Mamminikkadavu Temple, Feroke

Feroke Town is the most beautiful place in the whole of Calicut district but the locals are very tasteless people.  They have built ugly concrete buildings all around the Chaliyar river bank and the traffic congestion is simply hopeless.  Even the small roads are congested with uncountable number of vehicles especially two wheelers.

You can find some peace of mind even in the middle of this kind of Kerala madness.  I found out a small temple hidden on the riverside some 200 meters from the Trivandrum-Mangalore national highway.  It is called Mamminikkadavu Temple and it can be accessed from Koyas busstop in Cheruvannur on a parallel road.  There is a lot of shade in this footpath and the whole place has a picture postcard type beauty. 

Mavilikkadavu and Thanneer Panthal

Mavailikkadavu School

Mavilikkadavu village is a photographer’s dream as there are many water bodies around.  Mavilikkadavu village can be accessed from Wayanad road in Kozhikode city.  Start from Malapparamba junction and proceed to Karikkamkulam side.  After Karaparamba, turn right and take the Krishnan Nair road.  You can move by a canal and reach Mavilikkadavu highway junction.  On the left there is the Kunduparamba All India Radio road and the road to the right takes you Malikkadavu town.  Moorikkara and Kakkodi road are on the right side.  The Thanneer Panthal village can also be accessed from here.  

Karikkamkulam route starts from Karaparamba and proceeds on Krishnan Nair road.  Kunduparamba, Eranhikkal and Kottapadam are little towns on the way.  Veda Vyasa School and Providence Women’s College are in this area.  There is one Mandady temple and Ahamedhiya mosque here.  Ponmana Ayyappan Temple, Mavilikkadavu river and the Bhagavathy temple on the highway attract many visitors.  Sri Palazhy Thazham Bhagavathy Temple and Kakkauzhi Palam also give photo options.  There is a forest shrine called Poovattu Naga Kali Temple here and another one called Edakkad Ganapathy Temple. Nearer to Puthiyangadi junction, you can also find one Hanuman temple.

 

Narikkuni, Kumaraswamy Junction and Chelannur

Narikkuni is a little town near Kozhikode and there is road that takes you back to East Hill in Kozhikode.  It begins from Pullaloor and proceeds to Machakkulam, Gate Bazaar, Unniparambath, Paath, Uttukulam, Chelannur and Puli Bazar.  Then you come across a majestic T-junction called Kumara Swamy town.  The next towns are Chelannur, Meettoly, Erakkulam, Panama, Kakkody, Vengeri, Thadambattuthazham, Karikkamkulam, Karapparamba and Nellikkavu.  Othayamangalam road is the next and the journey terminates at Eranhippalam junction.  From there the downtown area of Kozhikode is just three kilometres. 

Sarovaram Bio park

Sarovaram Biopark
Walking in the Eranhippalam area can be quite tiresome because of heavy traffic but the side lines are quite pleasant.  There is one Pattar veettil temple here and one Nagathan kavu forest shrine.  Christ the king church and Ayyappa temple attract many visitors in addition to the Gandhi ashram on Wayanad road.  Kurumban Chra road on Arayidathupalam route has many photo options.  Sarovaram biopark is also in this area.  The ayyappa temple road has a lot of shaded footpaths.  The inner line to Brahmakumaris Temple takes you to the heart of Jaffer Khan colony where there is a maze of roads and footpaths that look far away from the city center but in reality only one kilometre away from i

The heart of Jaffer Khan Colony is Kottaram road which is connected to U.G.Nayak Road.  Kiliyanad cross road takes you to Rajendra Nursing Home and the district central library on the main road.  The road to Sarovaram also begins from here.  Ashokapuram junction has the chamber of commerce office.

 

Thiruvambady and Anakkampoyil

Thiruvampady village

If you are fed with the traffic blocks and big crowds of Calicut city, you can drive to Anakkampoyil village on the eastern side of Kozhikode district.  This area is full of greenery, rivers and forest cover.  There are many places to see and a lot more places to relax yourself before coming back to Calicut for work on Monday.  Anakkampoyil village is 55 km from Kozhikode and you have to access the village via Thiruvampady town which is 12 km from Anakkampoyil.

The road to Anakkampoyil starts from Karanthur and proceeds to Kunnamangalam, Koduvally and Omassery. There is a riverbridge at Thottathil kadavu and Thiruvambady is the next town.  After Thiruvambady, you come across Sacred Heart Church and Akashapparavakal Convent.  There is a cute riverside road at Kaliyampuzha.  Areeppara Waterfall and the near nearby rubber plantations can engage your for some time.  Anakkampoyil is the next and accommodation can be found at Vellarimala Green Villas.  There are many photogenic places in Anakkampoyil like a little green mosque and the infant jesus church.  The hill view from Muthappan Puzha river is fantastic.  This riverside village is also accessible by bus as it is the last stop for KSRTC buses.