Payyanur

 

Payyanur is a Municipal Town situated at the northern end of Kannur district in North Malabar region of Kerala, India. This Municipality consists of three administrative villages viz. Vellur, Korom and Payyannur. Other villages are; Annur and Kokkanissery.he place derives its name from the renowned Sri Subrahmanya Swami Temple located here. Payyan is an appellation of Lord Subrahmanya and ooru means "the place". Thus Payyanur means the land of Lord Subrahmanya. Payyanur is also well known for Pavithra Mothiram,   Astrology, art forms like Theyyam and Poorakkali, and historical movements like that held at Korom.Payyannur assembly constituency is part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

Payyannur, the name derived from payyan[Subrahmanyan] and uru[land]meaning the land of Lord Subrahmanya. It is so called because here situated the famous temple of Lord Subrahmanya.This include in the three famous temples of Subrahmanya in the Kannur district. The other two are the Peralasseri temple and the Makreri temple.
Here lived several social workers Peeranki Nambeesan,M.K.Raghavan, T.Govindan,Artist Ganesh, Kunhimangalam Narayanan master, famous architect etc.Kandoth in Payyannur is famous for pottery. Theru attained fame by the manufacture of ghadi.

Payyanur is a beautiful piece of land situated on the northern side of the famous Ezhimala Hills in Payyanur in the Kannur district of Kerala state. For more information on payyanur please visit www.payyanur.com. Payyanur famous for Pavithramothiram, Khadi, Subrahmanya temple, Theyyam etc.
payyanur is so important for the famous weavers street from this street .Please add payyanur college also.
Ramanthali Sree Muchilot Bagavathi Temple
Ramanthali [near Payyanur]also came into the fore in 2008 January as a result of the Muchilot Bagavathi Perumkaliyattam.Varachuvaykkal and Kalavaraniraykkal are already over. Muchilot Bagavathi is one of the most popular deity worshipped in North Kerala. There is a practice for suppling food to thousands of devotees in connection with the Muchilot Bagavathi. Another work 'Muchilot Bagavathi' narrates the origin and establishment of Muchilot Kavu in different parts of Kannur and Kasaragod District. Highly decorative figure of Muchilot Bagavathi attracts the minds of devotees and the men of esthetic sense. In Cherukunnu and Kannapuram yearly Muchilot Bagavathi Theyyam performed. But in several other Kavus [worshipping place] Muchilot Bagavathi Theyyam performing in a gap of 12 to several years like one at Kayyur[near Nileshwar] in Jan 2008 after a term of 47 years. Perumkaliyattam at Muyyam near Taliparamba was a great experience to the devotees in the month of December 2007.