Thirunellai (translit=Tirunellāyi) is a residential area in

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

district,

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

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. It is located on the banks of the Kannadi River and is about five kilometers from the district headquarters. It comes under the

Kannadi Kannadi is a gram panchayat in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India. The third Lulu Mall in Kerala, Lulu International Shopping Mall, Palakkad is located in Kannadi. It is a local government organisation that serves the villages of ...

Panchayath. It is about 4km from Kuzhalmannam. Thirunellayi is famous for its

Tamil Brahmin Tamil Brahmins are an ethnoreligious community of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins, predominantly living in Tamil Nadu, though they number significantly in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana in addition to other regions of India. The ...

agraharam An ''Agraharam'' (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāram) or ''Agrahara'' (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāra) was a grant of land and royal income from it, typically by a king or a noble family in India, for religious purposes, particularly to Brahmins to maint ...

(). Thirunellayi comprises wards 35 and 36 of

Municipality.

Gallery

Temple_Cars-Thirunellai.jpg, Temple Cars-Thirunellai Thirunellai ratholsavam.jpg, Thirunellai ratholsavam 2021 Brahmotsavam Thirunellai.jpg, Brahmotsavam Thirunellai 2021 Kumbhabhishekam_Thirunellai_2017.png, Kumbhabhishekam Thirunellai 2017

References

{{Reflist Suburbs of Palakkad Cities and towns in Palakkad district