->Monkbot: /* top */Task 16: replaced (0×) / removed (2×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=;

2019-10-15T11:37:43Z

top: Task 16: replaced (0×) / removed (2×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=;

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{coord|11|44|N|75|59|E|display=title|region:IN_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tharuvana
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Chungam =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:tharuvana.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = A view of Tharuvana town from Vythiri-Tharuvana road
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|11.7350|N|75.9826|E|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = Ward belonging to [[Vellamunda]][[Grama Panchayat]]
| governing_body =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name2 = [[O. R. Kelu]] ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/o-r-kelu/|title=O.R.KELU|website=No Corruption|access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref>
| leader_title3 = [[Member of Parliament]]
| leader_name3 = Vacant
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| population_as_of =
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 =
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]],
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 670645<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pincode.net.in/KERALA/WAYANAD/T/THARUVANA|title=Pincode|access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04935
| registration_plate = KL 72
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Mananthavady]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Tharuvana''' is a village in [[Vellamunda]] Panchayath of [[Wayanad district]], [[Kerala]], India. The place is a junction connecting the Vythiri-Tharuvana road to State Highway 54 running between [[Kuttiady]] and [[Mananthavady]].

==Etymology==
The word "Tharuvana" is derived from Malayalam words "tharu" (meaning "please give") and [[Indian anna|Anna]], as this place acted as a tax collection point during the [[British Raj]].

==History==
The history of Tharuvana dates back to the [[Pazhassi Raja]] dynasty. Paliyana Manikadalayam temple four miles from Tharuvana is devoted to Lord Ayyapa on parithiyatukunnil and symbolizes the communal harmony in this region, which is open to all irrespective of caste, creed and religion.
[[File:Mazhuvannur.jpg|thumbnail|Mazhuvannur Temple, Tharuvana]]

==Transportation==
Tharuvana can be accessed from Mananthavady or Kalpetta. 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 Mysore and the nearest airports are [[Kozhikode International Airport]]-120 km, [[Bengaluru International Airport]]-290 km, and [[Kannur International Airport]], 58 km.

==See also==

* [[Mazhuvannur Maha Siva Kshethram]]
* [[Karingari]]
* Paliyana
* [[Kommayad]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Wayanad district}}
[[Category:Villages in Wayanad district]]
[[Category:Mananthavady Area]]

{{Wayanad-geo-stub}}

Tharuvana - Revision history

->Monkbot: /* top */Task 16: replaced (0×) / removed (2×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=;