Taliparamba (also known as Perinchelloor and Lakshmipuram) is a

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and

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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 Kerala state, India. The municipal town spreads over an area of and is inhabited by 44,247 number of people.

Etymology

The town's name may be derived from "Tali" (plate) and "Parambu" (area or ground), and from the legend of Rajarajeshwara Temple. According to this legend, the

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King Maandhatha offered great penance to

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who in return gifted him with a

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and instructed him to place it at a site where there had never been a cremation ground. He found a space the size of a plate in Perinchelloor, and hence the name Taliparamba became attached to the area. Lakshmipuram, a previous name for the city, means place of prosperity.

History

Taliparamba was one of the traditional establishments in ancient Kerala. It is located in erstwhile

Kolathunadu Kolattunādu () (Kola Swarupam, as Kingdom of Cannanore in foreign accounts, Chirakkal (Chericul) in later times) was one of the four most powerful kingdoms on the Malabar Coast during the arrival of the Portuguese Armadas in India, along w ...

, which was ruled over by the Mushika/Kolathiri/Chirakkal Royal Family. It was also once a part of the Mannanar dynasty. As per tradition, Taliparamba originated as the Perinchalloor Brahmin settlement. Of the 2,000 Brahmin families who settled here, only 45 remain today, In 1955 the Taliparamba panchayat was formed, with Balakrishna Menon as its first president. In 1975 the Pattuvam region was separated from the panchayat. In 1990 Taliparamba Municipality was formed by merging Anthoor and Taliparamba panchayats and then bifurcated Anthoor region from Taliparamba to create separate Anthoor Municipality in 2015.

Location

Taliparamba is located about north of the district headquarters of

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, and about away from the state capital of

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, north of

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, north of

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, south of

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and south west of Bangalore city.

Administration

Taliparamba is the headquarters of Taliparamba taluk, one of the five taluks constituting the district and one of the revenue divisions in Kerala.

Taliparamba Revenue Division

Kannur district is divided into two revenue divisions, Taliparamba Revenue Division in the north and Thalassery Revenue Division in the south, respectively. Taliparamba revenue division has jurisdiction over taluks of

Payyanur Payyanur (), is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. Payyanur is the first municipality in Kerala to establish libraries in all its wards. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Min ...

, Taliparamba and

. Taliparamba Assembly constituency is part of the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.

Taliparamba Municipality

Taliparamba Municipality is divided into 34 wards covering an area of , for which the elections are held every five years. Taliparamba Municipality has a total administration over 8,909 houses, to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within

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limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. The municipal secretary, a government appointee, is the administrative head of the municipality and its chief executive officer.

Geography

Taliparamba is located at . It has an average elevation of above sea level. The surrounding area (including the villages of Pattuvam, Pariyaram, Kuttiyeri, Karimbam, and Koonam) features lush green fields and low rolling hills. The Kuppam and Valapattanam rivers surround the town and the

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is only to the west of the city.

Education

In the 14th and 15th centuries, during the regime of the Kolathiri Rajas, Taliparamba was renowned in Kerala as a seat of learning, enlightenment, and culture. Today, the most prominent educational institutions include:

Colleges

* Pariyaram Medical College * Government College of Engineering, Kannur * National Institute of Fashion Technology Kannur * Sir Syed College (Taliparamba) * Taliparamba Arts and Science College * National College, Taliparamba * MM Knowledge Arts and Science College, Taliparamba * Keyi Sahib Training College, Taliparamba * Al Maquar Arabic college, Taliparamba * College of Applied Science, Pattuvam * Morazha Co-operative Arts & Science College * Aerosis College of Aviation and Management Studies, Karakkund

Schools

* Tagore Vidyaniketan, Taliparamba * Moothedath Higher Secondary School, Taliparamba * Sir Syed Higher Secondary School, Karimbam * Seethi Sahib Higher Secondary School * St. Paul's High School, Taliparamba * Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Taliparamba * Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Taliparamba * Yatheem Khana UP School, Manna * Trichambaram U.P.School * Akkiparamba UP School, Chiravakk * Shyam Prasad School, Taliparamba

