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3 unusual facts about Palakkad District


Aathanad

From the top of the Aathanadu mountain we will get a great view of the Vallanghy, Nemmara towns, Pothundi Dam, Nelliyampathy hills and the green carpet of paddy fields which makes Palakkad the Granary of Kerala.

Olappamanna

During the period 1950-1964, he was the president of the Ezhakkad and Kotteppadam panchayaths of Palakkad district.

Sadanam Krishnankutty

Sadanam Krishnankutty (born 9 November 1941) is a kathakali artist from Cherpulassery in Palakkad district, Kerala, India.


A. S. Nair

He was born in Karalmanna village of Palakkad district and had his training from Madras School of Arts.

Cochin State Forest Tramway

Cochin State Forest Tramway is narrow gauge railway line and a historical forest tramway running from the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Palakkad District to Chalakudy in Thrissur District.

Rishinaradamangalam

Rishinaradamangalam is a small village near Kannambra in Alathur taluk of Palakkad district in Kerala.

Tharakan


Tharakan community is mainly found at Chittur, Koduvayur, Kollengode, Elavanchery,Mangode,Karippode,Akathethara and Thiruvazhiyode of Palakkad district.


see also

Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram

The Government Engineering College of Sreekrishnapuram is a technical education institute established in 1999 in the Palakkad district of Kerala.

Kandam Kandath

The main ancestry and the present residence of most of the nuclear families belonging to the Kandam kandath house is the Pallanchathanur village in Palakkad district, Kerala.

Kanyarkali

Kanyar Kali festivals are largely in locations throughout Palakkad District—in Manjalur, Pallassena, Pallavur, Mudappallur, Kakkayur, Kattusseri (Alathur), Kunissery Vadavannur, Tathamangalam, Kozhalmannam, Pudiyankam, Nemmara, Chittlancherry, Cheramangalam, Ayalur, Thiruvazhiyad, Athipotta, Vattekkad, Melarcode, Manjalur Kannanore, Koduvayur Kuthanur.

Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair

He later worked with several Kathakali schools like PSV Natyasangham, Kottakkal; Kalasadanam, Chunangad and Varanakkottu Kaliyogam, Payyannur; but his longest stints were in Gandhi Seva Sadan (Sadanam Kathakali and Classical Arts Academy) at Peroor in Palakkad district and the International Centre for Kathakali in New Delhi.

Kodikkunnu Bhagavathy Temple

The Kodikkunnu Bhagavathy Temple or Kodikkunnu Ambalam is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Durga located in the village of Pallippuram, near Pattambi, in Palakkad district of Kerala, India.

Olappamanna

He was born on January 10, 1923 in Vellinezhi in Palakkad district into Olappamanna mana, a wealthy family with a feudal past known for its patronage of artists and musicians.