About Us
Envisage a community where there are no obstacles for accomplishment. One where issues such as gender, race and creed have no bearing and the less fortunate can strive to take their place as leaders in the workplace and their communities. Visualise an organisation where artistic talent is encouraged and strong cultural values instilled. This is what LKC, a Socio-Cultural Organisation of Keralite’s in Leicester, represents.
It was a beginning at the end of 2005 when a handful of individuals with similar ideas and common interests joined together and founded Leicester Kerala Community as a socio-cultural organization of Malayalees in Leicester with the intention of upholding the Indian values, International relationship and goodwill. LKC, as laid down in its constitution, is a non-profitable, non-sectarian, non-political organization officially recognized in UK . All the activities of LKC are controlled and regulated by an elected executive body and validated by the general body annually. LKC was officially inaugurated on 8th January 2005 . Indeed, it was the birth of a genuine brotherhood knit together by mutual consideration, teamwork, social awareness, and respect to the rich cultural heritage of the motherland.
Yes, this is the spirit which has lead us over and this would indeed be the spirit that would lead us over many more decades to come. We welcome you all to be “with LKC, UNITY IS STRENGTH
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest. It is the burial place of King Richard III.
In the 2011 census the population of the Leicester unitary authority was c.330,000 making it the most populous unitary authority in the East Midlands region. The associated urban area is also the 11th largest by population in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom.
“Unlike almost every other city in the UK, Leicester has retained a remarkable record of its past in buildings that still stand today”. Ancient Roman pavements and baths remain in Leicester from its early settlement as Ratae, a Roman military outpost in a region inhabited by the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe. Following the Roman withdrawal from Britain, the early medieval Ratae is shrouded in obscurity, but when the settlement was captured by the Danes it became one of five fortified towns important to the Danelaw and it appeared in the Domesday Book as “Ledecestre”. Leicester continued to grow throughout the Early Modern period as a market town, although it was the Industrial Revolution that facilitated a process of rapid unplanned urbanisation in the area.
Leicester is located at the intersection of the north/south Midland Main Line and east/west Birmingham/Leicester/Cambridge CrossCountry railway lines and at the confluence of the M1 / M69 motorways and the A6 / A46 trunk routes. On 20 June 2013, Leicester was announced as one of four shortlisted cities for the second UK City of Culture award. Kingston upon Hull was announced as the winner on 20 November.
Kerala
With the Arabian Sea in the west, the Western Ghats towering 500-2700 m in the east and networked by 44 rivers, Kerala enjoys unique geographical features that have made it one of the most sought after tourist destinations in Asia. An equable climate. A long shoreline with serene beaches. Tranquil stretches of emerald backwaters. Lush hill stations and exotic wildlife. Waterfalls. Sprawling plantations and paddy fields.
Kerala is divided into three geographical regions: Highlands, which slope down from the Western Ghats onto the Midlands of undulating hills and valleys into an unbroken coastline with many picturesque backwaters, interconnected with canals and rivers.
