Thaipooyam celebration at chelakkara 2

Thaipooyam celebration at chelakkara 1

Thaipooyam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). It is also referred to as Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam in the Malayalam language. The word Thai-pusam is derived from the month name Thai and Pusam, which refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of god Shiva and his wife Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (spear) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.

kaliya road mosque

kaliyaroad mosque is situated 8kms from Chelakkara (thrissurdt.) ,between chelakkara and Elanad. This mosque is famous by the annual festival -chandhanakudam,and it is celebrated on march of every year. This festival is famous for the communal harmony .

kerala kala mandalam

Kerala Kalamandalam (Malayalam: കേരള കലാമണ്ഡലം) is a major centre for learning Indian performing arts, especially those that developed in the southern state of Kerala. It is situated in the village of Cheruthuruthy in Thrissur district on the banks of the Bharathapuzha.
The institution, now a deemed university, was founded in 1930 by poet Vallathol Narayana Menon and Manakkulam Mukunda Raja. Kalamandalam imparts training in classical dance and theatre forms like Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Kudiyattam, Thullal, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, and Nangiar Koothu, besides the traditional orchestra called Panchavadyam. Training is also given in various percussion instruments like chenda, maddalam and mizhavu. Kalamandalam follows the gurukula sampradayam, the ancient Indian education system based on residential tutelage.
The inception of Kalamandalam gave a second life to three major classical performing arts of Kerala, as Kathakali, Kudiyattam and Mohiniyattam were, by the turn of 20th century, facing the threat of extinction under various regulations of the colonial authorities. [1] It was at this juncture, in 1927, that Vallathol Narayana Menon and Mukunda Raja came forward and formed a society called Kerala Kalamandalam. They solicited donations from the public and conducted a lottery in order to raise funds for this society.[2]Kerala Kalamandalam was inaugurated in November 1930 at Kunnamkulam, and was later shifted to the village of Cheruthuruthy, just south of Shoranur in 1933.The Maharaja of Cochin donated land and a building. Subsequently, a dance department was started to revive Mohiniyattom.[3]

shornur rail way station 2

view from cheruthurithy bridge

shornur rail way station

nila river and her lovers

nila river

nila river

The headwaters of main tributary of Bharathappuzha originates in the Anaimalai Hills in the Western Ghats, and flows westward through Palakkad Gap, across Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram districts of Kerala, with many tributaries joining it, including the Tirur River. For the first 40 km or so, the Bharathappuzha follows an almost northerly course till Pollachi. At Parli both Kannadippuzha and Kalpathippuza merge and flow as Bharathappuzha and follows a westerly course until it empties into the Arabian Sea at Ponnani. Thootha River merges with Nila at Pallippuram. As Thootha river is rich in water, after its merger, Nila becomes thicker in flow.

kerala kala mandalam cheruthurithy

Founded in 1930 by renowned poet Padmabhooshan Vallathol Narayana Menon along the banks of the river Nila in the Cheruthuruthy village of Thrissur District, . Kalamandalam is residential center of learning traditional kerala art and culture,It is a deemed university.

vallathol museam cheruthuruthi

vallathol Narayana menon ,the great poet of kerala famous not only for his literary works but also for his contribution of starting kerala kalamandalam

uttrali kave wadakkanchery thrissur 2

uttrali kave wadakkanchery thrissur 1

sri rudira mahakalikave (uttrali kave)is situated 2kms from wadakkanchery, between wadakkanchery and shornur . It is famous by the pooram ,usually on feb-march every year

god of smallthings and simple men (bagavathi of a colony near Alathoor)

kovalam

pulse polio booth at busstand Aalathoor

nila in mornig

temple at kovalam

relax and rest

mornig star above nila view from pambady bridge (between lakkidi and thiruvillamala)

valiyathura beach and church

kovalam beach

light house at kovalam

bridge at sea valiathura thiruvanthapuram

sea thiruvanthapuram

valiyathura trhiruvananthapuram

amurtha express leaving ottapalam railway staion

chappal at pazhayannur

elephants in gayathri river

a meeting

chumaduthangi

group kettunira at pazhambalakkode

palakkad views 8

bainyan tree at kavassery

temple kavassery near Alathoor

palakkad views 7

harvesting

palakkad views 6

irrigation canal kannambra palakkad dt.

kannambra is a lovely beautiful village with real quite . It is situated in a typical Kerala village atmosphere. Yet is it not far from the Vadakkencherry town . The Kannambra is village which has vast stretches of paddy fields and coconut plantations near to it. Majority of peoples of Pantalampadam are farmers, with major cultivations are Rubber, Paddy , coconut, tapioca, Plantain etc.

ayyappanvilkku palakombu ezhunnallath

building temparary ayyappa temple with plantain

carriying our tomorrows grain

rest for some time

an old well in the paddy field

ganapathy temple under baniyantree at plazhy between alathoor and pazhayannur

palakkad views 5

rural pubilic library pazhambalakkode palakkad dt

cows in an island (gayathri river)

palakkad views 4