Vattamkulam

Vattamkulam
town
Vattamkulam
Vattamkulam

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 10°47′0″N 76°1′30″E / 10.78333°N 76.02500°E / 10.78333; 76.02500Coordinates: 10°47′0″N 76°1′30″E / 10.78333°N 76.02500°E / 10.78333; 76.02500
Country  India
State Kerala
District Malappuram
Languages
 • Official Malayalam, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 679578
Telephone code 0494
Vehicle registration KL-10,KL-54
Nearest city Edappal
Lok Sabha constituency Ponnani

Vattamkulam is a village in Malappuram district of Kerala state, India. "Vattamkulam" literally means "Round Pond".

Vattamkulam is located near Edappal. A village in the fertile valley of the Bharatapuzha River, also known as the Nila River.

History

It was a sleepy farming village until the 1970s, but during the Gulf Fever in Kerala it sent most of its able bodied men to the Gulf countries, and now almost every family has one or more men earning in the Gulf.

Places of interest

Some interesting places in Vattamkulam panchayath are,

The beautiful beach at Ponnani is situated about 12 km away from Vattamkulam.

Vattamkulam is now a model village for cleanliness

PUNCH nagar

PunchNagar is a place Near Vattamkulam punchayath. PunchNagar is the home of the Challengers United, the young arts and sports club. PunchNagar doesn't have great graphics.Here the main attraction is the unity and integrity of people. The Vattamkulam Panchayat is located in PuchNagar and it is believed to be the reason behind the name 'PunchNagar'..

Commercial

Recently formed factory "Nellara" is a food processing firm at Vattamkulam which exports to Gulf countries.

In 2006, IHRD established a science college known as College of Applied Science. It provides B.Sc degrees in Electronics and Computer Science. It is situated at Edappal, 2 km away from Vattamkulam.

A Ham Radio Station operates from Vattamkulam to serve any Emergency Communication services.

Edapal Hospitals Pvt Ltd is also located in this panchayath which is famous in all over India for infertility treatment.

Iqsoft Software Consultants is an IT services provider at Vattamkulam situated opposite the Vattamkulam Grama Panchayath office.

Roasters Foods Industry was established in 2002 which manufactures Kerala ethnic foods like banana chips, tapioca chips, jack fruit chips, mixtures etc.This industry situated in Pottur, near Edappal exports processed foods to Middle East. Potturkavu Ayyappa temple celebrates Pooram on Makaram 10

Festivals and religion

Kulamkara pooram is a famous festival here which attracts people from all over the world. In 2009 December there were people from as far away as Germany. Aircraft (Helicopter) ride was started in the festival since 2012 . Traders from remote areas of the country will be present for small-scale trading.

Very near to Potturkavu, Eringikkal pattu mahotsavam celebrates during Malayalam month Meenam. Bhagawati Pattu.

Kundurummal Masjid is a few centuries old and has tombstones dating back to the British Raj. It has a Madrasa with dozens of students from all over Kerala.

Landscape and Agriculture

'Vattamkulam' Panchayath is blessed with so much of natural beauty because of its varied natural greenish forest lands and agricultural fields. The main agriculture area of the people is with rice(paddy) production and the commercial crops like arecanut, pepper, banana etc. There are so many agricultural communities also in this 'Vattamkulam' panchayath and majority of them are initiated by local governing bodies itself. In the previous years this panchayath witnessed a tremendous growth in the agricultural production.

Vattamkulam Panchayath is blessed with a number of hills and mountains.A large number of local visitors are coming to the various hill tops for sightseeing and all. By that way Vattamkulam has a great scope awaiting in future in the form of tourism.

But now the situation is dangerously changing now. A number of hills are on the verge of extinction as because of the greed mind of people for money. They are converting each bit of cultivating land especially the paddy fields into bare lands into the hands of Land Mafia. Now if the situation is going to persist like this, the beautiful Vattamkulam area will take no time to change into a place of bare land.

Important Landmarks

Culture

Vattamkulam village is a predominantly Muslim populated area. Hindus exist in comparatively smaller numbers. So the culture of the locality is based upon Muslim traditions. Duff Muttu, Kolkali and Aravanamuttu are common folk arts of this locality. There are many libraries attached to mosques giving a rich source of Islamic studies. Most of the books are written in Arabi-Malayalam which is a version of the Malayalam language written in Arabic script. People gather in mosques for the evening prayer and continue to sit there after the prayers discussing social and cultural issues. Business and family issues are also sorted out during these evening meetings. The Hindu minority of this area keeps their rich traditions by celebrating various festivals in their temples. Hindu rituals are done here with a regular devotion like other parts of Kerala.[1]

Transportation

Vattamkulam village connects to other parts of India through Kuttippuram town. National highway No.66 passes through Edappal and the northern stretch connects to Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. National Highway No.966 connects to Palakkad and Coimbatore. The nearest airport is at Kozhikode. The nearest major railway station is at Kuttippuram.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.malappuram.net/art-and-culture.htm
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