Punnayurkulam

Punnayurkulam
Village
Coordinates: 10°40′0″N75°59′0″E / 10.66667°N 75.98333°E / 10.66667; 75.98333
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-46
Nearest city	Thrissur
Lok Sabha constituency	Thrissur
Website	www.punnayoorkulam.com

Grey Heron spotted at Punnayurkulam

Punnyurkulam is a village and gram panchayat in Thrissur district of Kerala, the southwestern state of India. ^{[1] [2]}

Location

The village is located 10 km north west to the world-famous temple town Guruvayur along the Guruvayur-Ponnani state highway.

History

Punnayurkuam is famous for its cultural heritage, the midi level scripts and literatures describes the region was part of the princely state of Valluvanad, the dynasty who ruled the region from AD 400 to AD 1300 until the Saamoothiri dynasty of erstwhile state of Kozhikode (anglicised Calicut) conquered Valluvanadu and annexed the state. The village is the birthplace to many award-winning writers Nalappat Narayana Menon, Nalappatt Balamani Amma and Kamala Das to name the few.

Temples like kadikkad shiva temple, punnayurkulam Bhagawati Temple, Parur Siva Temple and Govidapuram Krishna Temple are few cultural icons of the village.

Notable people

• The poet Kamala Surayya's major work Balyakala Smaranakal plots the village and its heritage.
• Punnayurkulam V Bappu was a voracious poet from Punnayurkulam, Kerala. Muthumaala and Shwasikkunna Shavangal are some of his notable works. Apart from poetry, other literary works were also published. His work Oru Persian Kadha, the translation of the famous Badarul Muneer Husnul Jamal of Moinkutti Vaidyar to Malayalam received the Kerala Sahithya Academy special award.

References

1. "How a Kerala village saved its 98 year-old government school and transformed it". Careers360. Pathfinder Publishing Pvt Ltd.... Read more at: https://news.careers360.com/kerala-school-thrissur-primary-government-right-to-education-act-rte-2009-government-parent-teacher-association. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2025.{{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
2. "Local Self Government Department | Thrissur - Punnayurkulam Grama Panchayat". lsgkerala.gov.in. State of Kerala. Retrieved 27 February 2025.