Vallathol nagar

Vallathol nagar

Vallathol nagar is a panchayath on the banks of Nila nadi, or Bharathapuzha, 32 km from Trissur town, Kerala state, south India. It is created as an honorary tribute towards the Great poet Vallathol Narayana Menon.Its between Trissur (33 km) and Shoranur (2 km). Palakkad town is only 47 km, Ottapalam 17 km, and Pattambi 15 km from vallathol nagar. The small village Cheruthuruthy is almost inside this panchayath.

vallathol nagar is surrounded with other panchayaths named panjal and mulloorkara in the south, shoranur municipality in the North (bordered by Bharathapuzha river), Kondazhi, chelakkara and pazhayannur panchayaths in the East and desamangalam panchayath in the west. It is a fiest to eyes with its sights of tropical rain forests, tiny hills , and sand in the banks of the river. This is a tourist spot with its typical village atmosphere.

The old Kerala Kalamandalam established in 1930 by Maha Kavi Vallathol (aka Great Poet Vallathol Narayana Menon) to impart training in traditional art forms like Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Thullal, Koothu, Drama and folk dances.

vallathol nagar is booned with the banks of Bharathapuzha, the Temple of "Kozhimamparambu" Bhagavathy, the Cheruthutruthy Mosque, and St. Thomas Church.

The Samadhi or Tomb of the great poet Vallathole is in the premises of old Kalamandalam.

Kerala Kalamandalam is now established as the Deemed University for Cultural and Social Emergence. There is a small railway station in Vallathol Nagar. It is a stone's throw from there to famous art centre Kalamandalam.


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