Karimpuzha is a village in Ottapalam taluk, Palakkad district

Palakkad district

Palakkad District is one of the 14 districts of the Indian state of Kerala. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District, on the southwest by the Thrissur District and on the east by Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The...

. The Karimpuzha River is one of the tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River. Bharathapuzha is the fourth longest riverin Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, south India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

. A famous Sree Rama Swamy Temple is situated on the banks of this River. Temple was owned by Kozhikode Samoodhiripad. Eralpad, the heir to become Samoodhiri, had his "Kovilakam" in Karimpuzha. The Sree Ramaswamy temple is now known as "Dakshina Ayodhya". Famous personalities from this place includes, Karimpuzha Ramakrishnan, Com. Kongasseri Krishnan Menon, Karimpuzha Gopi Poduval and Rama Poduval (Chenda Artists), Chalapurath Ravi Menon (Cini Artist), Karimpuzha Ramachandran (poet), Arya Vaidyan Rama Varier, (founder of the famous Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy), Gnyananda Saraswati (spiritual guru).

The place has an approximate population of 76,000, within 7 km of radius. Karimpuzha is around 15 km north of Ottapalam.
Karimpuzha is a famous handloom weaving area, where many handloom societies are located. Silent Valley National Park and Nalussery Bhagavathy Temple are the nearby attractions. Ottappalam, Lakkidi

Lakkidi (Palakkad)

Lakkidi is a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. Kunchan Nambiar, the great poet of Malayalam was born here. There is a railway station present in Lakkidi, where only passenger trains stop. River Bharathappuzha flows through the southern border of Lakkidi village...

 and Mankara

Mankara

-Demographics: India census, Mankara had a population of 17787 with 8624 males and 9163 females.This village stands 20km away from the exact town.The village has a good HSS school,a well maintained police station and a railway station .It is teemed with flora. It is a place of scenic beauty with...

 in the south, Cherpulassery in the west, Alanallur and Mannarkkad

Mannarkkad

Mannarkkad , formerly known as Mannarghat is a town in Palakkad district of Kerala State, South India. It is the headquarters of Mannarkkad Taluk, and is one of the largest revenue Taluks in Kerala. It is situated 40 km north-east of the district headquarters Palakkad, on the way to...

in the north and Kongad in the east are the nearby towns.

Website of the Sree Ramaswamy temple in Karimpuzha : www.karimpuzha.com