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Kasargod District. |
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¨ Formed on May 24th 1984. ¨
Northern most District.
¨ Northern most Taluk - Kasargod.
¨ Northern most Place - Thallapadi.
¨ Smallest river in Kerala - Manjeswaram.("Land of Gods").
¨ Languages-Malayalam (72%)Kannada, Thulu, Hindusthani, Marathi.
¨ First in production Arechnut, Tobacco, Red Chilli.
¨ Bauxite deposit highest
¨ Forts-Hosdurg, Bekal, Kasargod, Chandragiri.
¨ Bakel fort built by Shivappa Naikal of Ikeri dynasty 1650 (Largest
fort in Kerala)
¨ Centre Plantation Crop Research Institute 1916.
¨ (TxD developed here)
¨ Land of `Kavus` (Sacred Groves)
¨ Sea Shore 77 km.
¨ Kappil Beach and Pallikara Beach.
¨ Kumbala Lagoon.
¨ Anathapura temple only Lake Temple in Kerala. The temple is believe
to the `moola stanam`(Original
¨ seat) of Anandapadamnaba of Sri. Padmanaba Temple at Trivandrum.
¨ Cultural center of of Kasargod of distrct - Neeleswaram.
¨ Tourisam Resort Kerala Ltd (TRKL) motto "Save Culture Develop
Tourisam".
¨ Kayur Samaram (Strike)-1941.
¨ P. Kujiraman Nair Smarakam (Memorial)at Kanjangad (designed by M.V.
Devan).
¨ M. Govinda Pai Smarakam (Memorial) at Manjeshwaram.
¨ Malik Dinar Mosque.
¨ Endosulfan issue probed by Mr. Achuthan Committee.
¨ Yakshaganam was proponded by Partha Subaya of Manjeshwaram Taluk
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