The Vallikunnu beach has always been regarded as a great spot to indulge in a soulful communion with nature. As you sit contemplating on the unspoiled beauty of the place, you will almost be lulled to sleep with the rhythmic clapping of the waves against the sandy beach. Watch the local fishing folk go about their day-to-day activities, chat with them or explore the nearby village - you will surely have an agreeable beach holiday at Vallikunnu. Kadalundy bird sanctuary is situated near this beach. There are several places to stay.
There is a Guest House in Malappuram under the Department of Tourism. PWD Rest houses and Tourist Bungalows are also available at important centres. There are Rest houses under University of Calicut at Thenhippalam, under K.F.R.I. at Nilambur and under Kerala Water Authority at Tirur. In the private sector, there is a 2 star hotel at Malappuram. Hotel Sabrina, Perintalmanna, KTDC Hotel Sabala, Nilambur, KTDC Hotel Sabala, Perinthalmanna are good to stay.
Peruvannamuzhi or Peruvannamoozhy is a village in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India which is near the PERUVANNAMUZHI DAM over a river. It is known for tourism, wildlife and research on spice crops.
There is a reservoir with facilities for boating, and nature reserves. The reservoir supplies irrigation water to Kozhikode, Malapuram and Kannur.
The region offers immense scope for picnicking. The reservoir here provides facilities for speedboat and rowboat cruises during which one can see the 'Smaraka Thottam', a garden built in the memory of the freedom fighters of the region.
Uninhabited islands, a bird sanctuary and a crocodile farm add to the charm of the place. Other attractions include a crocodile farm and gardens. Peruvannamuzhi is rich in bird life and over 90 species of birds have been recorded at the Experimental Farm of Indian Institute of Spices Research.
Location: It is located about 60 km North East of the Calicut.
Kallayi is a small village on the banks of Kallayi River which links with the Chaliyar River on the south by a man-made canain. It is in the Kozhikode district of Kerala in south India. This village is famous for timber trading. Kallayi River is one of the rivers in Kerala, India. It originates in Cherikkulathur in the Western Ghats at an altitude of 45 m and is 40 km long. It is linked to the Chaliyar River by a man-made canal on the south side of the small timber village of Kallayi lying on its banks.
During late 19th century and early 20th century, the Chaliyar River was extensively used as a waterway for carrying timber from the forest areas in and around Nilambur to the various mills in Kallayi near Calicut. Rafts made of logs were taken downstream during the monsoon season to Kallayi, where these were sawn to size in the timber mills dotting the banks of the river.
During this period, Kallayi was one of the most important centers in the world for timber business. The place was famous for wood of superlative strength and durability like teak, rosewood etc. Towards the second half of the 20th century, the activity came down drastically as tree felling was banned or strictly controlled with a view to stop deforestation. Many mills still operate in Kallayi, though with far less output. Many have closed down.
A veritable treasure trove for historians and connoisseurs of art, the Pazhassiraja Museum is located in Kozhikode - the land of spices which lured navigators from time immemorial down to the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in 1498. The Art Gallery adjacent to the museum displays the acclaimed paintings of Kerala's cherished artists, Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906) whose works brought international repute to the State and his uncle Raja Raja Varma.
The museum is managed by the State Archaeology Department and has on display mural paintings, antique bronzes, ancient coins, models of temples, umbrella stones, dolmenoid cists (quadrangular burial chambers with capstones), and similar megalithic monuments. For more information on Ravi Varma's works, refer 'The prince among painters and a painter among princes' .
Pazhassiraja Museum
The museum and the art gallery are named after the great Pazhassiraja Kerala Varma of the Padinjare Kovilakom of the Kottayam royal family. The famous 'Pazhassi Revolt' (against the British East India Company during the second half of the 1700s) was led by Pazhassiraja. Nicknamed the Lion of Kerala, Pazhassiraja is also credited with introducing guerilla warfare in the hills of Wayanad to resist the increasingly intolerable British colonialism. This great freedom fighter was shot dead in an encounter on 30 November 1805.
Pazhassiraja Art Gallery
Location: About 5 km from Kozhikode town at East Hill, Kozhikode.
