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Pookkottur

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Country
  
India

District
  
Malappuram

Vehicle registration
  
KL-

Local time
  
Friday 5:06 AM

State
  
Kerala

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Coastline
  
0 kilometres (0 mi)

Nearest city
  
Malappuram

Pookkottur

Weather
  
26°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 92% Humidity

Pookkottur is a village in Eranad taluk, and a suburb of Malappuram, Kerala, India. It is on National Highway 213, and there is a state road from the town to Manjeri.

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Map of Pookkottur, Kerala

It was the centre of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 that shook the British administration in the erstwhile Malabar district of Madras Province.

Malabar Karshikotsavam & Krishi Mela (from 18th to 30 May 2013) was an initiative by Mr. P.A. Salam by collaborating Kerala Agricultural University, Youth Clubs & Pookkottur Grama Panchayath to transform Pookkottur as a model Sustainable Green Village of Kerala.

Important Landmarks

  • Pookkotur Juma Masjidh
  • 1921 War Memorial: Tombs of 460 Mappilas who were killed in battle during the Mappila revolt against Britain in 1921 at Pookkottur
  • "Pookkotur gate". The Pookkottur war memorial gate is dedicated to those killed in the Pookkottur battle. Along with these monuments, abandoned
  • References

    Pookkottur Wikipedia