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| MALAPPURAM TOURISM |
| KOTTAKKUNNU |
KOTTAKKUNNU which means "the mount with the fort". Kottakkunnu is one of the Recently developed and very beautiful tourist place in Malappuram District and also highest point of Malappuram town. Kottakkunnu is situated at the heart of the Malappuram Town, which is on top of a hill. Located near the district collectorate in Malappuram, one can see traces of an old fort at the crest of the Cantonment Hill. The fort was the first to be built by the Zamorins of Kozhikode. |
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Nearby are the Vettakkorumakan Temple and the Siva Temple with the famous murals of Malabar. More over all those things, the beautiful sunset that can be seen from the top of this hill gives more beauty to Kottakkunnu Hill. Common people consider this as a a great holidaying destination of Malabar.
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Nearby one can see an amusement park with wonderful rides, and a water theme park. The beautiful scenery adds more beauty to Kottakkunnu, and thus to Malappuram.Kottakkunnu is just 12 km away from Manjeri, and 25km away from Calicut airport. This place is well connected to famous towns like Kozhikkode, Manjeri, Kottakkal, Malappuram, Trichur etc. |
| TEAK MUSEUM NILAMBUR |
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Four Kms. away from Nilambur on the side of Nilambur-Gudallur road, is world's first Teak Museum and sub centre of Kerala Forest Research Institute. In the Teak Museum, a visitor can have at hand information on all aspects of teak. The Museum, arranged in a two storied building, exhibits articles and details of historic, aesthetic and scientific value. Eighteen Kms. away from Nilambur is Nedumkayam where the rain forests flourish. From the wooden rest house built by the
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Britishers, elephants and deers can be viewed .An elephant taming centre is also there. Half an hour jeep journey through the thick forests fromNedumkayam, leads to Mancherri, the settlement of Chola Naikas, a primitive tribe. Beyond Chaliyar river, 27 Km from Nilambur, is Valamthode, a hill top place where a perennial waterfall attracts people. This too is a tribal settlement. Road accessibility is through Kozhikode district by Areekode-Mukkam Road. Nilambur town is famous for Kovilakams where the Rajas resided and ruled the land. The Kovilakams have beautiful frescoes and artworks in wood. The forest division offices (Nilambur North & Nilambur south) are functioning from here. It is the terminus of Shoranur- Nilambur railway and it is 40Kms. from Malappuram own. More |
| PONNANI |
Ponnani, the coastal town is famous for trade from ancient times. Now it gains importance as a prominent fishing centre Ponnani is also famous for the ancient Muslim mosque.
Near Ponnani is Biyyam Kayal, the extensive stretch of water where boat race is held during Onam. Women rowers in small boats will also participate in the race. Biyyam Kayal is being developed into a tourist centre. Pedal boats and other facilities will be provided there on completion of the scheme. |
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Ponnani-Purathur belt, where the river 'Bharathapuzha' and the river 'Tirur-Ponnai Puzha' join together to traverse into the Arabian sea, becomes fascinating with wide range of migrating birds. If one crosses the ferry of Chamravattom in March-April-May period one cannot but miss the lovely chain of birds. Nearly 25 varieties of birds have been identified in this area. People have awareness in protecting these beautiful gift of nature. Hence clandestine hunters are prevented by them. |
KOTTAKKAL |
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Kottakkal is renowned "Centre for Ayurvedic treatment". Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala is one of the pioneer institutions of Ayurveda - the traditional system of health and medicine - in Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala. Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala is situated at Eranaud Taluk, of Malappuram district. Kottakkal Aryavaidyashala is famous both in India and Abroad. Vaidyarathnam P.S.Variar (1869-1946) established this famed center for Ayurvedic treatment, in 1902. Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala attracts even foreigners with the style of treatment they follow.
