Puthucode

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Puthucode is a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is a panchayat under Alathur Taluk in Palakkad district. It is home to an old Bhagavathy Temple - around 400 years old called Shree Annapoorneswari Temple, which is located in the centre of four streets: South, East, North, and West. Each street is referred to as a village. At the end of North Village, there is a Shiva temple and a water tank. Next to the Shiva temple, a mandapam called Shiva Mahal has been built. Shiva Mahal includes an elementary school, a high school, a Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan branch centre, and an Ayurvedic Hospital. Despite a historically large Brahmin population, Puthucode is also home to a newly built mosque at Karapethai.

The celebrations during the traditional Nercha(PUTHIRIPPADAM NERCHA AND THERUVU NERCHA ARE FAMOUS) season are popular, and Puthucode is also well known for its Navaratri celebrations ^[1]. Puthucode Kovil Pulimkari or Pulungari, a variant of sambar, is typically made at temples during the Navaratri festival. It uses a combination of four vegetables: white pumpkin (elavan/safed bhopla), yellow pumpkin (maththan/laal bhopla), raw bananas (vazhakkya/kachcha kela), and elephant foot yam (chenai/suran).

A landmark at Puthucode is Sarvajan High School. It was built, around 100 years ago, in front of West Nada of Sri Annapoorneswari Temple. The main feature of this school is that two famous temples are located on either side (front and back sides) of the school. The school has a great playground for use by the students and people of Puthucode.

Among Puthucode's well known residents are the late Shri Puthucode Krishnamurthy, a Carnatic musician, and Justice P R Sundaram Iyer of South Village. Shri P C Sriram, a well-known cinematographer in Indian Cinema, is the grandson of Justice P R Sundaram Iyer. Justice Sundaram Iyer started Sanskrit College ^[2].

The Governor of Madras Major General Sir Thomas Monroe (British East India Company) Died in Puthucode.

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