Arangottukara
| Arangottukara (Ezhumangad) | |
|---|---|
| town | |
| Coordinates: 10°45′14″N 76°12′29″E / 10.754°N 76.208°ECoordinates: 10°45′14″N 76°12′29″E / 10.754°N 76.208°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | |
| Talukas | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 680593 |
| Telephone code | 04884 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-08,KL-48,KL-52 |
| Nearest city | Shoranur, Pattambi, Wadakkancherry |
Arangottukara is a small town in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India on the border between palghat and thrissur districts. India.
But in reality Arangotukara is a twin village consisting of two portions. One portion is known as Arangotukara (also as Arangode and Kizhakkum muri) which is in Thrissur District and the other portion is known as Ezhumangad (also as Padinhjattum muri). The infrastructures are divided between the two portions. These two portions are divided by a sub road running from a hill with the Desamangalam Rubber Estate in the North to the end of Arangotukara in the South. Right side of the road that is the East side, is Arangotukara and the left side is Ezhumangad. The main road of the area is a State Road connecting Shornoor (a railway junction of Southern Railway of the Indian Railways), Ottapalam (Thaluk headquarters), Palakkad town (District headquarters) and Thrissur (headquarters of District) on the East to Kunnamkulam and Guruvayur on the West.
The Ezhumangad portion is under the Thirumittakode Panchayath, Ottapalam Thaluk under Palakkad District of Kerala State in India.
The village has an Aided Upper Primary School of the village. This school is about 90 years old, founded by A R Krishna Iyer of Chakkali Madam.
The Ezhumangad portion is having the main shopping center of the twin villages. Ezhumangad (Padinhgattumuri) is having the Ezhumangad Mahadeva Kshethra (temple) and the Mullakkal Durga Devi temple. The Mahadeva temple is one of the oldest temples in the area. Sivarathri (night of Lord Siva) is the main festival of this temple. The Mullakkal temple is having the annual festival of 'Thalappoli' (a procession of ladies with traditional dresses carrying a plate with a lighted oil lamp with the accompaniment of Panchavadyam (an orchestra producing rhythmic sound) and Thayampaka (a long drum played to produce rhythmic sound), an Oracle (Velichappadu - a male with long hair dressed with auspicious red color dress carrying a sword in right hand and chilambu - a brass hollow oval shaped ring with small balls inside which makes sounds when the balls move), and the population of the village. The procession will follow the decorated (caparisoned) elephants numbering about 15 to 30 depending on the availability. This procession starts from the main temple of the village in the Arangotukara portion known as Karthyayani Devi Temple to the Mullakkal Devi Temple. This portion of the village is having a library established in the year 1943 known as the Vidya Poshini (enhancing knowledge) Public Library with a reading room. This library got the award of the best library of the Palakkad District recently.
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