Vadakkencherry

Vadakkencherry is a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is under Alathur Taluk in Palakkad district. The NH 47 (National Highway) passes through Vadakkencherry. "Vadakkencherry Vela" is one of the famous festivals in Kerala. Though the spellings are different, many people confuse with Wadakkancheri, of Thrissur. So in order to avoid confusion some of the people say as Alathur Vadakkencherry or Vadakkencherry-MBR. MBR stands for Malabar region. The Postal Code of Vadakkencherry is 678683. The name Vadakkencherry is shortened to VDY or VDCY.

Vadakkancherry sometime also spelled as Vadakkuncherry is located in the middle of Palakkad District and Thrissur District. Vadakkancherry is surrounded by other locales such as Puthukod, Kannambra, Manjapra, Kizhakkancheri , Konnanchery and Ayakkad

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Temples

The area has a few old temples:

* Sri Thiruvara Siva Temple
* Sri Kodikkattu Kavu Bhagavathy Temple
*Sri MahaGanapathy Temple, Vinayakastreet, Vadakkencherry (Temple Festival Falls On Every Year April 17)
* Sri Nagaraja Temple, Vadakkencherry. (Temple Festival Falls On Every Year April 17)
* Sri Palliyaarakkavu and adjoining Shiva Temple Managed by Thiruvanjikkulam Devaswam Board - Cherukannambra near Nelliyampadam
* Sri Narashima Moorthi Temple, Anjumoorthi Mangalam.
* Padarkavu Sri Krishna Temple, Manikyapaadam
* Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Kovil, Vinayaka Temple, Nagaraja Temple and Padrkavu sri Krishna Temple The idols are hundreds of years old. It is said that there are very few idols of Lakshmi Naryana where Lakshmi is resting on the lap of Narayana. There are also two Bhagawathi temples and a Shiva temple in and around the town.
* Sri Anjumoorthy Temple, Very famous and old temple in Palakkad district. The idols are hundreds of years old and prathishtas are Sivan, Sudharshan, Devi, Ayyapan, Ganapathy, Krishnan etc.
*Sri Ayyappa Temple Vettikkalkulambu - Pallarod. Prathishtas are Sree Ganapathi, Sree Ayyappan, Sree Murugan.

Churches

Churches include:

*Lourd Matha Farona Church
*Hermon Marthoma Church
*St. Alosious RSLC Church
*Rajagiri Church
*Jose Giri Church
*Yakobaya Church
*Orthodox Church
*Malankara Christian Church
*St. Thomas Evangelical Church
*The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Thenidukku
*The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Vadakencherry
*The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Koranchera
*The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Valkhulabhu
*The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Akathethara.

treets and Places

The places or streets in Vadakkencherry are:

Theatres

There are four theatres in VDY. Jayabharath, Thangam, Sobha & Sree Rama.

Colleges

Some colleges in Vdy.College of Applied Science, Eminent, College of English, Mahathma College, Hindi Vidyalalya, Women's academy, St. Marys ITC etc.

chools

The schools are :
*Sarvajana high school puthucode
* Cherupushpam Girls Higher Secondary School
* Rosi English Medium School
* Sree Narayana Public School
* Kammanthara (S.V.U.P) School
* C.A. High School, Ayakkad
* A.U.P (Idathil) School
* Govt Higher Secondary School, Kizhakkencherry
* Gandhismarakam School, Managalam
* Government U.P. School Kanakkenthuruthy

Hotels

Hotels like Sreeram Canteen, and Diana, Aryaas are favourite to tourists. Others are Arathi, New Light, HOTEL THOFEEQ, Goodlands etc.

Banks

The Banks are State Bank of Travancore, Federal Bank, The Dhanalakshmi Bank, Bank of Baroda, The Centurian Bank of Punjab, Palakkad Co-Operative Bank etc.

Festivals

A festival of 11 days is conducted during Navarathris, where caprisoned elephant along with the deity is taken out through the village in morning and evening. The famous 'Vela'(festival) are Ganapathy Sahayam, Naga Sahayam, Kodikkattukaavu, Namboothiri Mutthan, Mangottu Mutthi, karappotta vela, padinjamuri koodal manikyam vela The Committees of these temples are conducting programs very well. Naga Sahayam Ganapathi Sahayam vela falls on April 17th every year.

* "Shree Palliyarakkavu Bhagavathi Thalappoli" This festival is celebrated on the month of Malayalam (Dhanu 10) which sometimes falls on December 24 or 25 of every year. i.e. the last day of Mandalam. Mandalam 1 onwards for the next 41 days there will be Kalamezuthum Pattum and the 41st day the Thaalappoli is celebrated in a grand way. Caprisoned elephant along with the deity is taken out through the village in morning and evening with Panchvadyam and Pandimelam. There will be programmes during the night inside the Temple compound and by 2 o'clock girls take Thaalams along with the caprisoned elephants and Panchavaadyam troops.

Land

Vadakkencherry is lush with greenery, and 10 km inside one can really enjoy the thick forestery on the eastern side.

Tourist attractions

Vadakkencherry is a starting point of a huge hill region. In Malayalam language 'cherry' means a place which lies under hills..Here the places like Mangalam dam, Palakkuzhi etc are the kind of places where the beauty of nature is very near to us. We can see the harmonious culture in Vadakkencherry in each corner of the village. The famous Nelliampathi hills are close to this town.And for Sabarimala pilgrims, this town is a short time resting place. Many of the traditional food items of Kerala are supplied and became famous from here. Though the town and the near-by area are fast developing, you can see the beauty of the river, greenish fields and forests here in each moment, in each corner.

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