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, Taliparamba

had population of 72,465 of which 33,779 are males while 38,685 are females with an area of . In 2015, Anthoor region was carved from Taliparamba Municipality and formed a separate

Anthoor Anthoor () is a municipality, in Taliparamba taluk of the Kannur district in Kerala, India. The municipality had a population of 28,218 in the 2011 Indian census. Anthoor is situated on the western bank of the Valapattanam River. Anthoor is ...

Municipality. After bifurcation, Taliparamba Municipality had a population of 44,247 which consists of 20,838 males and 23,409 females with an area of . The female sex ratio here is of 1187 against state average of 1084. The average population density is . Literacy rate of Taliparamba town is 96% higher than state average of 94.00%. In Taliparamba, male literacy is around 97.50% while female literacy rate is 93.06%.

Kinfra Textile Park

Kinfra Textile Park Taliparamba located in Nadukani near Taliparamba established in 2010 by Kinfra spread over 50.18 hectares is the hub of textile manufacturing activities in Kannur district. A textile dyeing and printing centre also is being facilitated in Nadukani Kinfra Apparel Park.

Politics

The political landscape of Taliparamba Assembly is dominated by the

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. The current MLA of Taliparamba is M.V. Govindan, the present state secretary of

who won by a margin of 22,689 votes in the

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. Taliparamba municipality has strong presence of IUML,

along with nominal presence of INC and BJP. Taliparamba municipality is currently ruled by UDF allied IUML.

Taliparamba Municipality Election 2020

Law and order

The municipality comes under jurisdiction of Taliparamba police station which was formed on 30 May 1931. This police station comprises within 8 villages, i.e. Taliparamba, Pattuvam,

, Morazha, Kooveri, Kuttiyeri, Panniyoor and Kurumathur. Taliparamba is also a headquarters of Taliparamba sub division under Kannur rural police district which is formed on 01.08.1986. It is situated 400m east of

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. The sub division has jurisdiction control over five police stations viz. Taliparamba, Alakode, Kudianmala, Sreekandapuram and Payyavoor.

Court Complexes in Taliparamba

* Judicial First Class Majistrate Court, Taliparamba * Munsiff Court, Taliparamba * Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Taliparamba

Transportation

The National Highway (

) passes through Taliparamba Town. Goa and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

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and

can be accessed on the southern side. National Highway 66 is given node for construction of 6 lane on different stretches of Kerala including Taliparamba-Muzhappilangad and Nileshwar-Taliparamba stretches. SH 36 connects Taliparamba town with Sreekandapuram, Irikkur,

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and

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and

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are accessible from

towards east. Taliparamba has several private and KSRTC buses plying places inside and outside the Kannur district. Taliparamba is well-connected to its suburbs through several bus services. Taliparamba town has two bus terminals - Taliparamba Municipal Bus Stand on NH-66 road and Kakkathodu Bus Stand on SH-36 road. The nearest railway stations are

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and

, which are situated , and respectively away from the town, on the Shoranur-Mangalore Section under Southern Railway. The nearest airport is at

, away. A road is being proposed to develop from Taliparamba to Kannur Airport which passes through Mayyil, Kololam, Chalode areas. Once it is materialised, distance from Kannur Airport to

, Kanhangad and other such places north of Taliparamba will be reduced and benefited.

and

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are the other Airports nearby.

Tourism

Vismaya is an amusement water theme park situated nearby Taliparamba. The bridges at Kuttiyeri and Kooveri, Vellikkeel Eco-Tourism Park, and the riverside temple at

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attract many tourists. Paithal Mala and Palakkayam Thattu Hill stations are other popular tourist spots nearby.

