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Landmark Attractions In Kannur District

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Kannur District is one of the 14 districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name, Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. Kannur district is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north, Kozhikode district to the south and Wayanad District to the southeast. To the east the district is bounded by the Western Ghats, which forms the border with the state of Karnataka . The Arabian Sea lies to the west. Paithalmala is the highest point in the Kannur District . Enclosed within the southern part of the district is the Mahé distric...
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  • 2. Thalassery Fort Thalassery
    Thalassery formerly Tellicherry is a commercial town on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé , Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu . It is the largest populated municipality of North Malabar. Thalassery has been a historically significant location over the past five centuries in the Malabar region. Thalassery municipality has a population just under 100,000. Thalassery has an area of 23.98 square kilometres . It is 22 km south of the district headquarters in Kannur town. Thalassery is situated in an altitude ranging from 2.5m to 30m above mean sea-level. Thalassery municipality was formed on 1 November 1866 according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 of the British Indian Empire, making it the second oldest municipality in ...
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  • 3. Sree Ramaswami Temple Thalassery
    Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswami temple is an important temple located in the east part of Thalassery. The temple is generally known as the Brass Pagoda from the copper sheeting of its roof. A part of the temple was damaged by Tipu Sultan's troops in the 18th century, but the temple itself is believed to have been saved from destruction. It was one of the outposts of the Thalassery fort in the eighteenth century. In its precincts were held many conferences between the officials of the East India Company and local leaders, at which political treaties and agreements were signed. The temple contains some interesting sculptures and lithic records. The annual festival of temple commences on Vishu day in Medam and lasts for seven days.It is one of the five major shrines dedicated to Lord Sree Rama in ...
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  • 7. Kerala Folklore Academy Kannur
    Kerala Folklore Akademi is an autonomous corporate body constituted by the Government of Kerala on 28 June 1995 under the Cultural Affairs Department, Government of Kerala. Its headquarters and main study center is at Kannur in the North Malabar Region of Kerala State in Southern India. 'Poli' is the journal published by Kerala folklore academy. G.Bhargavan Pilla was the first chairman of Kerala folklore academy.
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  • 8. Parassinikadavu Muthappan Temple Parassinikadavu
    Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple is a temple, located at Anthoor Municipality on the banks of the Valapattanam river about 10 km from Taliparamba and 16 km from Kannur City in Kannur District, Kerala. Principal deity of the temple is Sree Muthappan, whose divinity is presented as a ritualistic theyyam enactment in two versions called Thiruvappana and Vellattam. According to the local tradition the presiding deity is a manifestation of Shiva.Vellattam and Thiruvappana are the generic names for two types of ' Theyyam Ketti-aadal ' in the kavu/temples of North Malabar. Vellattom is a minor version of the ritual enactment where the ornaments, decorations and parapharnelia are minimal thanks to which all actions including vaaythari is maximum and Attam will be at its peak. If you compare this l...
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