Details: Visiting time from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. Break from 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm. Closed on Mondays and other public holidays. Ph: +91 - 495 - 2384382.
Beypore is a small coastal town census in the district of Kozhikode in Kerala, India. The place was formerly known as Vaypura / Vadaparappanad. Tippu Sultan named the town "Sultan Pattanam. This place also has a small port and a beautiful beach. Beypore is also famous for shipbuilding timber known as a dhow, or Uru in Malayalam language. These ships are usually bought by Arab trader’s trade, fishing and who now serves as tourist vessels. Center TASAR creative hand weaving in the North Beypore attracts visitors and students worldwide. Chaliyar Puzha which is the fourth longest river flows from the state of Kerala through this village Indian Coast Guard commissioned a station here in 2006.
Beypore port sub-port is a port of Calicut and is located about 10 km south of Calcutta. This is a port on the estuary of the river flows into the Arabian Sea Beypore. Beypore is 180 km north of Cochin and 391 km from Trivandrum. Beypore port is the second largest port after Cochin in Kerala and currently manages approximately 100,000 tons of cargo annually. Closest competitors are the ports of Kochi and Mangalore. Storage shed cranes and tugs. He is currently responsible for 100,000 tons of cargo and 7,500 passengers per year. Now the port has a depth of 4 meters along the platform and the access channel and is proposed to be developed in stages.
Nearby attractions include the Beypore fishing harbor, barely km away from the dock and Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary, located about 7 km from Beypore. Kadalundi estuary is considered a haven for birdwatchers, for a variety of local and migratory birds. Migratory birds flock here a lot in February and March.
An Uru
The sanctuary is spread over a group of islands in a picturesque location surrounded by hills where the river empties into the Arabian Sea Kadalundi. The place is known locally as Kadalundi Nagaram.There is a light house also Chaliyar, just off Beypore.
Location: Beypore is well connected by road and is just 11 km from Calicut.
Calicut airport is at Karipur and is 23 km from Calicut city centre.
Kozhikode Railway station is 10 km apart and Feroke 3 km apart.
Tirur is one of the important business centers of Malappuram district. Thunjan Parambu in Trikandiyur is 3 Km from Tirur railway station, is sacred for all who speak Malayalam. This is the birth place of Thunjath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan of the 15 century AD, honoured as the father of Malayalam literature. Important works of Ezhuthachan, Adhyatma Ramayanam and Maha Bharatham are widely recited in kerala homes. A memorium for the great poet has been built at Thunjan Paramba, where weeklong literary mela is organized in last week of December.
Stone Lamp at Chamravattom Temple
Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri
People in hundreds reach Thunjan paramba with their children, to initiate them into the world of letter on the vijayadasami day. Children are made to write on the white sands of Thunjan paramba with their fingers. Young poets of Kerala come on that day to offer their poem. A Nuxvomica tree, of which leaves are not bitter, is a surprise here. 12 Km south of Tirur is Chamravattom Shasta Temple, which is constructed on the Bharathapuzha. 6Km from Tirur, is Triprangode where the only temple of Kerala, consecrated to Garuda, the bird deity, is situated.
Thali Temple
Chandanakkavu, the birth place of the great Sanskrit poet and grammarian, Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri of 16th Century, is 10 Km away from Triur in Thiruvnnavaya Kottakkal road. A memoriam has been built there for the poet where small children are brought for their formal initiation into learning, on Vijayadasami day, as in Thunjan Parambu. Tirur-Koottayi road ends at Padinjharakkara, where the Bharathapuzha and Tirurpuzha converge to drain into the sea. This place is noted for migratory birds, gathering in thousands during February-April.
Tirur was a witness of the ill-famed Wagon tragedy of the 1921 rebellion. Seventy prisoners sent to Pothannur, filed up in an airtight goods wagon from Tirur railway station, died of asphyxiation.
Chamravattom Temple
The wagons were returned with the dead bodies to Tirur. Tirur municipality has built a town hall on memory of the Wagon Tragedy.
Location: It is 41 Km south of Kozhikode, on the Mangalore-Madras railway line.
