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'''Pallassena''' or '''Pallassana''' is a village and [[gram panchayat]] in the [[Palakkad District]], state of [[Kerala]], India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory |publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=224729&rlbtype=V |accessdate=5 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106044958/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=224729&rlbtype=V |archive-date=6 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is close to [[Kollengode (gram panchayat)|Kollengode]] Town and [[Koduvayur (gram panchayat)|Koduvayur]] and beside the river [[Gayathripuzha|Gayatri]], one of the tributaries of [[Bharatapuza]]. It is primarily notable for being the location of the [[Meenkulathi Temple]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Pallassena had a population of 23,158 with 11,303 males and 11,855 females.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=2008-12-10| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx| archivedate= 8 December 2008}}</ref>

==Onathallu Ritual==
'''[[Onathallu]] or Avittathallu''' is a [[festival]] celebrated by the natives of Pallassana Desham in the Chittur Thaluk in [[Palakkad]] [[district]], in the [[Southern India|southernmost]] [[district of India|state]] of [[India]], [[Kerala]].
The festival is a [[tradition]] followed by the natives of the [[region]] in commemoration of the numerous [[war]]s they led and fought as part of the [[army]] of the [[Kolathiris]]. The name Pallassana refers to the fact that the group historically constituted the Pallava Sena or the Pallava Army, which eventually morphed into Pallassana or Pallasena, as it is known today.
The tradition involves an enactment or warlike performances by men of the Nair [[community]] at the Vettakaruman Dewaswom temple premises. and obc community perform in thallumannam. The key component of the performance involves men pairing up and, under the guidance and supervision of [[Elder (administrative title)|elders]] in the community, enacting physical combat, [[Battle cry|war cries]] and battle-like behaviour. This is seen as a vazhivaadu by the men involved, and is a highly revered and attended festival during the Avittam nakshatra of [[Onam]] in puthankavu and thiruvonam nakshatra of onam in thallumannam.

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{{Palakkad district|state=autocollapse}}

[[Category:Villages in Palakkad district]]
[[Category:Gram panchayats in Palakkad district]]

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->Normal Name: /* Onathallu Ritual */ Fixed typo, temle --> temple