Engandiyoor
Engandiyur is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India. This village shares borders with Orumanuyur Panchayath on the north side and Vadanapilly Panchayath on the south side. On the west side is the Arabian Sea and to the east, Canoli Canal.
Engandiyur is another village much dependent on Persian gulf countries for income. The famous Aayiram Kanni temple is located in this panchayat, and there are also ten schools there; National Higher Secondary School, St. Thomas High School, Thriumangalm U P School, St. Thomas LP School, Paul Chitalapilly Memorial English Medium School, Thirunaarayana UP School, Technical Higher Secondary School, and Chettuva and Sree Narayana UP School, SARASWATHY VIDYA NIKETHAN CENTRAL SCHOOL.
This Village is well known by its vast literal and cultural features. Many personalities including
- Ramu Kariat,[1] famous film director, who was noted for National Award winning movie Chemmeen
- Velayudhan Panikkassery, Famous Historian/writer
- Engandiyur Chandrasekharan, Leading lyricist and poet in new era of Malayalam film industry
In this panchayat there are more than 22 sports clubs, such as Star Line Engandiyur , G.S.S., VASC Kollys Point, Ambili Club, SHOOTERS Arts & Sports club, ABS, Udayam Arts & Sports, Deshabhimani, Youngsters, BCC, Mahaji Engandiyur, SANDOZ, Untiy, FAC, Jaya Bharath, Red bulls Kalakendra, MANAPPAD KALASAMITHY, THUSHARA, LIBERTY ARTS AND SPORTS CLUB POLAKAN, STARWIN, NASC, BLS etc. -which are nourishing the arts and sports department of this village.
Engandiyur is well developed in Education, Literacy, Health, employment and Shelter- Engandiyur won the Swaraj Trophy award [2] for Best Panchayat in Thrissur district consecutively past two years (2012-2013 & 2013-2014) .