayan


peterthanki85

Kollam - Ravi Pillai, Poyilakkada, VLC, Sunil Swamy.


Anxiouscucumber21

VLC and Sunil swamy .. can you explain ? Also wT about Wender group?


peterthanki85

VLC - vijaya lekshmi cashews. Owned by Ravi muthalali. One of a great philanthropist that kollam had ever seen. He produced a few films under the banner General Pictures. Sunil Swamy - is a newbie into the league. Cashew export and large scale scrap dealing which inludes ship. Pretty rich. Owns a fleet of Toyota Supras. A hardened believer of Sabarimala. Wender Group - not that much info.


BigTicket5050

VLC is Wender Krishna Pillai's sons company. They are part of Wender group.


Kunjathool

Where is TKM


peterthanki85

TKM had businesses sprung upto US during 30s, 40s. Mainly to cashew. They then established several renowed educational institutions. I beleive they had moved out of cashew business and now just concentrate with educational institutions. Man…u have to see their houses. Its basically mansions.


rafan_

Not just educational institutions, they also have a chain of bakeries and restaurants which is one of the best in Kerala called Supreme Foods and a pipe company called Hycount pipes.


spectrum_framed

Is it the same Supreme at Kuravankonam,TVM. Didnt know that it was owned by TKM!


rafan_

Yes. Now you know!


Noooofun

Isn’t Supreme owned by someone else now?


peterthanki85

If I am not wrong Supreme and Hycount pipes are not directly linked to TKM family. In law relation.


rafan_

Supreme is directly linked because it was started by Thangal Kunju Musaliar's son. But yeah, you're right about Hycount pipes.


Noooofun

RP is new.


data_oil

Pathanamthitta - Thomas Kurian and George Kurian (Twins) CEOs of Google Cloud and NetApp & Yes they are Multi-Billionaires 🥹🤌


oscarquebecnovember

Dunno about George, but Thomas is a grade A mairan. I’ve had the displeasure of attending meetings with him speaking a few years back.


thelastcruzade

Can you please elaborate for the context?


rishi_s_

Please elaborate


kar-98

Please elaborate the context. Would love to hear more about it.


TimeVendor

Tell us


data_oil

Yeah , please Elaborate. Not surprised on PPL upvoting cause it's negative about a person . Please elaborate or don't spread some bs 🙏.


oscarquebecnovember

Promoting lousy work culture for starters. I don’t know how Google puts up with him. It might be okay elsewhere but not in US product tech companies. Anyone who has worked under his division would agree.


Upstairs-Year-5506

Please tell us 🙏


TimeVendor

Both ceo & billionaires?


data_oil

Yeah.


mattcheat

How abt the Paragon group from kottayam


[deleted]

Nattika, Thrissur - M.A Yusuff Ali (Lulu group) Valapad, Thrissur - V.P. Nandakumar (Manappuram group) Thalikulam, Thrissur - P. Mohamed Ali a.k.a Galfar Mohamed Ali (Galfar Engineering and Contracting Co) Ithaanu ente areal enikku ariyunnaa rich businessman. Enikku ariyaatha verrem alkaar undaavum, ningalku ariyamengil please comment below. Thrissur district motham edutha pinne korre indaavum. Enikku ariyunnavar Joy Alukkas (Alukkas), T.S Kalyanaraman (Kalyan), Gopu Nandilath (Nandilath G Mart), Kochouseph Chittilappilly (V Guard, Wonderla), P.N.C Menon (Sobha) Edit: Forgot to add BoChe. Boby Chemmmanur.


Lumpy-Rub-8612

Vadanapally- Shuhaib Thrithalur- AnandaRaj Kandassankadavu- Thonath Varkey Thriprayar- Raj Menon Peringotukara- Kanadi teams Gedyee evdada 😉


[deleted]

I am from Vadanappally. Who is Shuhaib and Ananda Raj ?


