Pulpally

Marakkadavu ferry at Kabanigiri
Elephant squad office. Pulpally
Pulpally

Oorpally, Pulpally
Coordinates: 11°47′35″N 76°09′54″E / 11.793°N 76.165°E / 11.793; 76.165Coordinates: 11°47′35″N 76°09′54″E / 11.793°N 76.165°E / 11.793; 76.165
Country  India
State Kerala
District Wayanad
Languages
 • Official Malayalam
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 673579
Simhasana Cathedral, Lower Pulpally
Parumala orthodox church

Pulpally is a mid-sized town in Wayanad District of Kerala, India. Geographically a Village in Sultan Battery Taluk and a "Grama Panchayath" under local self governance system. It is about 24 km from Sultan Battery, and is almost surrounded by forest.

Temples

This place is famous for its Sita Devi temple which is one of the few in India devoted for Sita Devi. The icons of Lava and Kusa, children of Sita, are also installed here. It is believed that Sita Devi went into earth here. This place and the surrounding areas are believed to be the key places in the Hindu epic Ramayana. The temple festival which is celebrated annually in the month of January is famous and is attracts people from various parts of Wayanad.

Kuruva Islands

The famous "kuruva island" is 5 km away from pulpally town.

"Pulpally" was also known as "KARUMAM" till 1980s.

History

About 7 km from Pulpally is the place of death of Pazhassi Raja who led the famous Pazhassi Revolt against the East India Company during the 18th century and was killed on 30 November 1805.

Village without leeches

It is claimed to be the only place in Wayanad District not having leeches. There is a story behind this, Lava and Kusa were playing in the forest and a leech started troubling them. At that time mother Seeta Devi had seen it and cursed the leeches to not enter the boundary of Pulpally. The myth says that the name Pulpally came out from a " Parnasala made out of Grass", were Lava and Kusa were doing their education.

The entire community irrespective of cast or living standards in and around Pulpally will be giving offerings and participating the Sita LavaKusa Temple festival. Majority of the families were migrated from South Kerala in between 1950 and 1970's.

Pulpally is sharing the border with Karnataka, it's just 10 km away from the town. If the Karnataka and Kerala Governments works together for a Bridge between the Kabani River, it will be the shortest way to Mysore from Kerala.

The very famous Kuruva Island is just 10 km away from Pulpally

Economy

Agriculture is the main economic activity of people. Major crops are pepper, rubber, coconut, ginger, rice, vanilla. arecanut, and coffee.

Places of interest

One of the main attractions of Pulpally is the Kabani River. Kabani is one of the three rivers flowing to the east in Kerala. Others are Pambar and Bhavani. The important places are

Shopping

It's the local commercial hub for the domiciliates of the surrounding areas of Pulpally. All kinds of essentials such as Grocery, Textiles, Home Appliances, Electronics, Computers, Electricals, Building Materials, Stationary, Agriculture products, Heavy metals, Automobiles are available here.

Chedattinkavu

Pulpally is connected to the legend of Rama. It is believed that when Sita was abandoned by Rama, she reached Pulpally and was given shelter by the great Sage Valmiki. The place in Pulpally, where Sita gave birth to Lava and Kusa is called Valmiki Ashramam. Chedattinkavu is the original temple of Pulpally Temple. According to the legend Lava and Kusa the two sons of SitaDevi stopped and caught the horse, sent by Rama as part of the Ashwamedha. When Rama came to free the horse, he saw Sita and immedietly she disappeared in the earth, her mother. While going down, her hair was caught by Rama and thus the name Chedattinkavu or Jadayattakavu to the spot. Chedattilamma (Sita devi) is the presiding deity of this temple along with Sapthamathrukkal. This temple is only 1 km away from the present Sita Temple. Nei (ghee) vilakku is a main offering here.

Suburbs of Pulpally

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