Sulthan Bathery

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Sulthan Bathery (formerly called Ganapathivattom) is a small town in Wayanad district of Kerala, India. It derives its present name from Tippu Sultan of Mysore who captured the jain temple here and used it as his battery here in the 18th century, hence the name Sulthan's Battery.

The town has seen exponential growth since the 1980's. Prominent institutions are St. Mary's College, St. Josephs English Medium School, and Sarvajana High school. The town has quite a few pepper traders.

The town is 24 kilometers from the district headquarters Kalpetta and 98 km from Kozhikode town.It is also 115 kilometers from Mysore and about 100 kilometers from Ooty(Udagamandalam).It has become a very popular tourist centre.

The people primarly depend on agriculture for living.Local tribes,called adivasi's also contribute a major part of the population.

Sulthan Bathery is few hundred metres above the sea level.One could find beautiful folded hills across the horizon.The climate is pleasant throughout the year.

[edit] Places of interest

Jain temple: This temple has some interesting stone carvings.

Ambukuthi mala: 12 km from Sulthan Bathery, three caves are located at a height of 1000 m on Ambukuthi mala near Ambalavayal. From Edakkal you have to do 1 km trekking to reach these caves. One can see the new stone age pictorial writings on the walls of these natural caves.