Pazhayangadi
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Pazhayangadi പഴയങ്ങാടി Payangadi |
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Madayi Kavu, Pazhayangadi
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| Coordinates: 12°1′0″N 75°15′35″E / 12.01667°N 75.25972°ECoordinates: 12°1′0″N 75°15′35″E / 12.01667°N 75.25972°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| • Body | Madayi Grama Panchayath,Ezhome Grama panchayath |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 670358,670303 |
| Telephone code | 0497 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
| Vehicle registration | KL-13 KL-59 |
| Nearest Towns | Kannur Payyanur Taliparamba |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kasaragod |
Pazhayangadi (a.k.a. Pazhayangadi, Malayalam: പഴയങ്ങാടി) is a small township, approximately 22 kilometers north of Kannur town, in the South Indian state of Kerala. In the local language of Malayalam it literally means "Old Market". The town is bounded by the Madayi Hills (Madayipara) on the west and by the Pazhayangadi River on the south. Ezhimala, a range of hills, that is believed to be home to a variety of medical herbs, and a very ancient recorded history, is situated nearly 8 km west of Pazhayangadi. Pazhayangadi town is spread over Madayi and Ezhome Panchayaths. Madayi Hill offers a splendid scene of Ezhimala which means a chain of seven mountains, where the Indian Naval Academy is situated.
From before the period of known history, some chapters of the Ramayana and local Hindu legends associate the Ezhimala Hills with the famous epic, in particular with Lord Hanuman.
Ezhimala, Pazhayangadi, and several villages and towns in this region find plenty of mention in the extant Tamil Sangam Period's literature (500 BC to 300 AD). Pazhayangadi is the present corrupted form of its ancient name of Pazhi. Pazhi is mentioned as the ancient capital of King Udayan Venmon Nannan (known as Nannan or Nandan) of the Mushika or Kolathiri Royal Family. Though the Dynasty of Nannans was a cousin or sister dynasty of the Cheras and Pandyas and Cholas, warfare among them was nearly consistent, and the period of Nannan was no exception. There are texts that speak of Nannan fighting heroic battles at Pazhi against the Chera Kings who invaded his kingdom (Kolathunadu). Eventually, Nannan was killed in battle by the Chera king, Narmudi Cheral. Like the other kings of the then Tamilakam cultural polity, Narmudi Cheral was a great patron of scholars and poets, and he once gifted his court-poet, Kappiyattu Kappiyanar with 40 lakhs gold coins, as a token of his poetic genius.
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