Elavally

Elavally എളവള്ളി
village
Elavally Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°34′0″N 76°5′0″E / 10.56667°N 76.08333°E / 10.56667; 76.08333Coordinates: 10°34′0″N 76°5′0″E / 10.56667°N 76.08333°E / 10.56667; 76.08333
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Area
• Total	12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	11,665
• Density	970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	680511
Telephone code	04885 (North), 0487 (South)
Vehicle registration	KL-47
Nearest city	Chittaattukara at Elavally
Literacy	100%
Lok Sabha constituency	Thrissur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Manalur
Climate	hot, humid (Köppen)

Physical Structure

Elavally (എളവള്ളി in Malayalam) is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1] It is a vast and beautiful village in Chavakkad Taluk of Thrissur District of Kerala State in Southern India. It includes the places of:

Elavally North (പാറ), is lying in between Katavalloor on the north, Paraykkat on the east, Elavally South on the south and Chittaattukara on the west. It is occupied with an excellent Durga Temple, having self installed growing granite statue.

Cheluur (ചേലൂര്), is north eastern part of Paraykkat, is a hilly area. ചേലൂർക്കുന്ന്, alias चेलपुराचलः or the Cheluur hills is occupied with an excellent Ayyappa Temple.

Paraykkat (പറയ്ക്കാട്), is dominant with rice fields and hilly area.

Vaaka (വാക), is coming south to Cheluur and south-east to Paraykkat having rice fields and vegetative lands.

Elavally South (മമ്മായി), is surrounded by Peruvalloor, Elavally North, Vaka and Pandaarakkaat.

Pandarakad (പണ്ടാറക്കാട്), is surrounded with Elavally North, Thaamarappilli, Elavally South and Katavalloor

Thaamarappilli (താമരപ്പിള്ളി),

Poovathoor (പാങ്ങ്),

Kaakkasseri (കാക്കശ്ശേരി),

Chittaattukara (ചിറ്റാട്ടുകര),

Brahmakkulam (ബ്രഹ്മക്കുളം) and

Katavalloor (കടവല്ലൂര്).

It is surrounded with:

Kandanasseri (കണ്ടാണശ്ശേരി) on the North-West, North & North-East,

Annakara (അന്നകര) on the South-East,

Peruvalloor (പെരുവല്ലൂര്) on the South,

Mullasseri (മുല്ലശ്ശേരി) on the South-West and

Pavaratty (പാവറട്ടി) on the West.

Cultural Heritage

This village is famous with the great scholars, mathematicians, littérateurs, artists, architects and farmers in the past and present.

1. Damodara Bhatta better known as Kaakkasseri Bhattatiri, was born in Elavally village, and also was the chief rival of Uddanda at the court of Zamorin King Manavikrama, in the 15th century A.D.

2. Professor P. C. Vasudevan Elayath (വാസുദേവന്‍ എളയത്) was born in Elavally village on.15.06.1912. He was a prolific scholar in the Indian system of Nyaya e inpistemology, and was also a poet in Sanskrit. He acquired the Sastraratnam and Sahitya Siromani honours from Ramavarman the King‍‍ of Cochin. He learnt Kavyas from his father Vasudevan Elayath-Senior and the Nyaya Epistemology from Panditarajan Mantitta Sastrasarman, Panditarajan Achyuta Potuval and Sastraratnam Rama Varier etc. His works include: The Sabarisagitanjali, Krishnagiti Translation into Malyalam, Guruvayur Maahatmyam, et

3. Professor P.K. Koru (15.1.1890―16.01.1968), the 20th century Astronomer, Mathematician was from Chittaattukara of the Elavally village, who wrote a Malayalam commentary to Puthumana Somayaji's Karanapaddhati―a mathematical treatise in Sanskrit―which had printed in Malayalam script. As an independent political leader he represented Guruvayur Constituency to the Kerala Legislative Assembly between 1957-1959. Nakshatra Dipika, Malayalam Technical Lexicon, Jyotisha Balabodhini are his other major works. Also see the link:

http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m296.htm

http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF.%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86._%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81

4. Puthankulam Narayanan Achari was a 20th-century architect, artist, Indian President's Award Winner.

5. Elavally Sankaran Kutty Achari was a 20th-century architect.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Elavally had a population of 11665 with 5398 males and 6267 females.^[1]

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