Valluvambram Junction is a small town in

Malappuram District Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . It is the most populous district of Kerala, which is home to around 13% of the to ...

, in India.

Location

Valluvambram Junction is on the National Highway between Malappuram and Kozhikode cities. Valluvambram is a village that splits two main highways to Manjeri Gudallur and Malappuram Palakkad. The place is famous for Selling and Buying Used luxury cars and commercial vehicles from 1980s . One of the TVS Vehicles Showroom is situated in this place, Half Valluvambram. Distance from Valluvambram: *

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

: 38 km *

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 ...

: 12 km *

Manjeri Manjeri () is a major town and municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is the fourth-most populous municipality in state. It is situated southeast to Karipur International Airport and northeast to Malappuram, the district hea ...

: 9 km *

Calicut Airport Calicut International Airport , also known as Kozhikode Airport or Karipur Airport, is an international airport located in Karipur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India. It serves the Malabar region of Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad and Palak ...

: 14 km

Nearby villages

Pookkottur Pookkottoor is a village in Eranad taluk, and a suburb of Malappuram, Kerala, India. It is on National Highway 966 (India), National Highway 966, and there is a state road from the town to Manjeri. It was the centre of the Malabar Rebellion of ...

Gram Panchayath *

Pulpatta Pulpatta or Pulpetta is a village in Eranad Taluk, Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is located 7 km away from Manjeri. Location Pulpatta is located on the northern side of Mongam, Valluvambram and Manjeri in Malappuram ...

Gram Panchayath * Mongam and

Morayur Morayur or Morayoor is a tiny town near Malappuram Located on Palakkad-Kozhikoad Highway (NH 966). It is one of the villages (Gram panchayat also) in Malappuram district of state of Kerala. Etymology Morayur, in Malayalam, means 'Land of people ...

* Cheruputhoor, Thripanachi and Kozhithayi * Ozhukur and Poonthalaparamba *Valamangalam and Kallachal * Thadapparamba and Pappatingal * Athanikkal and Aravankara * Melmury and Alathurpady * Valayattapady and Swalath Nagar * Pullanoor, Moochikkal and Pullara * Alukkal, Veembur and Pattarkulam

Mongam and Morayur

Mongam Mongam is a town in Morayur Gram panchayat in Malappuram (Lok Sabha constituency) in Malappuram district of state of Kerala. Mongam AIWA College is the first women's Arabic college in south India. The name ''Mongam'' is derived from the local ...

and

are two villages lying between Musliyarangadi and Valluvambram towns. Morayur, in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

, means 'Land of peoples who have manners'.

Thinayancherry Elayath The Samoothiri (Anglicised as Zamorin; Malayalam: , Arabic: ''Sāmuri'', Portuguese: ''Samorim'', Dutch: ''Samorijn'', Chinese: ''Shamitihsi''Ma Huan's Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' 433 Translated and Edited by ...

, a native of Morayur, was a minister of one of the

Zamorin The Samoothiri (Anglicised as Zamorin; Malayalam: , Arabic: ''Sāmuri'', Portuguese: ''Samorim'', Dutch: ''Samorijn'', Chinese: ''Shamitihsi''Ma Huan's Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' 433 Translated and Edited by ...

kings. Anwarul Islam Women's Arabic College is an Arabic college affiliated to University of Calicut located at Mongam, in Malappuram district, Kerala. The college is offering afzal ul ulama preliminary, BA (Afzal ul Ulama) and MA in Arabic.

Important Organizations

* Government School, Pookkottoor

Educational Institutions

* AMUP school Valluvambram * GVHSS Pullanoor, Valluvambram * MIC ARTS & SCIENCE College Valluvambram * MIC English Medium High School Valluvambram

Culture

Valluvambram village is as predominantly Muslim populated area. Hindus are exist in comparatively smaller numbers. So the culture of the locality is based upon Muslim traditions.

Duff Muttu Duffmuttu (also: Dubhmuttu) is an art form prevalent in the Malabar region of the states of Kerala and Karnataka in south India. It derives its name from the daf, duff, a percussion instrument made of wood and ox skin. The word duff is of Arabi ...

Kolkali Kolkali is a folk art performed in Malabar region of Kerala, India. The dance performers move in a circle, striking small sticks and keeping rhythm with special steps. The circle expands and contracts as the dance progress. The accompanying music ...

and

Aravana Aravana muttu or arabana muttu is an art form prevalent among Muslims in Kerala state of south India, named after the aravana, a hand-held, one-sided flat tambourine or drumlike musical instrument, derived from Arabia. It is made of wood and ani ...

muttu are common folk arts of this locality. There are many libraries attached to mosques giving a rich source of Islamic studies. Some of the books are written in

Arabi-Malayalam Arabi Malayalam (also called Mappila Malayalam and Moplah Malayalam) is the traditional Dravidian language of the Mappila Muslim community. It is spoken by several thousand people, predominantly in the Malabar Coast of Kerala state, southe ...

which is a version of the

language written in

Arabic script The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely used writing system in the world by number of countries using it or a script directly derived from it, and the ...

. People gather in mosques for the evening prayer and continue to sit there after the prayers discussing social and cultural issues. Business and family issues are also sorted out during these evening meetings. The Hindu minority of this area keeps their rich traditions by celebrating various festivals in their temples. Hindu rituals are done here with a regular devotion like other parts of Kerala.

Transportation

Valluvambram Junction is on NH 966. CNG road to Gudalloor gets diverted from here towards Manjeri and NH goes towards Malappuram.

Image Gallery

File:Valluvambram Junction.jpg, Valluvambram

References

{{Malappuram district Cities and towns in Malappuram district Kondotty area