Pulpally


Pulpally is a mid-sized town in Wayanad District of Kerala, India. Geographically a small town in Sultan Bathery Taluk and a "Grama Panchayath" under local self governance system. It is about 24 km from Sultan Bathery, and is almost surrounded by forest.The main source of income is agriculture.

Temples

This place is famous for its Sita Devi temple which is one of the few in India devoted for Sita Devi. The icons of Lava and Kusa, children of Sita, are also installed here. It is believed that Sita Devi went into earth here. This place and the surrounding areas are believed to be the key places in the Hindu epic Ramayana. The temple festival which is celebrated annually in the month of January is famous and is attracts people from various parts of Wayanad.

History

About 7 km from Pulpally is the place of death of Pazhassi Raja who led the famous Pazhassi Revolt against the East India Company during the 18th century and was killed on 30 November 1805. The death place of pazhassi Raja is called mavilanthodu near vandikadavu.

Village without leeches

It is claimed to be the only place in Wayanad District not having leeches. There is a story behind this, Lava and Kusa were playing in the forest and a leech started troubling them. At that time mother Seeta Devi had seen it and cursed the leeches to not enter the boundary of Pulpally. The myth says that the name Pulpally came out from a " Parnasala made out of Grass", were Lava and Kusa were doing their education.
The entire community irrespective of cast or living standards in and around Pulpally will be giving offerings and participating the Sita LavaKusa Temple festival. Majority of the families were migrated from South Kerala in between 1950 and 1970's.
Pulpally is sharing the border with Karnataka, it's just 10 km away from the town. If the Karnataka and Kerala Governments works together for a Bridge between the Kabani River, it will be the shortest way to Mysore from Kerala.
The very famous Kuruva Island is just 10 km away from Pulpally

Economy

Agriculture is the main economic activity of people. Major crops are pepper, rubber, coconut, ginger, rice, vanilla. arecanut, and coffee. Even most of the people are dependent on pepper agriculture. Pulpally also known as 'The land of black gold'. Pulpally is also famous for its pure wild wayanad honey.

Places of interest

One of the main attractions of Pulpally is the Kabani River. Kabani is one of the three rivers flowing to the east in Kerala. Others are Pambar and Bhavani. The important places are
It's the local commercial hub for the domiciliates of the surrounding areas of Pulpally. All kinds of essentials such as Grocery, Textiles, Home Appliances, Electronics, Computers, Electricals, Building Materials, Stationary, Agriculture products, Heavy metals, Automobiles are available here.

Places of worships

Pulpally is connected to the legend of Rama. It is believed that when Sita was abandoned by Rama, she reached Pulpally and was given shelter by the great Sage Valmiki. The place in Pulpally, where Sita gave birth to Lava and Kusa is called Valmiki Ashramam. Chedattinkavu is the original temple of Pulpally Temple. According to the legend Lava and Kusa the two sons of SitaDevi stopped and caught the horse, sent by Rama as part of the Ashwamedha. When Rama came to free the horse, he saw Sita and immediately she disappeared in the earth, her mother. While going down, her hair was caught by Rama and thus the name Chedattinkavu or Jadayattakavu to the spot. Chedattilamma is the presiding deity of this temple along with Sapthamathrukkal. This temple is only 1 km away from the present Sita Temple. Nei vilakku is a main offering here.

Festivals

The Machur village across the Kabani river has good tourist potential as it is in the very middle of forest area. A large number of devotees come to visit the Gundara Dargah at Machur. The Veda Gowda tribe of Bavali area celebrate the Moori Abba or Ori Abba festival on the new moon day after Deepavali. Centuries ago, this tribe fled from Chitradurga district because of the persecution of Tippu Sultan. The purpose of this celebration is the prosperity of their crops. The festisval begins with nadi Pooja and a bullock race is also conducted. The bullocks are paraded before the Sree Basaveshwara Temple at Dodda Bairankuppa which is only 10 km away from the Kerala town of Pulpally.

Transportation

Pulpally can be accessed from Mananthavady or Sultan Battery. The Periya ghat road connects Mananthavady to Kannur and Thalassery. The Thamarassery mountain road connects Calicut with Kalpetta. The Kuttiady mountain road connects Vatakara with Kalpetta and Mananthavady. The Palchuram mountain road connects Kannur and Iritty with Mananthavady. The road from Nilambur to Ooty is also connected to Wayanad through the village of Meppadi.
The nearest railway station is at Nanjangudu and the nearest airports are Mysore airport 107 km Kozhikode International Airport-120 km, Bengaluru International Airport-290 km, and Kannur International Airport, 58 km. nangangud nilambur railway project and wayanad airport awaited..

Suburbs of Pulpally