What is "amboori"

Amboori or Amboory is a village in the south east of Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala in India. Amboori is inhabited by the Kanikar tribe. Amboori is a grama Panchayat with a population (as of 2001) of 9,839. An important ethnic group in the area is the Kanikar tribe, about 800 members of this tribe live in the area. They use the title Kanikar Kani.

Amboori is from the Agastiya mountain peak where Sage Agastiya, the founder of Ayurveda, is believed to have built his hermitage.