Sakthikulangara is a zone and neighbourhood situated at the coastal area of the city of Kollam in Kerala India.

Sakthikulangara village and/or the old Sakthikulangara panchayat also includes the major residential areas of Moothezham, Maruthady, Valavilthope, Ozhukkuthodu, Ramankulangara, Vattakkayal, Vallikkeezhu, Poovanpuzha, Aravila, Kavanadu, Kaniyankada, Mukkadu, Venkulangara, Edamanakkavu, Kallumpuram and a few small islands in Ashtamudi lake.

Located 7 kms north of Kollam city, Kerala –Sakthikulangara is a landmass that is almost sandwiched between the Arabian sea on the west and the Ashtamudy lake on the northern and eastern side The landscape is almost split by the National Highway 66 Ozhukkuthode, a flowing rivulet, on the southern border and Kattackal lake on the eastern side provide the land strip a rare mix of environmental charm.

The estuary where Ashtamudy lake pours into Arabian sea touches the northern side of the land strip, making it a natural harbor.

Over the years the Church has turned out to be a haven of spiritual bliss, a connecting link of the social fabric, a forum for cultural interactions of the people of Sakthikulangara.

In the 1950s when the coastline of Kerala hardly had any motorized boats, and processing facilities, a survey done by the Central Government with the aid of Norway chose the village of Sakthikulangara and some surrounding areas to set the Indo Norwegian project in India.

To cater to the needs of the growing faithful community in Puthenthuruthu, an island surrounded by Ashtamudi Lake which is a part of the Sakthikulangara Parish where more than 100 families reside in the year 2009, September 6th a chapel in honor of “Our Lady of Assumption” was blessed by Rt.

The towering Sagara Matha Shrine by the side of the national highway is another center for devotion and prayer in the parish.

He was about to leave after bathing and when he tried to take his things kept in the pond, the Salagrama which has been with him since the time of his ancestors, was so fixed to the bank of the pool that he could not lift it.

[6][7] The Sakthikulangara Dharma Sastha Temple-Sree Ayyappa Swamy Temple is known for its Utsavam in the Uthram starMalayalam month of Makaram (between mid-January and mid-February).