Kallody is a village in the

Edavaka Edavaka is a Grama Panchayath in the Wayanad district of the Kerala State, India. Demographics India census, Edavaka had a population of 15,620 with 7,939 males and 7,681 females. Major landmarks * Thonichal Siva Temple *Kalyanathum Pal ...

Grama panchayath Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

of the Wayanad district,

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. This village falls under the

Mananthavady Mananthavady is a municipality and ''taluk'' in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. Etymology The popular view on the etymology is that the word is derived from "Maane Eytha Vady" (English: "The place where an arrow was shot at the deer"). T ...

Taluk. The

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SH-59 passes through this village town. Kallody is home to the St. George Forane Church Kallody, Wayanad and Chowayil Bhagavathy Temple.

History

This land was divided into

and Edachena "desam". The house of

Edachena Kunkan Edachena Kunkan (also known as Edachena Kunkan Nair) was a Wayanad Nair noble from Tirunelli, Wayanad, Kerala, India who joined the war effort of Pazhassi Raja during the 1770s and became commander of the Raja's army. His younger brothers (Edachen ...

, one of the commanders of Pazhassi Raja, was located in this area. Kallody was mainly a place where people migrated from different parts of the central-south

, especially from the area such as

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, and

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starting from the year of 1940. Vettiyankal, Mathai was the first migrant to Kallody. He invited several other migrants to

to the Kallody area. The Nadukunnel family was one of the first families migrated from Pala to Kallody.

Etymology

The word ''Kallody'' is derived from the

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words ''kallu''–കല്ല് (i.e. stone) and ''ody''–ഓടി (i.e. ran), based on a century old tale of this area. Long ago, the Kallody area was a forest. There was a

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named ''Choran Kunnu'' located on the banks of the

- Pakranthalam hill pass. Thieves from this area used to attack merchants from

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when they passed this hill pass. To escape from the attacks, the travellers used to carry stones with them and start running from this area. They used to pelt stones to defend from the thieves. Hence, this place named as Kallody.

Education

The Kallody area is served by several Kerala State aided schools and a couple of Anganwadis. The main schools are * St. Joseph's Pre-Primary School Kallody * St. Joseph's Upper-Primary (U.P.) School Kallody * St. Joseph's High School (H.S.) Kallody * St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School (H.S.S.) Kallody

Transportation

Kallody is mainly served by the

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(K.S.R.T.C.) buses. Other than the public transport system, Kallody residents use Motor Bikes, Auto rickshaws, or

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s to commute. The nearest railway station is in Mysore and the nearest airports are

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-120 km,

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-290 km, and Kannur International Airport-58 km.

Points of Interest

* St. George Forane Church Kallody, Wayanad * Chowayil Bhagavathy Temple * The Orapp Bridge * Kabini River St George Forane Church Wiki

References