What is Moncombu?
'''Moncombu''' ({{Lang-ml|മങ്കൊമ്പ്}}; also spelled Mankombu; see below) is a village in the [[Alappuzha district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The place is famous for many things including the Moncombu Bhagavathy Temple and the [[Rice Research Centre]]. The ancestors of Dr [[M S Swaminathan]], the father of the green revolution in India, came from this village. ==Name== Since the [[English language|English]] name is close to the name in the local [[Malayalam]] language, there are several spellings in use. ''Moncombu'' is the spelling used by the Postal Department of India<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaPost.gov.in |url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/Pinsearch.aspx?Pin_On=688502 |access-date=2018-11-19 |archive-date=2012-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322102759/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/Pinsearch.aspx?Pin_On=688502 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://pincode.org.in/kerala/alappuzha/m/moncombu pincode.org.in]</ref> as well as in government communications.<ref>[http://www.kau.edu/kauinstitutions.htm kau.edu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010171021/http://www.kau.edu/kauinstitutions.htm |date=10 October 2014 }}</ref> But yet other variants such as ''Mankombu'' are in use by the [[mass media]].<ref>[http://save-our-rice.net/news/single/period/1310610661///article/2/spurious-ric.html save-our-rice.net]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Villages in Kerala]] {{Asia-stub}}