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Vaniyamkulam | |
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Town | |
 Vaniyamkulam town | |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Taluk | Ottapalam |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 679522 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-51 |
Palakkad District in Kerela State | |
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 Palakkad District of Kerala State in India |
Palakkad District with Taluks | |
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 Taluks in Palakkad |
Livestock Trade Grounds | |
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 Chanda Ground on Chanda days |
Vaniyamkulam is an old town and an important trading hub of SouthernMalabar inKerala state,India, particularly of livestock arriving from the neighbouring state ofTamil Nadu. The name derived from 'Vaniyan', connected with a trading community. It is part of thePalakkad District.
During Chera Perumals, this place was under Chera Kingdom, under Nedunganad. This is close to Kothakursi, a place where Chera rulers first settled in Malabar area. Kotha is the pet name of Chera Rulers. Although Malayalam is the spoken language, it has a sizable population of Tamil speaking people. The weekly market on Thursdays attracts traders and shoppers from far and wide.Even elephants were traded at this market in the olden days.
This place was originally part of theValluvanad Swaroopam dynasty.[1]
Valluvanad was an erstwhilelate medieval feudal state in present state ofKerala inSouth India extending from theBharathapuzha River in the south to thePandalur Mala in the north during their zenith in the early Middle Ages. On the west, it was bounded by theArabian Sea at theportPonnani and on the east byAttappadi Hills. According to local legends, the last LaterChera ruler gave a vast extension of land in SouthMalabar to one of their governors,Valluvakkonithiri and left for ahajj. The Valluvakkonithiri was also given last Later Chera ruler's shield (presumably to defend himself from the sword received by theSamoothiri (Zamorin) ofKozhikode, anothergovernor, from the departing ruler). Not surprisingly, theVellatiri rajas were hereditary enemies of theSamoothiri.[1] Valluvanad is famous for theMamankam festivals, held once in 12 years and the endless wars against theSamoothiri of Kozhikode. By the late 18th century, Vellatiri or Walluwanad proper was the sole remaining territory of the Walluvanad raja (Valluva Konatiri), who once exercised suzerain rights over a large portion of Southern Malabar. Although management of the country was restored to the Vellatiri raja in 1792, it soon became evident that he was powerless to repress the trouble that quickly broke out between Mapillas (favored by the Mysorean occupiers) and nayars (who sought to restore the ancien régime), and already in 1793 management of the district had to be resumed as the chief and his family fled to Travancore.[1]
The town has a population of nearly one hundred thousand people. It is connected by roads with other important towns in the region, namelyOttapalam,PattambiShoranur andCherpulassery.
TRKHSS[clarification needed] is one of the best higher secondary schools in Palakkad District and is situated in Vaniyamkulam.
P.K. Das Institute of Medical Sciences is a state of the art superspecialty hospital cum medical college located in Vaniyamkulam town near the highway.
Nehru College of Nursing, Vaniyamkulam is a nursing institute one among a few of its kind to facilitate quality education in the health care field.
• Moothedath house -panayur
• kumaramkuzhi kunnath house -panayur
This town connects to other parts of India throughPalakkad city. National Highway No.544 connects toCoimbatore andBangalore. Other parts of Kerala is accessed through National Highway No.66 going throughThrissur.Calicut International Airport,Cochin International Airport andCoimbatore Airports are the nearest airports.Shoranur Junction railway station and Ottapalam Railway Station are the nearest railway stations.
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