- Kottayi
Kottayi is a small village in
Palakkad district ofKerala state,South India . It is underAlathur Taluk in Palakkad district of Kerala state, India and is 15 km away from Palghat City. Kottayi is well-connected by road. The main land-marks are the Kottayi Junction(Koottumukku) and the Kottayi High School.Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar , the greatIndian Classical music (Carnatic) singer was born in Chembai, a very small village, near Kottayi, in 1895. The annual Chembai Parthasarathy Ekadasi Music festival, in memory of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bagavathar, takes place in Kottayi in February-March. One of Chembai's disciples,K. J. Yesudas makes it a point to attend this event every year.To see more details in Malayalam in wikipedia please visit this link [http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF_%28KOTTAYI%29]
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