Puducode

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Puthucode
Puthucode, Puthukkode, Puducode
village
Puthucode
Paddy field in Puthucode, Kerala, India.jpg
Pddy field in the village
Coordinates: 10°39′35″N76°14′58″E / 10.65972°N 76.24944°E / 10.65972; 76.24944
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Palakkad
Government
  TypePanchayat
  BodyPuthucode Grama Panchayath
Population
 (2001)
  Total20,673
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English, Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
678-687
Telephone code04922
Vehicle registration KL-9 or KL-49
Lok Sabha Alathur
Legislative Tarur
Civic agencyPuthucode Grama Panchayath
Website www.puthucode.com
River in Puducode village River in Puthucode.jpg
River in Puducode village

Puthucode (also spelled Puducode and Puthukkode) is a village and gram panchayat in Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, India. [1] It is situated in Alathur taluk, around 12 km from Alathur and 4 km from Vadakkancherry, on the western bank of Mangalam River, a sub-tributary of Bharathapuzha.

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Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Puducode had a population of 21,773 with 10,582 males and 11,151 females. [2]

Culture

The Sri Annapoorneswari temple is a Bhagavathy place of worship located at the junction of four streets: South, East, North, and West of Puducode agraharam. Each street is referred to as a village. The temple is believed to be one of the 108 Durga temples established by Parasurama.[ citation needed ]

At the end of North Village, there is a Shiva temple and a water tank. Legend goes that the temple was so rich earlier that all the vessels and articles used in the temple were made of gold. There has also been a tradition of the chanting of Shyamala Dandakam every evening at this temple.[ citation needed ]

Next to the Shiva temple, a mandapam called Shiva Mahal has been built. Shiva Mahal includes an elementary school, a high school, a Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan branch centre, and an Ayurvedic Hospital. Despite a historically large Brahmin population, Puthucode is also home to a newly built mosque at Karapotta.[ citation needed ]

Historically the largest Muslim community Rowthers population is also in Puthucode. Maralad Theru, Cheenikka theru, Panangad theru, Palli theru, Thekku theru, Meley theru, Puthu theru are the better known among them.[ citation needed ] They use Malayalam and Tamil as their common language.

The main festival celebrated in Puthucode is the Navarathri Festival which spans 10 days and 9 nights. During the celebration all houses in the village are decorated with Bomma Kolu and each village is given a special day to perform their celebrations inside the Bhagavathi Temple. On the specific day, the organizers from the village arrange for elephants, Panchavadyam, Melam etc and take the Bhagavathi's idol on the elephant to their village. All the 10 days, lunch is served to devotees at the temple free of cost. On average nearly 2000 people have lunch everyday.

Education

Sarvajan High School is based in the village. It was built around 70 years ago in front of the West Nada (Door/Entrance) of the Sri Annapoorneswari temple and is itself fronted by another temple.[ citation needed ] Initially it was started only for girls education as the years passed by, the school expanded and started preparing pupils from the Nursery class up to X Standard.

Notable people

Among Puducode's well-known residents have been Puthucode Krishnamurthy, the Carnatic musician, and P. R. Sundaram Iyer, whose grandson is P. C. Sreeram, a cinematographer in Indian cinema. Sundaram Iyer founded the Sanskrit College in the village. [3]

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References

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  2. "Population Finder | Government of India". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. "Centre of learning". The Hindu. 19 August 2005. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)