- Palappuram
Palappuram (Written as പാലപ്പുറം in Malayalam) is a small town, located 4 km from
Ottapalam , betweenPalghat and theShoranur Highway inKerala ,South India . Noted for the famous Chinakkathur Temple festival (known as Chinakkathurpooram ) held every year during March/April.Palappuram is a part of old Valluvanadu kingdom. Place is famous for the Chinakkathoor
Pooram (annualHindu festival) held at the famous Chinakkattoorkkavu Temple of GoddessDurga . There's a huge local and global crowd who come here to see the pooram (festival. The pooram is accompanied by Elephants and the traditionalMelam . Huge man made Horses (Kuthira) made out of straw, paper and cloth are the special attraction of this festival. It is unique in the sense that no where else "Poorams" has these Horses.Palappuram has its post office situated near the NSS College Bus stop. The
pincode is 679103. Other notable institutions include the Padnharrakara Aided Junior Basic School (AJB School located at the 19th mile Bus stop), A Government School, Mariyamman temple, St. Mary's Church, Mosques, Someswaram Siva Temple, Dakshinamoorthy Temple etc. The Someswaram temple is believed to be the one among the 108 Shiva temples established by Parasurama, the mythological character. The place is located in the banks ofBharathapuzha .Ottapalam is the major town near by. Palappuram has a surviving traditional weaving industry.Its also famous for its Educational institutions like the NSS College , a Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School)and a Steel foundry unit run by Steel Industries Limited Kerala (SILK) at Kairampara junction. Palappuram has been famous for some time for Ayurveda Medical treatment.It has an Ayurveda Hospital (Padinharakkara Ayurveda Hospital) and a Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical center called the Abhaya Pharmaceuticals where these medicines are prepared in the classical method.
Educational Institutions
Colleges
* N.S.S. College, Palappuram.
* N.S.S. Training College, Palappuram.External links
* [http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft5q2nb449&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print puppet play at Chinakkathur]
* [http://www.qsl.net/vu3voc Ham radio station at Palappuram]
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