Ayemenem

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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."

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ayemenem canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor Arundhati Roy ⓘ
belongsTo South India ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalContext Syrian Christian community of Kerala ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
featuredIn The God of Small Things ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Kottayam district ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Travancore region of Kerala ⓘ
linked to: Travancore
locatedInRegion Central Kerala ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Meenachil River ⓘ
majorCrop coconut ⓘ
rice ⓘ
rubber ⓘ
spices ⓘ
nearbyCity Kottayam ⓘ
nearbyTown Kumarakom ⓘ
notableAs primary setting of Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things ⓘ
partOf India ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Kottayam district ⓘ
postalSystem served by India Post ⓘ
primaryLanguageSpoken Malayalam ⓘ
religionPracticed Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
secondaryLanguageSpoken English ⓘ
transportConnection local roads to Kottayam ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rahel → childhoodHome → Ayemenem ⓘ
Rahel → livesIn → Ayemenem ⓘ
Estha → placeOfResidence → Ayemenem ⓘ
Baby Kochamma → residence → Ayemenem ⓘ
Chacko → residence → Ayemenem ⓘ
Sophie Mol → storyLocation → Ayemenem ⓘ
Mammachi → isFrom → Ayemenem ⓘ
Pappachi → associatedWith → Ayemenem ⓘ
Rape of Ammu → location → Ayemenem ⓘ