Vadakkencherry is a small town in 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...

 of 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....

 state, 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...

, which is 40 km. north-east of Thrissur

Thrissur

This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...

 and a same distance south-west of Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad , formerly known as Palghat, is a municipality and a town in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km2.The city is situated about north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the administrative headquarters of Palakkad District...

 (Total Distance is 80 km. and this is the exact centre of the route). It is under Alathur

Alathur

Alathur is a small town in the Palakkad district of Kerala, South India. It is the headquarters of the Alathur Taluk and is situated at the south west end of the district 24 km from the district headquarters at Palakkad. Alathur Taluk is predominantly rural and has an agricultural economy...

 Taluk in Palakkad district. National Highway 47 passes through Vadakkencherry. Vadakkencherry Vela and "Eakadesi Villaku" is one of the famous festivals in Kerala. Though the spellings are different, many people confuse Vadakkencherry with Wadakkancheri of Thrissur

Thrissur

This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...

. To avoid confusion, some refer to Vadakkencherry as Alathur-Vadakkencherry or Vadakkencherry-MBR, which is short for Malabar region. The postal code of Vadakkencherry is 678683. Vadakkancherry is surrounded by other locales such as Puducode

Puducode

Puducode is a village in Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, India. It exists-Demographics: India census, Puducode had a population of 20673 with 10047 males and 10626 females....

, Kannambra

Kannambra

for more information - :Kannambra is a small village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, South India. Connected with National_Highway_47_%28India%29 at Vaniyanpara towards Thrissur direction and at Vadakkencherry . It is famous for the Kannambra Vela , celebrated each year on May 24...

, Manjapra, Mudappallur

Mudappallur

Mudappallur is a village in the Palakkad district of the state of Kerala in India. It is a small locality comes under the Vandazhi-II village. Mudappallur's Postal Index Number is 678705.-Demographics:...

, Kizhakkancheri

Kizhakkancheri

Kizhakkencherry is a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala state, South India. It is under Alathur Taluk in Palakkad district of Kerala state, India. It is a panchayath with hills and greenery. It's basically an agriculture based area....

 , Konnanchery and Ayakkad.

Name

The name Vadakkencherry is originated by joining of two words - Vadakkan (Northern) and Cheri (Street). Vadakkencherry is sometimes shortened to VDY or VDCY.

Vadakkancherry, sometimes spelled as Vadakkumcherry or Vadukkumcherry or Vadukkencherry, is located in the middle of Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad , formerly known as Palghat, is a municipality and a town in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km2.The city is situated about north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the administrative headquarters of Palakkad District...

 and Thrissur

Thrissur

This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...

 cities on National Highway 47.

Temples

The area has a few old temples:

• Sri Kodikkattu Bhagavathy Temple (Kodikkattukavu)
• Sri Thiruvara Siva Temple
• Sri Maha Ganapathy Temple, Vinayaka street, Vadakkencherry
• Sri Nagaraja Temple, Vadakkencherry
• Mangodimuthi Temple, Vadakkedesham, Kammanthara
• Sri Namburimuthan Temple, Thekkedesham, Kammanthara
• Sri Palliyaarakkavu and adjoining Shiva Temple, managed by Thiruvanjikkulam Devaswam Board, Cherukannambra near Nelliyampadam
• Sri Narashima Moorthi Temple, Anjumoorthi Mangalam
• Padarkavu Sri Krishna Temple, Manikyapaadam
• Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Kovil, Vinayaka Temple, Nagaraja Temple and Padrkavu Sri Krishna Temple; the idols are hundreds of years old; it is said that there are very few idols of Lakshmi Naryana where Lakshmi is resting on the lap of Narayana; there are also two Bhagawathi temples and a Shiva temple in and around the town
• Sri Anjumoorthy Temple, an old, famous temple in Palakkad district, where the idols are hundreds of years old and prathishtas are Sivan, Sudharshan, Devi, Ayyapan, Ganapathy, Krishnan
• Sri Ayyappa Temple Vettikkalkulambu, Pallarod; Prathishtas are Sri Ganapathi, Sri Ayyappan, Sri Murugan
• Kodumpala Umamahaswary Temple
• Sri Kanakkannur Siva Temple, Manappadam
  Manappadam
  Manappadam/Manappadom is a village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is in Puthucode Panchayath. Vadakkencherry is the nearest town. Pin code is 678689....
  
