Sulthan Bathery
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Sulthan Bathery സുൽത്താൻ ബത്തേരി |
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| Township and Municipality | |
Scenic Bathery
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 Sulthan Bathery
 Sulthan Bathery
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| Coordinates: 11°40′N 76°17′E / 11.67°N 76.28°ECoordinates: 11°40′N 76°17′E / 11.67°N 76.28°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Wayanad |
| Government | |
| • Municipality Chairman | Mr. C.K Sahadevan |
| Elevation | 907 m (2,976 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 27,473 |
| • Density | 476/km2 (1,230/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 673592 |
| Telephone code | 91 4936 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
| Vehicle registration | KL-73 |
Sulthan Bathery, previously known as Sultan's Battery, is a town and municipality in Wayanad district of Kerala, India. It is the Taluk headquarters of Sultan Bathery.
Sultan Bathery lies on the Kozhikode–Kollegal National Highway (NH 766) 98 km from Kozhikode. It is 115 kilometers from Mysore and about 100 kilometers from Ooty (Udagamandalam). It is also connected with Nilambur. The people primarily depend on agriculture for a living.
Sulthan Battery is situated at about 930 metres above mean sea level. One can find beautiful folded hills across the horizon. The climate is pleasant throughout the year. The town has the National Highway 766 passing through it. The town is the centre of tourism in Wayanad District. It has become a very popular destination among tourists from India's software valley of Bangalore.
This town was part of Kidanganadu Village, which got its name because the presence of the Kidangans the tribes. Later, it came to be known as Sultan Bathery, the Malayalam version of its name. It is also known as Sultan's Battery of Wayanad district. The name Sultans Battery has derived from the incident that Tippu Sulthan of Mysore used the Jain Temple as the store room for his ammunition during the military assault and the place is worth the visit for the famous Jain temple. The place was previously known by the name of Sulthan's Battery.
Sultan Bathery is a historical place and its ancient history goes in sync with the history of Wayanad.The recorded history of this district exists only from the 10th century onward. In 930 AD, emperor Erayappa of Ganga Dynasty led his troops to south west of Mysore and after conquering, called it Bayalnad meaning the land of swamps. After Erayappa, his sons Rachamalla and Battunga fought each other for the new kingdom of their father’s legacy. Rachamalla was killed and Battunga became the undisputed ruler of Bayalnad. In 12th century AD, Gangas were dethroned from Bayalnad by Kadamba dynasty of North Canara. In 1104 AD Vishnuvardhana of Hoysala invaded Bayalnad followed by Vijayanagara dynasty in 16th century. In 1610 AD Udaiyar Raja Wadiyar of Mysore drove out Vijayanagara General and became the ruler of Bayalnad and the Nilgiris. Bayalnad is the present Wayanad. When Wayanad was under Hyder Ali's rule, the ghat road from Vythiri to Thamarassery invented. Then the British rulers developed this route to Carter road.
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