Ayikkara is one of the 55 divisions of

Kannur Municipal Corporation The Kannur Municipal Corporation is the municipal corporation that administers the city of Kannur, Kerala. Established in 2015, the Corporation's first mayor was E. P. Latha. Kannur Corporation has two assembly constituencies – Kannur Assemb ...

Kannur district Kannur () is one of the 14 Districts of Kerala, districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India. The city of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name, Cannanore, is the anglicized form of th ...

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state,

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. Kannur fort, and the

Mappila Bay Mappila Bay (or Moppila Bay) is a natural harbor situated at Ayikkara in Kannur Municipal Corporation, Kerala state of South India. On one side of the bay is Fort St. Angelo, built by the Portuguese in the 15th century and the other side ...

is near Ayikkara. Sahil Saleem, a notable women's rights activist lives here.

Local name

The locals call Ayikkara as 'Kannur city' because once it was a

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area during the Arakkal rule. The city area is called 'Kannur town'.

Arakkal palace

The remains of the ''Arakkalkettu'', which is the palace of the Arakkal family, is also located in Ayikkara. The

Government of Kerala The Government of Kerala (abbreviated as GoK), also known as the Kerala Government, is the administrative body responsible for governing the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who ...

has renovated a part of the ''Arakkalkettu'' into a museum. This

Arakkal museum The Arakkal Museum is a museum dedicated to the Arakkal family, the only Muslim royal family in Kerala, India. The museum is actually a section of the ''Arakkalkettu'' (Arakkal Royal Palace). The durbar hall section of the palace has been conv ...

is a tourist attraction located in Ayikkara.

Mappila Bay

'Mappila Bay fishing harbour' is located in Ayikkara. There is also a government

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near the harbour. (''see:''

Matsyafed Matsyafed, the Kerala State Co-operative Federation for Fisheries Development Ltd., is the Apex Federation of 654 Primary Fisherman Co-operative Societies spread over 10 districts of Kerala, South India. There are 332 co-operative societies in ...

)

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References

Suburbs of Kannur {{Kannur-geo-stub

Local name

Arakkal palace

Mappila Bay

Image gallery

See also

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