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Kottakkal (Center of Ayurveda)
12 km south-west of Malappuram and 168 km from Kochi, site of the famed Kottakal Arya
Vaidyasala, pioneering centre for Ayurveda, Kerala's traditional system of health and medicine. Founded in 1902 by Vaidyaratnam P.S.
Warrier. This institution has a research centre, a nursing home, and a hospital. It has branches all over the state as well as in Delhi and Madras. This centre offers treatment for various ailments and attracts a large number of patients.
Tirur
Birthplace of Thunchath Ezhuthachan of the 16 A.D, who is honoured as the father of Malayalam language is in Tirur, now called as Thunjan Parambu, as a memorial of this great poet, is built here. A weeklong literary fair is organised here in the last week of Dec. It is in this hallowed ground where hundreds of children are initiated into the wonders of writing, when they first trace the letters of the Malayalam alphabet in sand, taken from that revered spot, which was Ezhuthachan's home.
Kottappadi (Fort gate)
At the floor of the cantonment Hill, is the maiden, called Kottappadi, which means 'fort gate'. Though today there are only traces of the old fort, built by the British to protect Malappuram from the occupation of Malabar by
Mysore.
Nilambur (Forest area)
This is the original home of the Cholainaickans, the oldest aboriginal tribe of Kerala. The extensively forested land is well known for Canoli's Plot. It is named after H.V.Conolly, the then Malabar District Collector. The oldest teak tree in the plot is a rare attraction. On the Nilambur-Gudallur Road are the world's first teak museum and a sub-centre of the Kerala Forest Research Institute.
Biyyan Kayal (Waterway)
Located close to Ponnani, this placid, green-fringed waterway has different types of water sports facility, and attracts a lot of people here.
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