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Nattika is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala state, south India. It is centrally located about 25 km from Thrissur, Kodungallur, Irinjalakuda, Chavakkad, Kunnamkulam and Guruvayur. Nattika is beside the Arabian Sea. There is a beautiful beach in this village called Nattika Beach. Nattika Beach was previously known as Attakuzhi bandhar kadapuram. Nattika is on the west coast of Thrissur. Canoly canal is the eastern border of Nattika. There is a private bus stand in Triprayar. Nattika is 60 km away from Cochin International Airport and 25 km away from Trichur Railway Station. Modern transportation and better communication facilities are available in the village. This is an assembly constituency.
Contents
- Map of Nattika Thriprayar Kerala
- Lulu interview nattika kerala trisur jobless peopl
- Overview
- Politics
- References
Map of Nattika, Thriprayar, Kerala
Lulu interview nattika kerala trisur jobless peopl
Overview
Places of worship
The Sree Rama temple of Triprayar is in Nattika Panchayat. This temple has the biggest Shree Rama shrine in South India. This is considered to be a very holy place for Hindus. Nattika Sree Arikiri Bhagavathy temple is the famous Bhadra Kali temple in Nattika. There are many temples in Nattika including the Eyyani Annapoorneswari temple, Sree Durga Devi Kshethram Nattika (Vaily), Netrakovil Siva temple, Vazhakulam temple,Arikiri temple, Arayam parambil temple, Panakkal Pandikasalakkal Durga Bhagavati temple, Nagadevata temple, Eran Samajam Temple, Erachan Sree Bhadrakali temple, Thottupura Temple etc. There is also a famous mosque at Nattika Beach. This was built at least three hundred years ago and was renovated around 1985. Nattika beach Yaseen masjid is another mosque in this area.
Educational Institutions
There is an all India famous volleyball stadium named TSGA indoor stadium in Thriprayar.
Social Milieu
You can see people from all religions & castes in Nattika like Hindus, Muslims and Christians. There are a lot of people belonging to the Araya Community as fishing is a major activity here.
At Nattika Beach every year a big celebration, Oruma, is held by the Kerala Govt. for promoting tourism. This programme runs for a week and thousands of people come to see and participate in this festival. Many elephants are decorated and brought for this festival and there are different types of cultural programmes performed by famous artistes in many fields. At least 50 lakh Rupees is spent by Kerala Govt for this.
Nattika beach is a 3 km long White sandy beautiful beach and fishing is carried on here and now, there are many Ayurveda resorts and lots of tourists come for sight seeing & recreation. East Tipu Sulthan road and west Tipu Sulthan road pass through the beautiful village. Many people from here work in the Gulf Countries and the remittances from abroad is very high in this area. Many young educated people from all over Kerala come to the village for getting visa from padmasree M A Yussufali to go to abroad. Most people in this village are educated and well wishers. You can see beautiful Individual Villas and Bungalows are used by the village people for living. Another claim to fame is that the evergreen classic Malayalam Movie "Chemmeen" was shot here.
Politics
Nattika assembly constituency is part of Trichur (Lok Sabha constituency).
T.N. Prathapan, Krishnan Kaniyamparambil, C.A. Muhammad Rasheed, K.V. Pithaambaran, Pulikal Ani and Sadiqali are the famous politicians from Nattika.
Prominent Families
Musliyaam Veetil , Valiyaprambil , Thottupura, Madathiparambil , Attakuzhi Tharavad and Kavungal are some of the prominent families in Nattika.