Punnyurkulam is a village and gram panchayat in

Thrissur district Thrissur (), anglicised as Trichur, is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in the central region of the state. Spanning an area of about , th ...

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, the southwestern state of

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Location

The village is located 10 km north west of the world-famous temple town

Guruvayur Guruvayur ) is a municipal temple town in Thrissur district, of Kerala State in India. It is a suburban town of Thrissur city, located from Thrissur towards the north-west. It houses the Guruvayur Shri Krishna Temple. It is located at ...

along the

Ponnani Ponnani () is a Nagar Palika (Municipality), municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram District, in the state of Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative center of the Taluk and Block Panchayat of the same name. It is situated at the est ...

state highway.

History

Punnayurkuam is famous for its cultural heritage, the midi level scripts and literatures describes the region was part of the princely state of Valluvanad, the dynasty who ruled the region from AD 400 to AD 1300 until the

Saamoothiri 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 Edi ...

dynasty of erstwhile state of

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

(anglicised Calicut) conquered Valluvanadu and annexed the state. The village is the birthplace to many award-winning writers, including Nalappat Narayana Menon, Nalappatt Balamani Amma and

Kamala Das Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her fame in K ...

. Temples like kadikkad shiva temple, punnayurkulam Bhagawati Temple, Parur Siva Temple and Govidapuram Krishna Temple are cultural icons of the village.

Notable people

* The poet

Kamala Surayya Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her fame in K ...

's major work Balyakala Smaranakal plots the village and its heritage. * Punnayurkulam V Bappu was a voracious poet from Punnayurkulam, Kerala. ''Muthumaala'' and ''Shwasikkunna Shavangal'' are some of his notable works. Apart from poetry, other literary works were also published. His work ''Oru Persian Kadha'', the translation of the famous ''Badarul Muneer Husnul Jamal'' of Moinkutti Vaidyar to Malayalam received the Kerala Sahithya Academy special award.

References

Villages in Thrissur district Guruvayur {{Thrissur-geo-stub