Vadakkenchery

Vadakkencherry വടക്കഞ്ചേരി Kuttappura
Town
A view of Vadakkencherry town
Coordinates: 10°38′53″N 76°32′17″E / 10.648°N 76.538°E / 10.648; 76.538Coordinates: 10°38′53″N 76°32′17″E / 10.648°N 76.538°E / 10.648; 76.538
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	678683
Telephone code	91 4922
Vehicle registration	KL-9, KL-49
Nearest city	Thrissur (33 km away) Palakkad (34 km away)
Lok Sabha constituency	Alathur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Tharoor

Vadakkenchery is a small town in Palakkad, district of Kerala state, south India, which is 40 km. north-east of Thrissur and a same distance south-west of Palakkad. It is under Alathur Taluk in Palakkad district. National Highway 47 passes through Vadakkencherry. Vadakkencherry Vela and "Eakadesi Villaku" is one of the famous festivals in Kerala. Though the spellings are different, many people confuse Vadakkencherry with Wadakkancheri of Thrissur. To avoid confusion, some refer to Vadakkencherry as Alathur-Vadakkencherry or Vadakkencherry-MBR, which is short for Malabar region. The postal code of Vadakkencherry is 678683. Vadakkancherry is surrounded by other locales such as Puducode, Kannambra, Manjapra, Mudappallur, Kizhakkancheri, Konnanchery and Ayakkad. [state of Kerala, India.

The name Vadakkencherry is originated by joining of two words - Vadakkan (Northern) and Cheri (Street). Vadakkencherry is sometimes shortened to VDY or VDCY. Vadakkancherry, sometimes spelled as Vadakkumcherry or Vadukkumcherry or Vadukkencherry, is located in the middle of Palakkad and Thrissur cities on National Highway 47

This town connects to other parts of India through Palakkad city. National Highway No.544 connects to Coimbatore and Bangalore. Other parts of Kerala is accessed through National Highway No.66 going through Thrissur. Calicut International Airport, Cochin International Airport and Coimbatore Airport are the nearest airports. Shoranur Junction railway station is the nearest major railway station.

There are seven theatres in VDY-Jayabharath Movies, New Jayabharath Movies, Thangam, KAM Movie Max Aashirvad, Sobha, Sri Rama and CVM Movies. New Jayabharath was opened in mid 2009 and is the first Air Conditioned theater in Vdy. KAM Movie Max Aashirvad was opened in 07/08/2010 inaugurated by Mohanlal. KAM Movie Max is leased by Antony Perumbavoor (Aashirvad Cinemas).

Ekadesi Vilakku: The Navaratri is celebrated in Vadakkencherry village. The festivities extend to a total duration of 12 days, which includes the Dasami (10th Day) and the Ekadasi (11th Day), with festivities peaking on Ekadasi day in a grand celebration. The Navaratri starts with the hoisting of the celebratory flag of the deity on the Kodimaram (flag staff) to indicate the start of festivities. During the first 10 days, a caparisoned elephant carrying the image of the village's presiding deity Lakshminarayana Perumal comes in a procession visiting the entire village. Nivediam is offered to the Lord by every house in the village. The Alwar, who specifically makes it to the Vadakkencherry from Tanjore a.k.a. Thanjavur from where he hails and who is part of the procession, performs the Nivediam ritual. The procession is accompanied by a small group of traditional music players playing the Chenda and accompaniments. The procession is performed twice in a day, once in the morning and once more in the evening.