Mullampara, Manjeri

Location

Mullampara is approximately 2 km from the Manjeri City. It is a residential area.Mullampara is approximately 12 km from the district headquarters.Mullampara comes under Eranad Taluk,Manjeri Village with PIN Code 676121.[1] Medical College (Previously,district hospital,Manjeri ),Mini Civil Station,Police station,Court etc. are located about 2 km from Mullampara.Pookootoor, an important place related with the 1921 Mapila Revolt is about 5 km away from Mullampara.The Manjeri-Pookootoor road connects Manjeri to the district capital Malappuram pass through Mullampara.

Nomenclature

The Name Mullampara derived from the massive rock like structure and the associated cave located near the Ambalappadi bus stop.Before the 1980s the cave provided comfortable and undisturbed habitat for porcupine(Mullan Panni/മുള്ളൻപന്നി ).Thus from the massive rock (പാറ)and the porcupine,the locality got the name Mullampara (മുള്ളൻപാറ/മുള്ളംമ്പാറ )

Religion

Mullampara is a Muslim dominated area with some Hindu community living in perfect harmony with other religious group.Christians are minority in this area.Sri Karimkalikavu Devi Temple is a major landmark,with Matha Amrithananthamayi Math located adjacent to it. Ambalappadi is the important bus stop,from which 200m walkable distance, located the Karimkalikavu Devi temple There is no Christian church in the area.But have many small and big Muslim Mosques.

Hospitals & health facilities

One of the main landmark, Manjeri Ayurveda Hospital is situated in the Mullampara town.There are private allopathic medical practitioners;Homeopathic and Ayurvrda practitioners available in the town and its premises.

Schools and educational institutions

Government Upper Primary school cater the educational needs local children.The school function as Madarassa during the early morning hours of the day before the commencement of the school hours.The school premises acts as a venue for the local gathering during the religious festivals of Muslim community.

Culture

Mullampara village is a predominantly Muslim populated area. Hindus exist in comparatively smaller numbers. So the culture of the locality is based upon Muslim traditions. Duff Muttu, Kolkali and Aravanamuttu are common folk arts of this locality. There are many libraries attached to mosques giving a rich source of Islamic studies. Most of the books are written in Arabi-Malayalam which is a version of the Malayalam language written in Arabic script. People gather in mosques for the evening prayer and continue to sit there after the prayers discussing social and cultural issues. Business and family issues are also sorted out during these evening meetings. The Hindu minority of this area keeps their rich traditions by celebrating various festivals in their temples. Hindu rituals are done here with a regular devotion like other parts of Kerala.

Transportation

Mullampara village connects to other parts of India through Manjeri town. National highway No.66 passes through Parappanangadi and the northern stretch connects to Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. National Highway No.966 connects to Palakkad and Coimbatore. The nearest airport is at Kozhikode. The nearest major railway station is at Tirur.