Dharmadom or Dharmadam is a

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Thalassery Thalassery () (also called Tellicherry) is a city and municipality on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahe and Kozhikode. Thalassery municipality has a population of just under ...

City in

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 ...

in the state of

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, India. This town is located in between Anjarakandi River and Ummanchira River, and

Palayad Palayad is a census town in Thalassery Taluk in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Palayad had a population of 16,462. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Palayad has a ...

town and

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. It is known for the 100-year-old Government Brennen College, Dharmadam Island, Government Boat Jetty and adjoins famous Muzhappilangad beach.

History

Dharmadom is a scenic coastal town that was earlier known as "Dharmapattanam". It was an active Buddhist area in ancient times.Arabs called it as Darmaftan. Dharmadom is also home to famous Andalurkavu temple. The annual festival here draws thousands of devotees. A variety of

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is performed at this event. India’s premier circus Academy, Circus Academy Thalassery is also located in Dharmadom. Dharmadom was selected as location for the prominent British Thalassery fort that was built in 1703 but landowners did not want to sell the land. According to ''

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'', a ''Masjid'' at

Dharmadam Dharmadom or Dharmadam is a census town, census village in Thalassery City in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India. This town is located in between Anjarakandi River and Ummanchira River, and Palayad town and Arabian Sea. It is known f ...

was built during the era of

Malik Dinar Malik Dinar (, Malayalam: മാലിക് ദീനാര്‍) (died 748 CE)Al-Hujwiri, "Kashf al-Mahjoob", 89 was a Muslim scholar and traveller. He was one of the first known Muslims to have come to India in order to teach Islam in the I ...

. The island of Dharmapattanam was claimed by all of the ''Kolattu Rajas'', ''Kottayam Rajas'', and '' Arakkal Bibi'' in the late medieval period. The island of Dharmadam was ceded to the

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in 1734, along with

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Dharmadam had a population of 30,804. Males constitute 45.4% of the population and females 54.6%. The average sex ratio was 1202 higher than state average of 1084. Dharmadam

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has an area of with 6,751 families residing in it. Dharmadom had an average literacy rate of 97.2%, higher than the state average of 94%: male literacy was 98.4% and, female literacy was 96.3%. In Dharmadam, 9.2% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Notable citizens

Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who has served as the List of chief ministers of Kerala, Chief Minister of Kerala since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), politburo ...

- Chief Minister of Kerala 2016 to present * M.N. Vijayan - critic, writer and orator * N Prabhakaran - writer * Valsalan Vathussery - writer * M.P. Kumarn - historian, translator * Dr. Ayyathan Gopalan - Renaissance leader and social reformer of Kerala, doctor, writer. * Dr. Ayyathan Janaki Ammal - first female doctor and surgeon of Kerala (Malabar), first Malayali lady doctor * Moorkoth Ramunni - First Malayali fighter pilot

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{{Malabar Cities and towns in Kannur district Villages near Thalassery

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