  , Puducode
  Puducode
  Puducode is a village in Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, India. It exists-Demographics: India census, Puducode had a population of 20673 with 10047 males and 10626 females....
  
  

Churches

Churches include:

• Rajagiri Church, Kanakkenthuruthi
• St. George Malankara Church, Chakkund
• Lourde Matha Farona Church
• Hermon Marthoma Church
• St. Alosious RSLC Church
• Jose Giri Church
• St. George Jacobite Syrian Church, Thenidukku
• Mar GreGorious Orthodox Church, Thenidukku
• Malankara Christian Church
• St. Thomas Evangelical Church
  St. Thomas Evangelical Church
  St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India is an Evangelical, Episcopal denomination based in Kerala, India. It derives from a schism in the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church in 1961, and traces its ancestry before then back almost 2,000 years. STECI holds that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant...
  
  
• The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Thenidukku
• The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC,Gospel Centre), Vadakkencherry
• The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Koranchera
• The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Valkkulambu
• The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), Akathethara
• Nithya Sahaya Matha Church, Pantalampadam
• St.Jude Church, Odenthode
• St. Xaviers church, Mangalam Dam
• St. Marys Church Mariya Nagar, Chittadi
• St. Marys Church, Karimkayam
• St. Mary's Church, Arogyapuram
• Grace Baptist Church, Vadakkencherry
• St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church, Erukkumchira

Streets and places

The places or streets in Vadakkencherry are:

• Thiruvara
• Palayam
• Vinayaka Street
• Kammanthara
• Kurukkalthara
• Vadakkencherry Gramam
• Mannamparampu
• Nair Thara
• Kattukode
• Nair Kunnu
• Puthukkulam
• Panthalampadam
• Pradhani
• Royal Junction
• Kizhakkencherry
• Manikkyapaadam
• Palayam
• Mangalam Palam
• Valliyode
• Aamakkulam
• Thenidukku
• Paruvassery
• Nelliyampaadam
• Ayakkad
• Konnencherry
• Pulinkoottam
• Valkkulamb
• Cherukannambra
• Chundakkadu
• Chekkanni
• Kundukad
• Anjumoorthy Mangalam
• Anakkappara
• Karappotta
• Kolakode
• Kanakkenthuruthi
• Kuruvai
• Pothappara
• Vettikkalkulambu
• Pallaroad
• Kavarathara
• Challiparambu
• Kannambra
  Kannambra
  for more information - :Kannambra is a small village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, South India. Connected with National_Highway_47_%28India%29 at Vaniyanpara towards Thrissur direction and at Vadakkencherry . It is famous for the Kannambra Vela , celebrated each year on May 24...
  
  
• Kavarathara

Cinema Halls

There are six theatres in VDY — Jayabharath Movies, New Jayabharath Movies, Thangam, KAM Movie Max Aashirvad

Aashirvad Cinemas

Aashirvad Cinemas is a film production company founded by Antony Perumbavoor for producing Mohanlal's films. Aashirvad's first film was Narasimham, which became one of the biggest hits in Malayalam cinema...

, Sobha & Sri Rama. New Jayabharath was opened in mid 2009 and is the first Air Conditioned theater in Vdy. KAM Movie Max Aashirvad was opened in 07/08/2010 inaugurated by Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

. KAM Movie Max is leased by Antony Perumbavoor (Aashirvad Cinemas

Aashirvad Cinemas

Aashirvad Cinemas is a film production company founded by Antony Perumbavoor for producing Mohanlal's films. Aashirvad's first film was Narasimham, which became one of the biggest hits in Malayalam cinema...

).

Sl.No.	Name	Location	Facilities	Seating Capacity
1	Jayabharath Movies	Padur Road, Karayankad	35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... , QUBE, DTS	550
2	KAM Movie Max Aashirvad Aashirvad Cinemas Aashirvad Cinemas is a film production company founded by Antony Perumbavoor for producing Mohanlal's films. Aashirvad's first film was Narasimham, which became one of the biggest hits in Malayalam cinema...	KAM Complex	35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... , A/C Air conditioning An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle... , QUBE, JBL JBL JBL is an American audio electronics company currently owned by Harman International. It was founded in 1946 by James Bullough Lansing. Their primary products are loudspeakers and associated electronics. There are two independent divisions within the company — JBL Consumer and JBL Professional...  3 way active sound	450
3	New Jayabharath Movies	Padur Road, Karayankad	35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... , A/C Air conditioning An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle... , QUBE, DTS, Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...	300
4	New Thankam Movies (Constructing)	Bye-pass Junction	35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... , A/C Air conditioning An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle... , QUBE, DTS	450
5	Sobha	Kizhakkencherry Road	35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... , DTS	600
6	Sree Rama	Kammanthara	35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... , Digital ufo Satellite projection	400
7	Thankam	Bye-pass Junction	35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... , QUBE, DTS	550

