Saturday, August 4, 2007

Kudallur: A scenic blend of hills and paddy fields.

Kudallur has a long range of hills. The southern borders are hills, locally kunnu. In M T stories we feel the broadness of Thannikkunnu, lies above Kudallur centre, Koottakadav. Another kunnu is Parappuram hills. While the Thannikunnu is in a plain in its shape, Parappuram kunnu is truly a slope.
In Thannikunnu there was a small natural pond surrounded by black rocks called Thavalachira (Frog Pond). But it was destroyed recently by the quarrying people came to the village from the neighboring districts.
Now the plain is not there. It is made a big barren zigzag land forever. You will be amazed to see the beautiful scene of joining together of the two rivers, Nila and Thootha from Thannikunnu. There is a railway bridge at this meeting place of rivers: Karuvannur Bridge. You can see it in your journey from Shoanur to Calicut (From Pattambi to Kuttipuram). At a far distance you may see the Malampuzha hills fading in to snow. On the other side of The River Nila, beyond the railway line there lays a vast sea of paddy fields. During the rainy season it will reflect the blue earth and will appear like an ocean. A small natural spring called chola is there in the valley of the Thannikunnu hills. We will discuss about Parappuram kunnu later.