Kunnamkulam is a municipal town situated in the Thrissur District of Kerala in India, spread over an area of 34.18 km². It is an old commercial town, with an ancient history, famous for its printing and book binding industry. It is the chief centre of the Orthodox and Jacobite Malankara Syrian Christians in the Kerala state. In the past the town was called Kunnankulangara and references can be seen in a lot of British Archives about a neat and prosperous town which was predominantly Christian.