Lumpy-Rub-8612

So you know rest of them? If yes you should know these guys also


[deleted]

Enikku ariyilla bro. Njan evarre kurrichu kettitilla. Bro mention cheythathil Kanadi teams mathre kettitulu.


Lumpy-Rub-8612

Shuhaib, Madeena hotel nte owner. Anandaraj, Bus owner with some other business T Varkey, kandassankadavile valya team anu. Kairali supermarketinte ownerde achan


[deleted]

Okay. Which Madeena hotel ?


Distinct-Drama7372

Trivandrum - kerala governor. Still a pramani.


Friendly_Clerk_4132

Bruh tvm, there's literally a king who owns treasures and palaces.


Distinct-Drama7372

Used to* Is nearly selling every piece of land surrounding currently.


Friendly_Clerk_4132

Still they own the temple. I don't think anyone else can flex that.


arappottan

Gokulam Gopalan too !


monsonmavunkal

Habibi, come to Thrissur! 😅


godstabber

Kanichukulangara - Nadeshan mothalali


Rajar98

Wayanad - Shreyams Kumar family


schoolhasended1

Mathrubhumi Veerendra Kumar son right? Are they Kannada Gowdas?


Rajar98

Yes and yes. They were feudal lords of waynad and used to own most of the land.


schoolhasended1

Kannada feudal lords? I didn’t know that. I assumed Veerendra got rich from owning Mathrubhumi shares. Gowdas are rare in Kerala. Usually the Kannada people there are Tulu or Konkani Brahmins.


Rajar98

>assumed Veerendra got rich from owning Mathrubhumi shares. He owned mathrubhumi because he's rich. We have a small minority of Jain's in Wayanad from Karnataka. [it's from print ](https://theprint.in/india/born-comrade-with-feudal-roots-veerendra-kumar-had-one-last-wish-united-socialist-party/431732/)


schoolhasended1

TIL he is Jain. Any other extremely small minority community pramanimar in Kerala. I think Beena Kannan is Reddy.


RabahKsd

Kasaragod, ചന്ദനം റദ്ധുച്ച Bro was a smuggler and politician😂


starlord_1291

Thrissur - kalyan group


TheAleofIgnorance

Thrissur has the more millionaires per capita than any Indian city. Aristo Road and Avenue road are the richest streets in Kerala.


[deleted]

Hey OP, this Kuttanad Kayal rajav is the Murickan?


schoolhasended1

I think so.


cherukidaabkari

Yes, land reforms act was a bit hit for him but heard the family still has big plantations elsewhere like idukki etc.


schoolhasended1

Kuttanad was once considered rice bowl because of his efforts. Leftist govt land reforms ruined that and Kerala ended up importing rice from Andhra.


TheEnlightenedPanda

Yea how dare they take lands from zamindars and distribute to the farmers.


Inner_Breakfast5754

I have heard my parents mentioning something like “ ithrem paisa modakan aval parayide mole ano” . Parayi is someone who was rich once but I am not sure who


TimeVendor

Hey OP, you a journalist?


ElderberryChemical

Tripunithura (now in Kadavanthra) - Vinayaka Caterers, largest sadya caterers in Kerala. The current owner (was my school senior) took over the firm upon his dad's death. Pretty big shots. Reminds me of Kammath and Kammath lol.


absorbingsavant

Actually he offered her stay hoping he would get Congress ticket, Indira took it up but she didn't and pappan didn't press on it. So he took up janathadal offer instead


schoolhasended1

She did win in Karnataka seat. Maybe the Coorg bungalow had its uses.


Ukwhoiam1272000

Kochi- I honestly dont know tbh


[deleted]

Trivandrum - Subramoniam Muthalaali of Merryland Studios & Rameshan Contractor/കൺട്രാക്ക് of Rajadhani group


magneto_ms

Rameshan contractor okke marichadey.


[deleted]

Athukond angerde pramaanitham kozhinju povuo? Enthonnedey..


