Mayannur

Mayannur
—  village  —
Mayannur Location of Mayannur in Kerala and India
Coordinates	10°45′00″N 76°22′21″E / 10.7499900°N 76.3726000°E / 10.7499900; 76.3726000Coordinates: 10°45′00″N 76°22′21″E / 10.7499900°N 76.3726000°E / 10.7499900; 76.3726000
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Thrissur
Population	7,929 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 679105

Mayannur is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1][2]

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Mayannur had a population of 7,929 with 3,804 males and 4,125 females.^[1]

History

Mayannur is a serene and beautiful green village right on the border of Thrissur District, 3 kilometers away from Ottapalam in Palakkad district. The place is best known for stone idols made of the soil from Mayannur which adorn various temples all over India. It can boast of several famous vintage namboothiri illams too—including Ottur Mana, Thekkedath Mana, Swarnath Mana, Pidikaparambu Mana. The late Ottur Unni Namboothiripadu, who composed ‘Syamasundaran’—a volume of devotional poems on Lord Krishna (published by the Guruvayur Devaswam), was a native of Mayannur.

Beautiful and silent Bharatapuzha (Nila) runs through the outskirts of this village. Even with a meagre population of about 8,000, it has a post office, a bank and schools.

‘Mayannur Kavu’ is the abode of Shri Kurumba Bhagavathi. Annual festival of this temple is enthusiastically celebrated during April/May with a gorgeous procession of elephants carrying Bhagavathi’s idol. This is the time all non-resident Mayannurians reach home every year. Mayannur serves as a perfect epitome of communal harmony. This place is home to temples dedicated to Lord Ram and Lord Siva. The folklore here says, Sultan Tipu’s army invaded the village and demolished the Moolannur Kavu which is in ruins since then. Mayannur also has a church, and quite a few Muslim families reside here in harmony. People respect each other’s religion and propagate unity.

‘Bhoodhan Colony’, as its name denotes, is a colony built on the land donated by late Shri Sundara Iyer to Acharya Vinoba Bhave, founder of the Bhoodhan movement, when he visited Mayannur.

K S Raman Menon Smaraka Grameena Vayanasala, is one of the many marvels of Mayannur. Kerala had very limited printing and publishing facilities in the early 19th century. Late Shri Kulakkunnath Raman Menon of Mayannur founded ‘B V Books’ in 1902 at Thiruvananthapuram. Later, he established the Kamalalaya Printing Press at Ottappalam. B V Books were the exclusive publishers for many a famous writers, including A R Rajaraja Varma, Kerala Varma and C V Raman Pillai. B V Books became famous for its publications, such as Kerala Paniniyam, Marthanda Varma, Dharma Raja and Chintavishtayaya Sitha etc. A library has since been established at Mayannur, in K Raman Menon’s memory. The Mayannur Gandhi Ashram here produce soaps and khadi clothes.

The village proudly owns ‘Thanal’ www.thannal.org, an orphanage which is now home to around 32 children. Marriage of a girl who grew up in Thanal was recently celebrated with the blessings of thousands of Mayannurians

Photos : Mayannur Photos Link [1]

Schools

• St. Thomas High School Mayannur
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mayannur www.jnvthrissur.nic.in
• VLP School Mayannur

Shrines

• Sri Kurumba Bagavathi Temple (Mayannur Kavu)
• Our Lady of Grace Church Mayannur
• Thali Siva Temple
• Mayannur maariyamman Temple
• Kiratha Parvathi Temple
• Konna Kavu
• Poonathu Bhagavathi temple.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
2. ^ "Yahoo maps India :Mayannur , Trissur". http://in.maps.yahoo.com/#?lat=10.7499900&lon=76.3726000&z=4&plat=17.7973100&plon=77.9188080&pz=4&addr=Mayannur. Retrieved 2009-01-12. 

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