MY KOZHIKODE(calicut) AND IMPORTANT PLACES AND TOURIST CENTRES AND TEMPLES

HISTORY OF KOZHIKODE:COASTAL TOWN RICH IN HISTORY AS 'LAND O3 SPICES'.FULL OF SCENIC VIEWS IN KOZHIKODE.KOZHIKODE GET ITS NAME B COZ ACCORDING TO SOME HISTORIANS THE NAME KOZHIKODE CAME DUE TO THE MEANING KOYIL(PALACE.)KODU(FORTIFIED*)KOZHIKODU ALSO KNOWN AS CALICUT.ONCE THE CITY IS FAMOUS FOR COTTON WEAVING.
IN 1498 VASCO DA GAMA THE PORTUGUSE SAILOR WHO DISCOVERD THE SEA ROUTE T6 INDIA . HE LANDED ON KAPPAD BEACH.KOZHIKODE IS A HIGHLY KNOWN FOR THE BAKERY PRODUCT (ALUVA).ALSO FAMOUS FOR BOAT BUILDINGYARD.ALSO GOOD IN KARALIPYATTU KERALAS MARTIAL ART.THE FAMOUS ACTOR PAPPU BORN IN CALICUT


ANANTHAPURA LAKE TEMPLE:IT IS THE ONLY LAKE TEMPLE IN KERALA AND THE MOOLASTHANAM OF SRI PADMANABHA SWAMI TEMPLE,THIRUVANATHAPURAM.LOCAL BELIEF OF THIS TEMPLE IS THAT THE ANADAPADNANABHA HAD ORGINALLY SETTELED DOWN HERE.THIS FAMOUS TEMPLE IS SITUATE IN KASARGOD DISTRICT WHICH IS ONLY AN 2 HOUR DISTANCE FROM KOZHIKODE.

MANANCHIRA: IN THE HEART OF CALICUT CITY WHICH INCLUDE PARK ,POND, INDHIRA GANDHI SPORTS CENTRE .AND FULLY SURROUNDE D BY ROADS

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