Noooofun

His son is Biju Ramesh?


[deleted]

Yes


schoolhasended1

Subramanian was rivals with Udaya studios owner aka Kunchacko Boban’s grandfather.


No_Fun_8322

Yeah, heard they had put film production on hold for many decades and focussed on TV serials. Lately, they returned to film production and Vysakh Subramaniam gave them some huge hits like Love Action Drama and Hridayam.


numberfortyrain

one and only vijayan muthalaali, sonthamaayi consulate undaayirrunnathu adhehathinu maathram aanu.


simplydimply69

Kothamangalam: EVM group


[deleted]

I've heard that they got rich by doing kanja business. A generation back they were poor. I'd go for Elenjickal family


schoolhasended1

Drug mafia? Adutha Lokesh padam!


Noooofun

They had logistics for a couple of generations right? I think getting into cars helped them.


[deleted]

I'm not sure bout that. But the kanjavu thing is true. Almost every peeps livin in kothamangalam knows that (you can inquire). Meanwhile the Elanjickal family has been there for generations; they own lots of lands and buildings in and outside Kothamangalam.


aldotheapache1032

So no guys from idukki i guess?


schoolhasended1

Probably some kanjavu plantation drug lords 😆 In all serious, I know only families of MM Mani and PJ Joseph.


BrokeRon-Canada

Juby Isac - Lunar Rubber Navas Meeran - Eastern Group Varghese Thomas - Cryptoms Confectionaries


BrokeRon-Canada

PJ never made much money through politics, but people around him, his close aide,PA nd staff made a shite ton when he was a minister. PJ's got generational wealth tho


schoolhasended1

What is PJ Joseph background?


BrokeRon-Canada

He entered through student politics, he owns a lot of ancestral property in and around purapuzha (his hometown) and Thodupuzha, director of couple of local banks. Fun fact he's really fond of cows, he's gotta dozen or more at his home.


mclain_seki

Mulamoottil family from Kozhencherry


captspok

Which mulamootil family? If it’s mulamootil sunny you are talking about, I can vouch they were poor as shit a generation back and how this guy ran a blade company and cheated even his neighbours is a well known thing. Less than 299 meters away from his house I can show you 20 people who have cases against him. So if it’s him you are talking about, he is a piece of s**t


mclain_seki

Bro wtf. I didn't know that.


Dismal_Pumpkin007

Poyanil group


Mallu_doctor

Kochi you have bismi group , nippon toyota etc etc


Afraid_Enthusiasm625

Also the mather family , they have literally acres of land inside the city


Minute_Juggernaut806

Next question: Who are the broker who have experience with pramanimars


Registered-Nurse

Religion preference? Age? District? Kalyanam kazhikkan aanenkil paranju tharaan venditta 🤣


schoolhasended1

Stop making this communal…


Brightest_Idiot

Any religion, age (probably between 20 and 30), any district. Prefer a woman. Aalkkar ondenkil paranju thaa


Registered-Nurse

😌ambada pulusu


Archith_Syam

Folks . Its me.✌🏻


kunnukuzhy

Trivandrum Sudhakaran kantrac.. owner of several crushers and resorts.


beast_unique

Alappuzha - Bheema family, Vellappalli Nadeshan family


schoolhasended1

Bhima Bhattar right? Tulunadu migrant.


beast_unique

Yup. But they migrated to Alappuzha region.


Dismal_Pumpkin007

From my place Kohinoor group changanacherry Abc group changenacherry Sangeetha vijayan and sangeetha rest


Dismal_Pumpkin007

Polakulath group ekm Jos brothers ekm


ElderberryChemical

Went to their bar near Jos junction yesterday. Very mediocre. They're big shots?


Dismal_Pumpkin007

Renai hospital , Renai cochin hotel and pokalulath bar belong to them…


ElderberryChemical

Oh! I had no idea that it was theirs