Kappad Beach is one of the most historical places of significance in the world. Thus, it is one of the many places in India where a tourist must go and see. Kappad Beach is very famous and significant because of the fact that the famous world explorer Vasco De Gama first set foot on the Kappad Beach on his world famous journey. Vasco De Gama set foot on the Kappad Beach in 1498 AD. In fact, to honor this significant historical event, there is a stone monument that is erected on the Kappad Beach so that the visitors can get a feel for those times.
Kappad is a quiet place where it is pretty easy (and loved) to lose connection with the outside world and turn attention inwards. Sitting on the smooth sands of the beach, you can feel the openness penetrate deep within you. It is perhaps one of those opportunities for you for which you have been yearning for long. Be with yourself, watch the clear sky and the rushing waves, walk in the cool water, make paper boats and sand castles, kick a ball......there are so many options to discover yourself.
Location: Located at a distance of 16 km from the Kozhikode town.
Kottakkal is a world renowned center of Ayurveda. The Arya Vaidya Sala, established by P.S. Warrier, the well-known physician and social reformer, has completed its hundred years of glorious existence. People from different parts of the world come for treatment; Art and culture also flourish in Kottakkal at the patronage of Arya Vaidya Sala. P.S.V. Natyasanghom has a unique place in Kathakali. A Kathakali School is run by the Sanghom. Venkata theva temple near the Arya Vaidya Sala, is noted for mural Paintings. Kottakkal Pooram festival attracts thousands. Connoisseurs of music, art, culture and literature of the country, participate in the cultural mela organized in connection with the pooram.
Annual Seminar on Ayurveda and other branches of medicine, conducted as a part of founder’s day of Arya Vaidya Sala, are attented by experts from abroad also. A medicinal herbal garden, maintained by the Vaidya sala is a rare treasure. Several type of treatments ere available in the Vaidhya Sala. Few examples are described under.
Pizhichil
1. Pizhichil: The patient is lying on a tree Drone (a specially designed wooden plank). Then pieces of linen dipped in comfortably warm oil is pressed against the patient's body from a certain height. When the flow of hot oil and spread throughout the body, four masseurs sitting on either side to give the patient a gentle massage. This technique is effective in diseases associated with the Vata Dosha and its allied manifestations like spondylosis, hemiplegia, Arhtritis, back pain, muscular dystrophy, etc. This is done only in the body below the neck and duration can be set half of the past depending on the strength of the patient.
Dhara
2. Dhara: The patient is advised to lie on a special drone wooden neck and head comfortably placed. Then, a steady stream of continuous medication prescribed liquid is poured gently on the forehead from a height prescribed by a specially designed apparatus called Dhara unions for a period of 1:00 to 1:30. Dhara sometimes occurs throughout the body in special cases. Dhara is considered an effective number of diseases, such as stress-related disorders, insomnia and many degenerative brain disease. Several liquid media used in various diseases Dhara. medicated oils, milk, tender coconut water and herbal extracts and decoctions are some of the liquids used.
Navarakizhi
3. Navarakkizhi: Medicated oil is first applied liberally over the patient’s body. Then the body is massaged with small linen bags filled with cooked Navara rice. The rice is cooked by boiling it in cow’s milk along with suitable. The linen bags filled with rice are dipped in the same mixture kept boiling over a gentle flame and applied by masseurs at a comfortable temperature over the whole body of the patient.
Navarakkizhi is a special massage , which rejuvenates the body. It is very effective in degenerative muscle diseases like poliomyelitis muscular atrophy etc. It is more effective when done immediately after Pizhichil treatment . The course of treatment can last for 14 or 21 days.
Shirovasthi
4. Shirovasthi: Sirovasti is an important procedure which is found to be very effective in trigiminal neuralgia, hemicrania, optic atrophy, otalgia, deafness, facial paralysis and in all diseases affecting cranial nerves . Generally the course of treatment is only seven days at a stretch.
There is an Ayurveda College at Kottakkal. The Govt. of Kerala runs the only Ayurveda Mental Hosptal of the state, here. National Highway-17 passes through Kottakkal. The famous Kadampuzha Devi Temple is not far from Kottakkal, where devotees in and out of Kerala, come and pray to remove obstruction in life. Dry coconut is the main offering.