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Kottakkal Sasidharan Nair is an internationally renowned classical Indian dancer and Kathakali artist. He was born on May 24, 1951. His father was Late P. Sankunni Nair and mother was Late Janaki Amma. His primary education was upto 5th, resides and works in Ahmedabad. Has trained in Kathakali, Bharatha Natyam, Kuchipudi, contemporary and Folk dances, he has had a distinguished career as a performer, choreographer and teacher for past 2 decades. Has done the choreography for "Mrichchakatikam", an ancient Sanskrit play. |
| TIRUR - THUNCHAN PARAMBU |
Located 32 kms from Malappuram at Tirur is the hallowed Thunchan Parambu, the birthplace of Thunchath Ezhuthachan, the father of Malayalam language. This stretch of ground has been carefully preserved for posterity with items like the iron stylus used by the scholar and literary giant kept on display. The holy day of Vijayadasami witnesses children being brought here to be initiated into the world of education and knowledge The ancient kanjira tree (Nux vomica) under which |
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| he is supposed to have imparted knowledge to his beloved disciples and composed his poems is one of the treasured exhibits here. The memorial also houses a granite Saraswathi Mandapam along with a library of rare manuscripts. |
| POOKKOTTUR |
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Pookkottur is a beautiful Agricultural village situated in Ernadu Taluk of Malappuram District. It has an area of 2063.15 Hectares which includes Pookkottur and Valluambram.
From the serene green village atmosphere pookkottur is drastically changing itself in to modern living conditions. But Pookkottur has a long heroic history to tell. It will be recorded in the pages of history with golden letters. Nobody can erase it off.
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The written history of pookkottur, an agricultural village starts from 1900. Pookkottur which belonged to Nilamboor Kovilakam after Tippu’s invasion became a place of attention in 1921. The war between natives of pookkottur and its supporters with British Army made Pookkottur very famous. It became the first place in British India where people directly battled with British Raj.
During this period the landlord –tenant issue flared up and the spirit of independent movement spread among the people.
The combined movement of Khilafat and Non co-operation led a number of people in to the path of independent struggle. This struggle against the British rule and the arrest of a large number of people made them more determined and spirited in fighting the traditional administration.
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| KUTTIPURAM |
Kuttippuram is a town with railway station situated in the Malappuram district of Kerala state, India. Between Edappal and Kozhikode. The longest river of Kerala, Bharathappuzha, is flowing through Kuttippuram. Kuttippuram railway station is the important railway station in Malappruam District. The railway line take a divertion to west from Kuttippuram, so the kuttippuram railway station is the detrain station for the people those who are belonging from vast geographical area including Guruvayoor, Westen part of Palakkad district, Ponnani Juma Masjid, Puthanpally Jaram, Kadampuzha temple. |
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CALICUT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
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Calicut International Airport (IATA: CCJ, ICAO: VOCL), also known as Karipur Airport, is located at Karipur in the Malappuram district, near Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India.
The airport is located 26 km from the Calicut Railway Station and 27 km from the town of Manjeri, with the closest railway station being at Feroke. It is the 12th busiest airport in India in terms of passenger traffic and 11th in cargo handling.
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Calicut Airport is one of the three international airports located in Kerala. Calicut airport was given the status of international airport on February 2, 2006, thereby paving the way for the improvement of the infrastructure there for handling international flights.
The airport was sanctioned after a long period of struggle which began in 1977 under the leadership of freedom fighter K. P. Kesava Menon. Funds were collected from Gulf Malayalis for its development in the 1990s when the Union Government said it did not have funds. To raise the funds needed for airport development, the Malabar International Airport Development Society was formed. Later major developments of facilities, such as extension of runway from 6,000 ft (1,800 m) to 9,000 ft (2,700 m) to facilitate operation of wide-body aircraft were carried out with loans from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO). A user fee was also introduced to pay back the loans.
Since then, facilities at the airport have been greatly increased by the Airports Authority of India. There has also been a steady increase in the volume of passenger traffic from the airport.
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| MANJERI |
Manjeri is a city and a municipality in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the commercial capital of Malappuram district and is 25 km from Calicut International Airport and 50 km from Kozhikode railway station. It was a live centre of the National movement. Anakkayam, 4 km from Manjeri, was an important centre of 1921 uprising. Nellikuth, 6 km from Manjeri was also a center of the 1921 Malabar Revolt and birth place of independence fighter Nellikkuth Ali Musliyar. This place situates in Manjeri Municipality. . Anti British revolts took place from 1790, in and around Manjeri.
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