Oottara is a small locality in

Vadavannur Vadavannur is a village and grama panchayat near to Kollengode Town in the Palakkad District of Kerala, India. Demographics At the 2001 India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically ac ...

Panchayat near Kollengode Town in Palakkad District of Kerala State in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. The Kollengode Railway station is located at Oottara. It is situated on the Kollengode Palakkad route. It lies on Palakkad-Kollengode road and connecting point for road to Malayampallam, Muthalamada and onward to

Pollachi Pollachi is a town and municipality in Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Pollachi taluk. It is situated near the center of the South Indian Peninsula, surrounded by Western Gha ...

Transport

The new broad gauge railway line from Palakkad to Rameswaram passes through Oottara, helping the commuters in this region to access Pollachi, Pazhani Murugan Temple, Palakkad Town, Udumalpet, Dindugal, Madurai and Rameswaram. There is a bridge over the river that carries the railway.

Religion

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Lord Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva is known as ''The Destroyer' ...

, the Oottara Chidambaranatha Temple.

References

Villages in Palakkad district {{Palakkad-geo-stub