town has a lot of shopping complexes. Athiyalil Plaza at the town centre being the biggest. Thannimoottil building, CSI Shopping Complex, CVM Arcade, Arafa Shopping Complex, Vismaya Hypermarket are some others. Mundakayam have 2 Film Theatres and a Multiplex. RD Cinemas started play in 3 screen on 10-5-2018 in Mattathil building Paiangana. The multiplex has one 4K and two 2K screens. The multiplex is owned by Film maker B Unnikrishnan. Reliance Trends started operating from 2020 in Mundakayam. Education Government Institutions Financial Institutions Major Religious Centres Temples Palakunnel Sree Dharmashasthave Temple koottickal Parthasarathy Temple, Mundakkayam Sree Subhramanya Swami Temple, Boyce estate, 35th mile Valliyamkavu Devi Temple, Paloorkkavu Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, Amaravathy Thalumkal Sree Mahadevi Temple, Koottickal Sree Cheruvally Devi Temple, Punchayayal Chotty Sreemahadeva Temple Murikumvayal Sree Maha Vishnu Temple, Murikumvayal Paschima devi Temple, Paschima Churches St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Paingana, Mundakayam Mor Ignatius Alias III Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, Mundakayam Holy Trinity C.S.I Church, Mundakayam St Mary's Church, ( Roman Catholic - Latin Rite ) Mundakayam St Joseph's Church ( Roman Catholic - Syro Malankara Rite ), Mundakayam Our Lady of Dolours Forane Church, ( Roman Catholic - Syro Malabar Rite ) Mundakayam Bethel Marthoma Church, Mundakayam John Paul Centre Church,( Roman Catholic - Syro Malabar Rite ), 31st Mile, Mundakayam Apostolic Oblates, 31st Mile, Mundakayam San Pio Capuchin Ashram, Mundakayam Mosques Mundakayam Muslim Jama Ath Town Juma Masjid Masjidul Wafa Chotty Juma Masjid Varickani Juma Masjid Masjid As-Salam, Paingana Salafi Masjid Climate Notable people Thilakan - Prominent Malayalam film actor - an Indian film and stage actor who has starred in over 200 Malayalam films Joseph Abraham - Athlete - won the 400m Hurdles Gold for India at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Seema G. Nair - supporting actresses in Malayalam cinema and serials Nearby places of interest Nearest towns Kanjirapally 14 km Erumeli 12 km Erattupetta 26 km Pala 35 km Pathanamthitta 46 km Kottayam 54 km Thiruvalla 60 km Changanacherry 58 km Kumily 55 km Kattappana 58 km Manimala 29 km Nearby taluks Kanjirappally 14 km Azhutha 24 km Vazhoor 28 km Ranni 30 km Nearest airports Cochin International Airport 105 km Trivandrum International Airport 155 km Nearest railway stations Kottayam Railway Station 51 km Changanacherry railway station 53 km Tiruvalla railway station 56 km See also T. F. Bourdillon, British planter, botanist and forest conservator who visited Mundakkayam in late 19th century Kottayam Kanjirappally Ponkunnam