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Vaniyambalam
വാണിയമ്പലം | |
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Town | |
 Vaniyambalam railway station serves the town of Wandoor | |
  Vaniyambalam Location in Kerala, India  Vaniyambalam Vaniyambalam (India) | |
| Coordinates: 11°11′0″N 76°15′30″E / 11.18333°N 76.25833°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Malappuram |
| Government | |
| • MLA | A. P. Anil Kumar |
| • MP | Rahul Gandhi - Wayanad Lok Sabha Constituency |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 679339 |
| Telephone code | 914931 |
| Vehicle registration | KL 71 |
Vaniyambalam (Malayalam:വാണിയമ്പലം) lies in Nilambur taluk in the Malappuram district, Kerala and is 40 km north-east of Malappuram. Surrounding towns include Pandikkad and Tuvvur (to the south), Kalikavu (in the east), and Wandoor and Nilambur (to the north).
Vaniyambalam got its name as it means goddess Vani's (Saraswati) ambalam (temple) located at the top of Vaniyambalam Rock hill. It is famous for the fish market, as olden times people used to catch trains from nilambur, tuvvur, melatur just to buy fish.
Teak Plantations[edit | edit source]
Vaniyambalam is famous for the sales of Nilambur teak wood. The wide railway flat was using for stacking of timber, which was transported by railway all over India.
Temples[edit | edit source]
A famous temple which is well known for tourist as well as pilgrim place is situated on the top of a rocky hill which spreads across 40 acres. The picture shown here is POOTHRAKOVE temple situated in PORUR Panchayat.
Transportation[edit | edit source]
Vaniyambalam village connects to other parts of India through Nilambur town. State Highway No.28 starts from Nilambur and connects to Ooty, Mysore and Bangalore through Highways.12,29 and 181. National highway No.66 passes through Ramanattukara and the northern stretch connects to Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. State. The nearest airport is at Karipur. The nearest major railway station is at Feroke. Vaniyambalam minor railway Station is part of the Southern Railway and is on Shoranur-Nilambur Railway Line . This railway station is located 11 km south from Nilambur Road Railway Station . Presently Mrs ayswarya c u(thiruvananthapuram) & Mr N harikumar ( mavellikara- ) are the Station Masters of this station. Nilambur Road Railway Station is the main station to the north of Vaniyambalam.
The nearest airports are Karipur Airport and Coimbatore Airport.
Famous persons[edit | edit source]
- K. B. Sreedevi - Novelist
- Vaniyambalam Abdurahman Musliyar - Muslim scholar
- Porur Unnikrishnan - Thayambaka Artist
References[edit | edit source]
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