Kudallur is in the Palakkad district of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. It is in

Pattambi Pattambi is a town taluk and municipality in the Palakkad district of the state of Kerala, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Pattambi Taluk. Pattambi is located along the banks of Bharathappuzha river. A Mini Civil Station ...

taluk, bordering

Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...

district, also on the banks of Bharathapuzha. The

Bharathappuzha Bharathappuzha ("River of Bhārata"), also known as the Nila or Ponnani River, is a river in India in the state of Kerala. With a length of 209 km, it is the second longest river that flows through Kerala after the Periyar. It flows throu ...

river separates Kudallur from

Kuttippuram Kuttippuram is a town and a block headquarters, which is situated in the Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district of Kerala state, India. The town is located 34 kilometres south-west of Malappuram. The Bharathappuzha river flows through Kuttippuram. A ...

town in Malappuram district. Kudallur is a part of

Thrithala (State Assembly constituency) Thrithala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in the state of Kerala located in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ponnani Lok ...

and

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. Kudallur is the meeting point of three Taluks -

Taluk, Ponnani taluk (neighbouring

Thavanur Thavanur (Tavanur, Thavanoor, Tavanoor) is a village located on the southern bank of Bharathapuzha, the longest river of Kerala in the Malappuram District of Kerala state in India. This village is located at the border of Tirur and Ponnani Talu ...

village in Malappuram district), and

Tirur Taluk Tirur Taluk comes under Tirur revenue division in Malappuram district of Kerala, India. Its headquarters is the town of Tirur. Tirur Taluk contains four municipalities - Tanur, Tirur, Kottakkal, and Valanchery. Most of the administrative offi ...

(neighbouring Kuttippuram town).

Administration

This village was originally in Ponnani taluk, before the formation of Malappuram district on 16 June 1969. The famous Malayalam writer

M. T. Vasudevan Nair Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair (born 1933 July 15 ), popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He is a prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature, and is one of the masters of post-I ...

was born there. Kudallur is in the Palakkad district of Kerala.The other well-known personality from here is artist Achutan Kudallur.Among the eminent personalities of the past P.K. Moideen Kutty Sahib dominates a prominent position. He was a great Freedom Fighter who was put in British jail for several years. P.K. Moideen Kutty Sahib was an elected member to Madras Assembly in 1937. He also served as president at KPCC Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and All India Congress Committee AICC member.During the flood of1942, P.K. Moideen Kutty Sahib worked as a front-line warrior of all relief activities. He also played a vital role to restart the construction of Kuttippuram bridge which had been blocked because of World War II His cousin P.K. Abdulla Kutty Sahib was another Freedom Fighter from this area. He spent many years in Kannur and Viyyoor Jails during British reign. He was well-known Gandhian and participated in “Khadi-Prasthan” in the post British era. Kudallur, a beautiful and calm Kerala village on the banks of Bharathapuzha is in the Ottappalam taluk of Palakkad district. Scenic range of hills, wide paddy fields and the magic beauty of River Nila blends Kudallur into an exotic place. The village is famous for its illustrious son writer M.T.Vasudevan Nair. The other well known personality from here is artist Achutan Kudallur. It is at Kudallur, exactly at Koottakadavu the two rivers Nila and Thootha meet. The name 'Kudallur' ( or Koodal Ooru ) is believed to be formed from this merge of two rivers.

Geography

It is at Kudallur, exactly at Koottakadavu the two rivers Nila and Thootha meet. Therefore, it is said that the place got the name from the confluence of these rivers, with 'koodal' meaning joining and 'oor' meaning place in Malayalam, thus a meeting place of the rivers. Kudallur Hills, mentioned in Nair's stories, are another point of attraction. The village is in Anakkara Panchayath, Thrithala block i.e. in Pattambi Taluk.'Vadakkumuri','Muthu Vilayum Kunnu' and 'Paarappuram' are important residential areas of Koodallur.

Kudallur

The other ''Kudallur'' is located in

taluk in Palakkad district itself, on the northern banks of

Gayathripuzha Gayathripuzha River is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India. It originates from Anamala hills, passes through Kollengode, Nenmara (Nemmara), Alathur, Padur and Pazhayannur b ...

River, a tributary of

Bharathapuzha Bharathappuzha ("River of Bhārata"), also known as the Nila or Ponnani River, is a river in India in the state of Kerala. With a length of 209 km, it is the second longest river that flows through Kerala after the Periyar. It flows thr ...

Nemmara Nemmara is a town in Palakkad district, Kerala, India. It is administrated by the Nemmara Grama Panchayat. Nemmara is the entry point to the Nelliampathi hills, which are located at the foothills of Western Ghats. Demographics , according t ...

is the nearest town from Kudallur. The late

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

Prof.K V Krishna Iyer hails from this Kudallur..

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External links

* http://www.kudallur.com/ {{Palakkad district Villages in Palakkad district