Colleges

Colleges in VDY include the College of Applied Science, Eminent, College of English, Mahathma College, Hindi Vidyalalya, Women's academy,IAS and St. Marys ITC.

Schools

The schools are :

• Cherupushpam Girls Higher Secondary School
• Rosi English Medium School, Anjumoorthy Mangalam
• Sree Narayana Public School, Valliyode
• Kammanthara (S.V.U.P) School
• Mission School (BEM LP), Vadakkencherry
• C.A. High School, Ayakkad
• A.U.P (Idathil) School
• Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kizhakkencherry
• Gandhismarakam School, Anjumoorthy Mangalam
• Govt. U.P. School Kanakkenthuruthy
• Mary Matha High School Pantalampadam
• Vidya Niketan (CBSE), Manappadam
  Manappadam
  Manappadam/Manappadom is a village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is in Puthucode Panchayath. Vadakkencherry is the nearest town. Pin code is 678689....
  
  
• Lurde Matha High School, Mangalam Dam
• Narayana U.P School, Manappadam
  Manappadam
  Manappadam/Manappadom is a village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is in Puthucode Panchayath. Vadakkencherry is the nearest town. Pin code is 678689....
  
  
• Sarvajana High School, Puducode
  Puducode
  Puducode is a village in Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, India. It exists-Demographics: India census, Puducode had a population of 20673 with 10047 males and 10626 females....
  
  
• Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Manjapra, Puducode
  Puducode
  Puducode is a village in Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, India. It exists-Demographics: India census, Puducode had a population of 20673 with 10047 males and 10626 females....
  
  

Hotels

Hotels like Diana, Aryaas are used by tourists. Others are Arathi, New Light, Hotel Thoufeeq, Goodlands, SWAMI"S VEG MESS, Sreerama Canteen, Sivasakthi, Royal, Manoj Teastall, Venkiteswara, Hotel Vishnu etc.

Banks

The Banks in VDY are State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Travancore , is a subsidiary of the State Bank Group and also has private share-holders. It is the premier bank of Kerala State, India, where it has 700 branches...

, State Bank of India

State Bank of India

The State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...

, Federal Bank

Federal Bank

Federal Bank Limited is a major Indian commercial bank in the private sector, headquartered at Aluva, Kochi, Kerala. As of March 31 2011 it has 743 branches spread across 24 states in India and 803 ATMs around the country.-History:In the year 1931, Travancore Federal Bank was inaugurated at...

, Dhanlaxmi Bank, Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda is the third largest bank in India, after the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank and ahead of ICICI Bank. BoB is ranked 763 in Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a network of over 3,409 branches and...

, Centurion Bank of Punjab

Centurion Bank of Punjab

The Centurion Bank of Punjab was an Indian private sector bank that provided retail and corporate banking services. It operated on a strong nationwide franchise of 403 branches and had over 5,000 employees...

, Palakkad Co-Operative Bank, HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank Limited is a major Indian financial services company based in India, incorporated in August 1994, after the Reserve Bank of India allowed establishing private sector banks. The Bank was promoted by the Housing Development Finance Corporation, a premier housing finance company of India...

, Union Bank of India

Union Bank of India

Union Bank of India is one of India's largest state-owned banks , is listed on the Forbes 2000. It has assets of USD 13.45 billion and all the bank's branches have been networked with its 1135 ATMs. Its online Telebanking facility are available to all its Core Banking Customers - individual as...

, Indian Bank

Indian Bank

Indian Bank is a major Indian Commercial Bank headquartered in Chennai , India. It has 22,000 employees, 1923 branches and is one of the big public sector banks of India. It has overseas branches in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and 229 correspondent banks in 69 countries...