Gallery

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Religions

Taliparamba is home to a number of

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, churches, and

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s. Temples include the Rajarajeshwara Temple, Trichambaram Temple and Parassinikkadavu Temple. Taliparamba Juma Masjid and St. Mary's Church are other prominent religious centres in the town.

Rajarajeshwara Temple

Rajarajeshwara Temple is one of the 108 existing ancient Shiva Temples in Kerala. The temple is about 2 kilometres from Taliparamba town. Rajarajeswara Temple doesn't allow women to worship from inside the enclosure around the sanctum sanctorum during daytime. The temple even draws visitors from the neighboring states of

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and Tamil Nadu. Karnataka former Chief Minister Yeddyurappa visited here many times. Tamil Nadu former Chief Minister Jayalalitha shared special relation with the temple.

Trichambaram Temple

The Trichambaram Temple is about 3 kilometres south of Taliparamba. The famous two-week Trichambaram festival is celebrated every year at this temple. On the final day of the festival, the scene of Balarama bidding farewell to his brother Krishna is enacted.

Kanjirangad Vaidyanatha Temple

Kanjirangad Vaidyanadtha Temple is the third important temple in Taliparamba, dedicated to the worship of Shiva. The three temples are together overseen by the Malabar Devaswom Board.

Taliparamba Juma masjid

The Taliparamba Valiya Juma masjid is inside the city's market. The city's main burial ground is near the masjid. The mosque's architecture features traditional Vasthu elements, while the interior demonstrates regal as well as traditional themes. The main hall, used mostly for Friday sermons, is built of wood and features large load-bearing pillars.

St. Mary's Forane Pilgrim church

Since the early 1960s, Syrian Catholics from Northern Travancore began to settle at Taliparamba for various purpose like education, employment and mercantile. Then Trichambaram St Paul's Church and Pushpagiri CMI Church were there for their religious purposes. On 25 December 1990, St Mary's Parish took birth under the Archdiocese of Tellicherry and laid foundation stone on 15 August 2008. On 14 April 2012 the church was inaugurated and opened for the public under the presidency of former Bishop Mar George Valyamattam. On 17 March 2013, the church was declared as a forane church and a pilgrimage centre.

Pushpagiri church

The church at Pushpagiri hills is Catholic.

Mosques

The city's mosques include Taliparamba Juma masjid, Syed Nagar mosque, Shadulipalli Market Road mosque, Yatheem Khana masjid, and Rifai Juma masjid. File:Taliparamba Sivasundaram(Elephant).jpg, Taliparamba Shivasundaran File:Taliparamba-skyline.jpg, Skyview Taliparamba town

Karimbam farm

The District Agricultural Farm at Karimbam is a major research organization in Taliparamba. The farm was originally established in 1905 by Sir Charles Alfred Barber at the behest of the Madras Government, based on the recommendation of the Famine Commission of 1880 of the

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. Although the objective was to do research on pepper, the activities of the farm were further extended to agroclimatic experiments, hybridization and the production and distribution of

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s and

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s. Covering an area of 56 hectares, the farm has a rich biodiversity with a variety of indigenous and exotic

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s, such as

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, Rambutan, and

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. Kerala government has proposed to develop Karimbam farm to be a tourist spot in the state. File:Karimbam biodiversity centre2.jpg, Forest footpath File:Farm Office.jpg, Farm Office File:Itk centre.jpg, I.T.K.Center

Notable people

* Santhosh Keezhattoor (Film actor and producer) * Nikhila Vimal (Film actress) * Sreerag R. Nambiar (Writer- Uppum Mulakum) * Reshmi Boban (Film actress) * Sherry Govindan (Film director) * Athmiya Rajan (Film actress) * Rathish Ambat (Film director) * Raghavan (Film actor) * M. V. Govindan (Political leader) * Jishnu Raghavan (Film actor) * M. Rajan Taliparamba (Film producer)

References

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