Koodali

Koodali is the centre of Koodali Panchayath and Koodali village. It is located in the Indian state of Kerala.

Educational institutions

* Koodali Higher Secondary School (established 1946), won the state award for the best school in Kerala in 1982.
* Koodali Up School
* Fazle Umer Public School
* Vivekananda Vidyalayam

Religion

The main festival in Koodali is Thazathe Veettil Uthsavam (Teyyam, as it is called). There are many kavues and temples in Koodali, such as Sree Puthiya Madham, Muchilottu Bhagavathi Kshethram, Cherukottaram, Koodali Kavu, Thattiyodu Sree Mahavishnu Kshethram, Chonnamma Kottam, Koodali Ganapathy Kshethram, to list a few. Koodali Juma Masjid is also famous. Hinduism and Islam are the most practiced religions in Koodali, with Christianity being practiced by a very small minority of the population.

Feudal connections

Koodali Thazath Veedu is an old feudal family and the source of feudal stories in the region.

A historical overview of the family from the pre-British days is available in KKN Kurup (ed.) "Koodali Grantavari" published by the Department of History, University of Calicut.

Among the illustrious members of the family are KT Kunhikammaran Nambiar, a member of the Madras Legislative Council and KT Kunhiraman Nambiar, volunteer of Indian National Congress and participant in Salt Satyagraha in Malabar, and later president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, and member of the undivided Communist Party of India.

With land reforms enacted in 1970 this absentee landlords lost most of their holding to former tenants. The younger generation are professionals and placed across the globe.

Politics

*District: Kannur
*Assembly: [ mattanur

*Panchayath (see Panchayati Raj): Koodali
*Village: Koodali

Access

Koodali is near Kannur airport (pilot project), located some convert|15|km|mi|0|lk=on away on Mattannur road.

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