Location: Kottakkal is 12 Km west of Malappuram. The distance from Calicut Airport is 13 Km and from Tirur Railway station is 16 Km.
Ponnani is the only port in Malappuram district and one of the oldest ones in Kerala. A tidal port at the mouth of Bharathappuzha, Ponnani is an important fishing center. Ponnani is connected by road from Kuttipputam railway station. National Highway 17 passes through this town, which is divided by the Canolly Canal, adding to its beauty.
Ponnani is a town of mosques and Khabaristans. Though described as a place of 23 mosques, there are nearly more than 50 mosques. Malik Ibnu Dinar, the first Islamic missionary who came to Kerala, was believed to have visited Ponnani. The Huma Ath mosque, the biggest mosque in the town was built by Sheikh Zainuddin Makhodum in the 16th Century. Zainuddin was proficient in Arabic and he wrote books. Zainuddin Makhodum-II was another scholar who wrote the early history of Kerala Muslims. The religions established by the Makhodum-I, is renounced all over the country.
Light House-Ponnani
Trikavu in Ponnani was one among the seats of the Zamorin, from where he controlled the trade and commerce. The famous Trikavu Durga temple here, clebrates Navarathri festival.
10km South-East of Ponnani, is the legendary Mookuthala Bhagavathi Temple, one of the ancient Durga temples of Kerala. It is believed that Sankaracharya is associated with founding of the temple. The Karthika Mahotsav, celebrated in Vrischikam (November-December) attracts thousands of devotees. The Mookkuthala stone, believed to be growing from below the idol every day, is considered sacred. Sukapuram temple near Edappal, is another important Hindu temple.
Ferry Service-Ponnani
Biyyam Kayal is a spread of backwaters near Ponnani town, where a boat race is conducted annually, during Onam celebrations. A permanent pavilion is built for the spectators and nearly a dozen country boats, including some rowed by women participate. A big scheme is underway to develop a tourist complex here, with hotel, park and pedal boats.
Only 4Km, away from Nilambur, on the side of Nilambur-Gudallur road, is world’s first Teak Museum and a sub center 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 Km, away from Nilabur, is Nedumkayam where the rain forests flourish. Form the wooden rest house built by the Britishers, elephants and deer can be viewed. An elephant-taming center is also there. Half an hour jeep journey through the thick forests from Nedumkayam, leads to Mancherri, the settlement of Chola Naickas, 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 art works in wood. The forest division offices (Nilambur North & South) are functioning from here.
Location: It is the terminus of Shornur-Nilambur railway and it is 40 Kms from Malappuram town. Only 4km from Nilambur.
The land of ancient Mamankam, Tirunnavya is South of Tirur. Situated on the banks of Bharathapuzha; it is a place of historical importance. In olden days, Mamankam was a grand assembly of the rulers held once in 12 years, in which, one among them was selected as the emperor of Kerala. It was an enormous trade fair also. The Mamankam festival was celebrated for 28 days with great pomp and pageantry where traders from outside came in ships and barges to Tirunnavaya through Ponnani Port. Thus the economical importance of Mamankam was high and hence the right to conduct and control it was important.
At the end of the rule of Perumals, the right of mamankam was with Vellattiri, the ruler of Valluvanad. Later the Zamorn of Kozhikode took this right by force and this resulted in dispute and bloodshed between these two Rajas. Valluvanad Raja used to send Chaver warriors to fight until death, to recapture the right from the Zamorin, who would stand Nilapadu at Nilapadu thara in Tirunnavaya, Surrounded by a large contingent of soldiers, in every 12th year. The last of such Mamankam, was believed to be held in 1755, when Zamorin had a hair breath escape from a 16 year old Chaver. The Nilapadu thara, now in the premises of Kottakkal Tile factory, is protected by the Archaeological department.
