Kakkayur is a small village town between Koduvayur

Koduvayur

Koduvayur is a small town in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is roughly around 10 km south of Palakkad town. It comes under Chittur Taluk of Palakkad district...

, Pallavur

Pallavur

Pallavur is situated in Pallassena Panchayat, Chittur Taluk, Palakkad district of Kerala. It is 20 km away from Palakkad town, on the way to Nemmara. This place is famous for its Siva Temple and the traditional keralite percussion maestros, late Pallavur Trio, who were synonymous with the...

 and Kunisseri in Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad , formerly known as Palghat, is a municipality and a town in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km2.The city is situated about north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the administrative headquarters of Palakkad District...

 district of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 state, south India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

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Kakkayur is on the Palakkad Nemmara route about 13 km from Palakkad town. It is part of Koduvayur Grama Panchayat. There is an Upper Primary School run by private management. A village office and a health centre (India Population Project) are the signs of government presence in the village. Two major temples in Kakkayur are Shiva Temple and Temple of Lord Ayyappa which is situated on a hill.Kakkayur is a land of ponds.