, South Indian Bank, South Malabar Gramin Bank

South Malabar Gramin Bank

South Malabar Gramin Bank is the largest Regional Rural Bank in India. It was established in 1976 as a Scheduled Commercial Bank as per Regional Rural Banks Act of 1976 which is headquartered at Malappuram in kerala.Its area of operation is limited to 6 districts in Kerala, India...

Ekadesi Vilakku

• The Navaratri is celebrated in Vadakkencherry village. The festivities extend to a total duration of 12 days, which includes the Dasami (10th Day) and the Ekadasi (11th Day), with festivities peaking on Ekadasi day in a grand celebration. The Navaratri starts with the hoisting of the celebratory flag of the deity on the Kodimaram (flag staff) to indicate the start of festivities. During the first 10 days, a caparisoned elephant carrying the image of the village's presiding deity Lakshminarayana Perumal comes in a procession visiting the entire village. Nivediam is offered to the Lord by every house in the village. The Alwar (Vaishnavite priest), who specifically makes it to the Vadakkencherry from Tanjore a.k.a. Thanjavur from where he hails and who is part of the procession, performs the Nivediam ritual. The procession is accompanied by a small group of traditional music players playing the Chenda
  Chenda
  The Chenda is a cylindrical percussion instrument used widely in the state of Kerala, and Tulu Nadu of Karnataka State in India. In Tulu Nadu it is known as Chande....
  
   and accompaniments. The procession is performed twice in a day, once in the morning and once more in the evening.

• Each of the 9 days of the Navaratri festival, as well as the 10th day, is owned by a set of houses within the village. This age-old tradition ensures participation from the village residents while at the same time keeps the bonhomie and the societal obligations going year after year. The day is ended with distribution of the prasadam, a sweet delicacy made of pulses. While this is the default and compulsory sweet delicacy, prepared by the families who carry the responsibility of owning the day, many families also add to this default delicacy with other sweet dishes as well. Post the evening procession, some traditional musical renderings are also organized. This, though, is not a compulsory requirement and is again sponsored by individual families based on their will and wish.

• The Ekadasi day is the grandest of the festival days and is called 'Ekadasi Velakku'. The celebrations start in the morning. The Thadambu is hoisted onto a caparisoned elephant. This elephant is joined by two other caparisoned elephants on either side. Usually, the grandest of the 3 elephants is chosen to carry the Thadambu. The Nadaswaram
  Nadaswaram
  The nadaswaram, also spelt nadhaswaram, and also called nagaswaram , is one of the most popular classical musical instruments in the South Indian culture and the world's loudest non-brass acoustic instrument...
  
   accompanies the hoisting of the Thadambu. Once hoisted, the Panchavadhyam takes over as the Deva Vadhyam. A full company of Panchavadhyam players are used here. After playing the initial round inside the temple main hall, the procession meanders along the main village road, occasionally stopping at various points along the route and entertaining the onlookers. The Nagasahayam and the Devi (Mariamma) temple are also visited and on the return route reaches the Vinayaka temple. The Nivediam is performed at all the houses enroute just like the earlier 10 days. The Panchavadhyam finale is played at the hall in the Vinayaka temple, ending with a Kalasham. The ending of the Panchavadhyam acts as a signal to the Chenda
  Chenda
  The Chenda is a cylindrical percussion instrument used widely in the state of Kerala, and Tulu Nadu of Karnataka State in India. In Tulu Nadu it is known as Chande....
  
   players to start their performance. The Chenda
  Chenda
  The Chenda is a cylindrical percussion instrument used widely in the state of Kerala, and Tulu Nadu of Karnataka State in India. In Tulu Nadu it is known as Chande....
  
   melam is initially played in the Pandi
  Pandi
  Pandi may refer to:* Pandi, Bulacan in the Philippines* Pandi, Cundinamarca in Colombia* Pandi , Tamil film starring Lawrence Raghavendra* Pandi, a creature of medieval bestiary....
  
   melam style, which is an Asura Vadhyam style of playing. The procession returns to the Lakshminarayana Perumal temple. Once the procession reaches the temple main hall, the Chenda
  Chenda
  The Chenda is a cylindrical percussion instrument used widely in the state of Kerala, and Tulu Nadu of Karnataka State in India. In Tulu Nadu it is known as Chande....
  
   players transition the music into the Panchari Melam
  Panchari melam
  Panchari Melam is a percussion ensemble, canonically lasting more than four hours, performed during temple festivals in Kerala, India. Panchari Melam , is one of the major forms of chenda melam , and is the best-known and most popular kshetram vadyam genre...
  
   style. The finale is played in the main hall and the procession comes to a close with the Thadambu being brought down from the caparisoned elephant.

