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  • Peruvannamuzhi Hill Station

    Located at a distance of 60 kms from Kozhikode, the Peruvannamuzhi Dam site set amid hills is a beautiful picnic spot. The reservoir here provides facilities for speedboat and rowboat cruises.

    The region offers immense scope for picnicking. The Peruvannamuzhi dam site set amid hills is a beautiful picnic spot.

    The reservoir here provides facilities for speedboat and rowboat cruises during which one see the 'Smaraka Thottam', a garden built in the memory of the freedom fighters of the region.

    Uninhabited islands, a bird sanctuary and a crocodile farm add to the charm of the place.

    General Information - Peruvannamuzhi

    Location
    60 km from Kozhikode, Kerala.

    Main Attraction
    Bird Sanctuary, Crocodile Farm.

    Languages
    Malayalam, Hindi, English.

    Prime Attractions of Peruvannamuzhi

    Pookot Lake
    With its own dream-like serenity, this natural fresh water lake surrounded by meadows and trees on all sides is a haven for peace-loving travellers.

    It is located half way from Calicut half an hour ahead of Kalpetta.

    Thali Temple
    Thali temple, located downtown is an important temple of the erstwhile Zamorin Kingdom of Kozhikode. The temple is famous for the 'Revathi Pattathanam', an annual competition of pedagogic skills.

    Suggested Kerala Dances
    Kerala Theyyam Dance
     

    Also known as Kaaliyattam, it is a ritual dance popular in North Kerala or the ertwhile Kolathunadu. Theyyam incorporates dance, mime and music.It enshrines rudiments of ancient tribal cultures, which attached great importance to the worship of heroes and ancestral spirits.

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    Kerala Thullal Dance
     

    Staged during temple festivals, the performer explicates the verses through expressive gestures. Themes are based on mythological stories. Thullal was introduced in the 18th century by the famous poet, Kunchan Nambiar.

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    Kathakali Dance of Kerala  
     

    Kerala owes its transnational fame to the nearly 300-year-old classical dance form of Kathakali, which combines

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    Kerala Kummattikali Dance  
     

    The dancers, in painted wooden masks and sporting springs of leaves and grass, go dancing from house to house.

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    Kerala Fair & Festivals
    Anandapalli Maramadi Festival  
     

    Anandapalli, a tiny village near Adoor in Pathanamthitta district is famous for its annual Maramadi festival, an ox race carnival, commonly held in the villages of Kerala during the harvest season (August- September).

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    Arattupuzha Pooram Festival  
     

    The final pooram is conducted with sixty one caparisoned elephants bearing bright coloured umbrellas and parasols, presenting an unparalleled spectacle. The temple ensemble lends a majestic tenor to the extravaganza.

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    Flavour Food Festival  
     

    Flavour, the exotic food festival provides a rare opportunity to the gourmets to taste the traditional, authentic Cuisine of Kerala and India.

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    Jewish Festival Kerala  
     

    The Jews of Kerala are believed to have migrated to this place in the first century following the destruction of the second temple of Jerusalem in 72 AD.

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