River Nila
A deep well called Manikkinar believed to be dumped with bodies of the Chavers is also protected. Tirunnavaya is a converging place of the Trimurtis, - (Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva). Three temples, Consecrated to these deities, are on either bank of Bharathapuzha. The famous vedic Vidyalaya Othanmar Madhom of ancient times, is one of the left bank of Bharathapuzha, near the Siva temple. This madhom was a center of aryanisation through Sanskrit and Vedic education as Tirunnavaya as believed to be the main center, where Parusurama brought and settled Brahmins. The place (Mana) of Puranic fame Azhavancherry Thamprakkal is 2 Kms north of Tirunnavya. Nava mukunda Temple beloved to be constructed by Nava yogis on the right bank of Bharathapuzha, is an important Vishnu temple of Kerala. Pithru Tharpanam is a ritual, held here on the day of Amavasi of Karkitaka (July). Bali Karma is offered by people in their wet clothes, after dip in the river, for the salvation of sins and appeases the dead souls.
Nila River
A martial art festival of Kalarippayattu is conducted during summer on the sands of Bharathapuzha. The famous Changampalli Kalari is near Tirunnavaya. During the second week of February, A Sarvodya Mela is conducted in Tirunnavaya where the Gandhians of Kerala, use to assemble. The Santhikudeeram established by the national leader K. Kelappan, is the center place of this mela.
Location: Thirunavaya is located 8 km south of Tirur.
Pothundi, the dam is irrigation dam near a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala state, India. It was built in the 19th century. The dam is rare to be built without a traditional concrete core, which is used in earth dams to counter the force exerted by water at high pressure. The nucleus is, however, an unusual mixture of brown sugar (jaggery) and quick lime.It is the second dam built in Asia, without having to use a cement mixture.
The dam is located about 8 km away Nemmara and 42 km from Palakkad, Nelliampathi, about 17 km away, is known for the dam Nemmara Vallengi festival.The Pothundy Sailing is a great site for tourists, covered with mountains. The dam is one of the most important sources of water for agriculture and drinking chittur Taluk. This dam is the main site, Malayalam film Vinodayathra.
Location: The dam is located about 8 km from Nenmara and 42 km from Palakkad. About 17 km of Nelliampathy.
Palakkad Fort is an old granite fort situated in the heart of the town of Palakkad in Kerala, South India. It was built by Haider Ali in 1766 AD and still one of the best preserved forts in Kerala.
There is a large field between the strong and the Palakkad municipality, known as Kota Maidanam (Fort Grounds). The land, which had previously served as a stable of elephants and horses of Tipu's army, now used for cricket matches, exhibitions and public meetings. An open air auditorium called "Rappadi", currently in the preservation of the Archaeological Survey of India, is also in the extensive grounds of the Fort. In addition, there is a playground for children on one side of the fortress.
Fort Palakkad have existed since antiquity, but believed to be built in its present form in 1766 AD, but little is known about its early history. The local ruler, Palakkad Achchan, was originally a tributary of the Zamorin, but became independent before the eighteenth century. In 1757, he sent a delegation to Haider Ali seeking help against the threat of invasion by Zamorin. Haider Ali seized the opportunity to seize an important strategic location as Palghat, and from then until 1790 the fort was continually in the hands of the Mysore Sultans or the British. It was first brought by him in 1768 when Colonel Wood captured during the raid on Haider Alis strengths, but was captured by Haider months later. He was recaptured by Colonel Fullarton in 1783, after a siege that lasted eleven days, but left the following year. Later fell Zamorin troops.
In 1790 it was finally captured by the British Colonel Stuart. E 'was renovated and used as the basis of the work that ended with the storming of Srirangapatnam. Fort Garrison continued until the mid-19th century. At the beginning of 1900 has been converted into office Taluk. The fort is also known as Tipu's Fort (after Tipu Sultan, son of Hyder Ali).
Location:Situated at a distance of 154 km, north east of Kochi. The nearest airport is located in Coimbatore at a distance of 55 km towards East.
There is a Guest House in Malappuram under the Department of Tourism. PWD Rest houses and Tourist Bungalows are also available at important centres. There are Rest houses under University of Calicut at Thenhippalam, under K.F.R.I. at Nilambur and under Kerala Water Authority at Tirur. In the private sector, there is a 2 star hotel at Malappuram. Hotel Sabrina, Perintalmanna, KTDC Hotel Sabala, Nilambur, KTDC Hotel Sabala, Perinthalmanna are good to stay.
