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Vellinezhi is a small but culturally crucial village located in Palakkad district of Kerala in southern India.
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  • 1. Olappamanna Mana Vellinezhi
    Olappamanna was a famous poet of Kerala, India. He was born on 10 January 1923 in Vellinezhi in Palakkad district into Olappamanna mana, a wealthy family with a feudal past known for its patronage of artists and musicians. After his college education, he was engaged in the timber and rubber business and was associated with Yogakshema Sabha and Purogamana Sahithya Samkhadana for some time. During the period 1950-1964, he was the president of the Ezhakkad and Kotteppadam panchayaths of Palakkad district.He was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967 for the collection of Kathakavithakal and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for Nizhalana. The other awards include the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Lifetime Contribution , Odakkuzhal Award and N. V. Puraskaram. He has also held t...
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  • 4. Kanjirapuzha Dam Mannarkkad
    The Kanjirapuzha Dam, a masonry earth dam built for providing irrigation to a Cultural Command Area of 9,713 hectares , is located in the Palakkad district in the Indian state of Kerala. The reservoir, which has three islands within it, also has an established commercial fisheries development programme operated by the Fisheries Department.Construction of the dam, including the irrigation system, was started in 1961 at an initial cost of Rs. 3.65 crores which was revised to Rs. 101.19 crores . The irrigation command was partially developed in 1980 with a total CCA of 8,465 hectares . To complete the irrigation development in the entire command a new scheme titled Extension, Renovation and Modernisation Irrigation Project under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme initiated by the Pr...
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  • 5. Silent Valley National Park Kerala
    Silent Valley National Park , is a national park with a core zone of 237.52 square kilometres . This national park has some rare species of flora and fauna. It is located in the Nilgiri hills, within Mannarkkad of palakkad District of Kerala, South India. This region was explored in 1847 by the botanist Robert Wight, This park is one of the last undisturbed tracts of South Western Ghats mountain rain forests and tropical moist evergreen forest in India. Contiguous with the proposed Karimpuzha National Park to the north and Mukurthi National Park to the north-east, it is the core of the Nilgiri International Biosphere Reserve , and is part of The Nilgiri Sub-Cluster , Western Ghats World Heritage Site, recognised by UNESCO in 2007.Plans for a hydroelectric project that threatened the park's...
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  • 6. Ashtamudi Lake Kerala
    Ashtamudi Lake , in the Kollam District of the Indian state of Kerala, is the most visited backwater and lake in the state. It possesses a unique wetland ecosystem and a large palm-shaped water body, second only in size to the Vembanad estuary ecosystem of the state. Ashtamudi means 'eight braids' in the local Malayalam language. The name is indicative of the lake's topography with its multiple branches. The lake is also called the gateway to the backwaters of Kerala and is well known for its houseboat and backwater resorts. Ashtamudi Wetland was included in the list of wetlands of international importance, as defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. Along both banks of the lake and its backwater canals, coconut groves and palm trees in...
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  • 7. Phantom Rock Kerala
    Phantom Rock is one of the tourist destination close to Wayand resort in Ambalavayal in the Wayanad district of Kerala. It is an archaeological structure found seen rarely in the world. This rock is naturally resembles a skull, and thus it is known as Phantom Rock. This structure is situated 17 km from Kalpetta and can be reached by trekking only. It stands at the height of 2600 feet above sea level. It is near to Cheengeri Mala. Edakkal Caves is also nearby.
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