Balaramapuram

Balaramapuram is the centre for the production of traditional varieties of handloom textiles meant for the contemporary cloth wearing style of Kerala.Located just 15 k m southeast of Trivandrum, Balaramapuram is a congested bustling town. The Delava of Maharaja brought seven weaver families from Tamil Nadu to produce fabrics for the members of the royal family and made them settle at Balaramapuram in a separate location now called Shaliar Street. The present residents of the street are the descendants of these seven families.The community settlement has four main streets on which the weavers are settled in row houses. The four streets are Single Street, Double Street, Vinayagar Street, and the New Street.