Oolanpara is a suburb in the city of Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

 and is situated between Peroorkada

Peroorkada

Peroorkada is a residential locality in the Municipal Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India ,It is located 7 km, north east, from Thiruvananthapuram Central Bus Station and on the way to Nedumangad and Ponmudi...

 and Sasthamangalam

Sasthamangalam

Sasthamangalam is a place in the city of Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala, India. It is just 6 km from the Central Railway Station, and is a popular residential area in Thiruvananthapuram city....

. The Government Mental Health Center is located here.

Etymology

Oolanpara as the name implies used to be famous for its numerous wolves. Local legend is that the wolves used to assemble in the middle of the night near a hill. The authenticity of the hill is questionable because there are no indications of a hilly topography in the area. Nevertheless a boulder may have existed at the place and the gregarian behaviour o f wolves is widely accepted. The present place is famous for the Govt Mental Health centre whose fame extends even to the southern districts of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, a neighboring state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

.