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Kozhikode Travel Guide
Calicut is the anglicised form of Kalikut. The Arabic for the Malayalam , Kozhikode.
It is also called the Cock Fort. According to the historian, K.V Krishnan Iyer,
the term means koyil (Palace) Kodu (Fortified). Anyhow, it is a historical town
with a hoary past. From time immemorial, the city attracted travellers, with its
charming physical features and prosperity. Even today , the glory that was Calicut
has not faded. The political history of Kozhikode is a story of treacherous and
ill conceived conspiracies hatched by the Western powers. Vasco De Gama landed
at Kappad in May 1498, as the leaders of a trade mission from Portugal and was
received by the Zamorin himself.
 The
history of Kozhikode district as an administrative unit begins from January 1957.
When the states of the Indian Union were reorganised on linguistic basis on 1st
November, 1956, the erstwhile Malabar district was separated from Madras state
(Tamil Nadu) and added to the new unilingual state of Kerala. But malabar district
was found to be too uniwieldy for administrative purposes. Consequently the state
government ordered the formation of three districts with certain changes in the
boundaries of some of the taluks. The Kozhikode district thus came into existence
on 1st Jnauary 1957,orginally consisting of five taluks, Viz, Vadakara, Koyilandy,
Kozhikode, Ernad & Tirur. With the formation of malapuram district on 1st
june 1969 & Wayandu on 1st November 1980, kozhikode district now consist of
one revenue division , three taluks, twelve blocks, 77 panchayats and 117 villages.
PLACES OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND KOZHIKODE
» S.M
Street
Sweat Meat Street, popularly known as SM street with its cross
raods , is the busiest shopping spot of kozhikode . The name derived so as a result
of the presence of numerous sweet meat stalls. Old bakery shops here known for
the famous Kozhikodan Halwa and Banana Chips.
» Beypore
Beypore town is about 9.65 Kms from Kozhikode at the mouth of the Beypore River.
The Place was formerly known as Vaypura and Vadaparappanad. Tippu Sultan named
the town "Sultan Pattanam" .It is one of the imporatant ports of Kerala
and naturally an important trading centre.It is famous for it's boat buliding
yard where mammoth country crafts known as "Urus" are being bulit.It
is a major fishing harbour of kerala. there are two man made extensions to the
sea to facilitate easy acces for fishing boats. This is an ideal place for outing.
» Vadakara
This ancient place is now the headquarters
of the taluk as well as of the municiplaity of that name. There is ruined fort
in the town.  vadakara
was the scene of many exploits of Tacholi Othenan, the hero of htee ballads of
north malabar (Vadakkan Pattukal) Five kms south east of Vadakar in Memunda amsom,
is the Lokanarkavu which hass three rock-cut caves in its vicinity. Annual ceremonies
are conducted in memory of "Othenan" whose bith place is Manikoth near
Meppayil. Vadakara is also called becasues of its location just north ( Vadakku)
of kotta river. the Orkattery cattle fair is held between fabruary at Orkattery
6.45 kms from vadakara.
» KrishnaMenon Museum
Situated adjacent to the Pazhassi Raja Museum, the art gallery houses painting
of Raja Ravi Varma among the other collections.. The museum has a section dedicated
to VKKrishamaenon. The personal belongings and souvenirs gifted by this world
leader are exhibited here.
» Feroke
Feroke is
the cradle of the tile industry in Kerala. The rapid rivers from the Western Ghats
after passing through forest carry the clay which is the raw-material for tiles,
pottery and ceramic wares. There are more than a dozen tile factories in Feroke
alone
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