Thursday, 13 August 2015

Jaffer Khan Colony

When you access the little Azhakody Temple Road on the left side of Mast Malabari Restaurant near Baby Memorial Hospital, you can see Alsalama College, Kottaram Traders, Cherootty Nagar, Lips Churidhar and Muthappan Kavu on K.P.Chandran Road. This road bends rightwards to reach Sarovaram biopark. Sarovaram Bio Park has 7 mangrove species, 29 mangrove associates and fauna ranging from protozoa to Otter. It is also a congenial habitat for 20 types of water birds. The area is 200 acres containing canal walkways, boating facilities, an Otter Park and a Butterfly Park. The outers section is beautifully tiled and lighted. It is a popular hangout of college couples. The inner section is undeveloped mangrove forest with mud tracks. The entrance ticket is Rs.10 for the outer section and additional Rs.10 for the forest section.There is a foot overbridge here and crossing it gives you access to the road leading to Kottooly centre, Nethaji nagar and Chevarambalam.

 The mavoor road begins from a T-shaped junction near the ship shaped shopping complex. You have a fine restaurant here called the Cocoa Nut attached Hyson Heritage hotel. They charge Rs.160 for Kerala style vegetarian lunch. If that is expensive for you, another restaurant called 'Indian Coffee House' on Mavoor road offers good ambiance at reasonable prices. When you move east on the Mavoor road, the first landmarks are National Hospital, Hotel Sagar, Dakshin Restaurant, Ruchi Restaurant, Cosmopolitan buildings, KSRTC bus station and the shopping complex attached to it. Further east are the Bata showroom, the Renault showroom, Citizen tourist home, Syndicate bank and Nokia showrooms. Hotel Maria is on the right side and Western lodge is on the left side. The next land mark is the Central Bank of India followed by City Tower on the right side near Yara restaurant and Kairaly Cinema. Everest lodge is on the left and LBS Computer College is on the right. You can quit Mavoor road here and turn left to enter U.K.Shankaran Road which is just wide enough for cars to pass. This road begins with OUR College, Malabar castle, Madhyamam newspaper, SIO office, SS Computers, City Homes and Begum complex. Finally you reach in front of the Veterinary hospital on the city main road.

 When you move north of the news bus station at Mavoor Road, you will access the Jaffer Khan Colony Road. The road begins from the Markaz complex, Bhima jewellery and Calicut Tower Hotel. There is an A.P.mosque here and the road bends to the left side to Umadevi sarees, Dr.Taj Hair fixing, Mini Mansion Road, Samastha Centre, Hajj house, Vehicle exhibition ground, More supermarket, Janaki Sarees and finally the Science Centre and Planetorium. The Planetorium has 3-D shows and science exhibitions that can interest school kids. The next junction is called Cherootty Nagar and V.panoly Road takes you to the right. Turning straight and slightly left, you reach the Zoological Survey of India. This is a junction from where you can turn right to K.P.Chandran road. The Brahmakumari Ashram is here and they give Satvic food and meditation practice free of cost. The road on the left is called Balan K. Nair road which takes you Rajendra Nursing Home on the city main road. Moving north, you can also access Ashokapuram, Jawahar nagar, Kottaram Nagar and Salex Tax office.

Kottooly junction on the Medical College road begins the northern road to Kottooly Centre. This road is called K.T.Gopalan Road and when you turn right after Kottooly Centre, you reach the Pipeline Road and the Nethaji Nagar Housing Colony. Moving further east can make you reach the bypass road and Chevarambalam areas. Chevarambalam is a posh residential area of Kozhikode city. You can also access Chevarambalam by driving east on the Medical College road. When you reach Chevayur junction, you have to turn left and pass by KKK Restaurant, CIGI, Leprosy Hospital and Kirtads Museum. You have the beautiful Vrindavan housing colony on your right and the ‘store’ bus stop followed by the Chevarambalam junction. The next landmark is Unni Rarichan temple and Prisunic Apartment and finally you join the highway at Max Tyres. You can turn left to reach Iqra Hospital and when you turn right you reach the Bishops House, Kerala Water Authority, Paroppady, Malapparamba and JDT.

Start from Fathima Hospital, take the narrow line opposite the hospital. Walk past Kerala NGO Union, Lakshmi Printers and Oyisca Youth Centre. Cross the culvert in the swamp, turn right, walk beyond the forest temple, Hajj House, Sunni House, again turn right to Chilli Malabar Restaurant and once again turn right to reach at the New Bus Station. Alternate route: Start from the new busstand. Take the road opposite to it, walk past Markaz Mosque and Samastha centre. Turn right towards More Supermarket, Planetarium and Science Centre. You enter Cherootty Nagar where you can get a nice cup of coffee at the roadside stall. Walk straight to Bhagavathy Temnple, Muthappan Forest, Balan K Nair Road and the Zoological Survey of India. The Brahmakumaris Meditation Centre and the Needle Acupuncture Clinic leads you to Spiinelly School and Redeemer Convent. You have reached Aqsa Juma Masjidh at St. Vincent Colony, and walk back to the new bus stand.