Mannarkkad
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Mannarkkad മണ്ണാ൪ക്കാട് Mannarghat |
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| Nickname(s): Gateway to silent valley | |
 Mannarkkad
 Mannarkkad
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| Coordinates: 10°59′N 76°28′E / 10.98°N 76.47°ECoordinates: 10°59′N 76°28′E / 10.98°N 76.47°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 24 |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 44,000 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Mannarkkadans |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Telephone code | + 91 (0) 4924 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-50 |
Mannarkkad, formerly known as Mannarghat, is the fastest growing municipal town in Palakkad district of Kerala State, South IndiaNew vehicle register 17 1 2017
Mannarkkad is a commercial hub and also the base camp for many tourist destinations like Attappady,silent valley,Siruvani etc It is the headquarters of Mannarkkad Taluk,Mannarkkad educational district,Divisional forest head quarters and is one of the largest revenue Taluks in Kerala. Mannarkkad city is entirely different from other cities in kerala its lies between two rivers and ghat road can be seen inside the city.Mannarkkad experienced the British and tippu sultan invasion.
The old British iron bridge is the great example for British invasion and the Tippu sultan road is for the memory of tippu's invasion. This place was originally part of the Valluvanad Swaroopam dynasty. Reference may be given to the Chronological History of Malabar of C. Radhakrishnan wherein he has described the involvement and importance of Mannarghat Muppil Nair @ Kunnathatt Madambil Nair who possessed the Attappady Hills and managed Udarkunnu Bhagavathi Temple situate in Arakurssi Village (Now Mannarkkad I village in revenue records) Valluvanad was an erstwhile late medieval feudal state in present state of Kerala in South India extending from the Bharathapuzha River in the south to the Pandalur Mala in the north during their zenith in the early Middle Ages. On the west, it was bounded by the Arabian Sea at the port Ponnani and on the east by Attappadi Hills. According to local legends, the last Later Chera ruler gave a vast extension of land in South Malabar to one of their governors, Valluvakkonithiri and left for a hajj. The Valluvakkonithiri was also given last Later Chera ruler's shield (presumably to defend himself from the sword received by the Samoothiri (Zamorin) of Kozhikode, another governor, from the departing ruler). Not surprisingly, the Vellatiri rajas were hereditary enemies of the Samoothiri. Valluvanad is famous for the Mamankam festivals, held once in 12 years and the endless wars against the Samoothiri of Kozhikode. By the late 18th century, Vellatiri or Walluwanad proper was the sole remaining territory of the Walluvanad raja (Valluva Konatiri), who once exercised suzerain rights over a large portion of Southern Malabar. Although management of the country was restored to the Vellatiri raja in 1792, it soon became evident that he was powerless to repress the trouble that quickly broke out between Mapillas (favored by the Mysorean occupiers) and nayars (who sought to restore the ancien régime), and already in 1793 management of the district had to be resumed as the chief and his family fled to Travancore.
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