The Thirunellayi Village or Thiruvilla kadavu village

Village

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 of 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...

, 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....

 in South India

South India

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 is a small Brahmin village located in the banks of the river Kannadi puzha (Nila). It is 4 km from Palakkad town. The accessibility to this remote village is through buses and auto rickshaw

Auto rickshaw

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The village consists of about 150 houses one combined with another aligned on either sides of the public road. It is located near the thirunellayi river.

Demographics

The main religion is Hinduism

Hinduism

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, with majority of people from a single caste - Iyer

Festivals

The main festivals are an annual 'Rathotsavam' or chariot festival and 'Sasthapreeethi'. Rathotsavam is celebrated each year in Indian summer month of May or second week of Tamil month of Vaikasi. Sasthapreeethi is celebrated during the months of December and January. With the end of chariot festival in Thirunellai, the six month long festival season culminates in Palakkad agraharams which starts with the chariot festival in Kalpathy.

Famous Personalities

The village has been home to many famous personalities, but one among them who is world famous is T.N.Seshan. He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India. The village was also home to many scholars and Priests.

Satellite images

• Coordinates in google maps