Thariyode (also spelled ''Thariode'') is a village in

Wayanad district Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

in the state 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 ...

, India.

Important Landmarks

Banasura Sagar Dam Banasura Sagar Dam, which impounds the Karamanathodu tributary of the Kabini River, is part of the Indian Banasurasagar Project consisting of a dam and a canal project started in 1979. The goal of the project is to support the Kakkayam Hydro ele ...

– The Largest Earth Dam in India. * Karalad Lake * GLPS Thariode * GHSS Thariode * Nirmala HS Thariode * GUPS Thariode * Sree Paradhevatha Temple * Lourdes Matha Church * Kavummannam Juma Masjidh * Louis Mount Psychiatric Hospital * ST.JOHNS BELIEVERS EASTERN CHURCH CHENNALODE *Mariyamman Temple 10th mail

In popular culture

A documentary film called "

Thariode ''Thariode'' is a 2021 Malayalam-language documentary film directed by Nirmal Baby Varghese about the history of gold mining in Thariyode and its impact on the environment. The film also focuses other gold mining areas of Malabar District, Mal ...

" directed by

Nirmal Baby Varghese Nirmal Baby Varghese is an Indian film director in Malayalam. He is known for his historical documentary film ''Thariode''. His feature directorial debut '' Vazhiye'', was an experimental movie made in found footage style and it is the first ...

and produced by Baby Chaithanya, tells the story of

gold mining Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface, ...

in Thariode, one of the most ancient cities of

Malabar Region The Malabar Coast is the southwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Geographically, it comprises the wettest regions of southern India, as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-laden monsoon rains, especially on their westward-facing m ...

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. Director Nirmal is also planning a big budget movie in that same setting.

References

Villages in Wayanad district Kalpetta area {{Wayanad-geo-stub