• The procession and the music, along with the Neivadiam is repeated in the late afternoon. This return path of the procession originally had the Para offerings being made to the Lord. In recent years, this has been moved to the main hall at the Lakshminarayana Perumal temple for convenience and time management reasons. The Para offerings involve filling up Para with rice grain, money, bananas, jaggery and other such standard offerings, and emptying the contents in front of the Lord on the elephant as an offering to the presiding deity, who, it is believed, is coming in a procession to get a first-hand view of the prosperity of His subjects.

• The same procession and the music, is repeated approximately a couple of hours post midnight for a third procession. This, though, is completed quickly and the Panchari melam finale is played at the Lakshminarayana Perumal temple main hall. Amidst vedic chanting, the Thadambu of the Lord is brought down and the temple opens for the day.

• The 12th day has a short ritual with the idol of the Lord taken for a traditional bath. The hurried procession happens on an elephant, minus any decorations, the idols being held by the temple priest on the shoulders of the elephant. All the village subjects mix turmeric with water in containers and splash the mix onto the idols which is taken to the pond in nearby Thiruvara. Once taken back to the Lakshminarayana Perumal temple a special Thadambu of the Lord is hoisted onto the shoulders of a caparisoned elephant and a procession of the village is done again. Once the procession is completed, the idol of the Lord in the Lakshminarayana Perumal temple is bathed with sandalwood paste, the process called Kalabham. Food is prepared for a feast for the village and this food is first offered to the Lord as a Nivediam, post which the feast opens up for the village members. The flag mast being brought down signifies the end of the festival and is performed before the start of the feast.

• Vadakkencherry is also home to various other festivals. The famous 'Vela'(festival) are Ganapathy Sahayam, Naga Sahayam, Kodikkattukaavu, Namboothiri Mutthan, Mangottu Mutthi, karappotta vela, padinjamuri koodal manikyam vela The Committees of these temples are conducting programs very well. Naga Sahayam Ganapathi Sahayam vela falls on April 17 every year.

• 'Shree Palliyarakkavu Bhagavathi Thalappoli' (Cherukannambra) : This festival is celebrated on the month of Malayalam (Dhanu 10) which sometimes falls on December 24 or 25 of every year. i.e. the last day of Mandalam. Mandalam 1 onwards for the next 41 days there will be Kalamezuthum Pattum and the 41st day the Thaalappoli is celebrated in a grand way. Caprisoned elephant along with the deity is taken out through the village in morning and evening with Panchvadyam and Pandimelam. There will be programmes during the night inside the Temple compound and by 2 o'clock girls take Thaalams along with the caparisoned elephants and Panchavaadyam troops.

SREE GANAPATHI SAHAYAM - SREE NAGA SAHAYAM ULSAVAGOSHAM

• Ganapathy Sahayam & Naga Sahayam Vela is one of the most popular competition festival in palakkad dt. Vela falls on April 17 every year (medam 4th). Each temple features a set of 5 elephants and Panchavadyam led by the prominent panchavadyam musicians in kerala(the likes of Pallavur Kunjikuttan marar, Pallavur Appu Marar, Cherupullaserry Sivan,Parakkadu Thangappan, Thiruvillamala hari and lot others has been part of this festival). Main attraction of this vela's are Kuda-Mattom [As that of Thrissur Pooram](by evening), Vedikettu (Fireworks) & Ganamela by night. Chamaya-Pradarsanam [Exhibition of the elephant's decorations] and Thayambaka which happens on 16 April (the day before Vela). Other attractions are a Multi-storied Panthal with illumination, Thayambaka, Eddu (A special kind of firework done to announce the beginning of the festival). It is also referred to as Vadakkencherry Pooram.

Land

Vadakkencherry is lush with greenery, and 10 km inside one can really enjoy the thick forestry on the eastern side.

Tourist attractions

Vadakkencherry is a starting point of a huge hill region. In Malayalam language, 'cherry' means a place which lies under hills. Here, places like Mangalam Dam, Palakkuzhi are the kind of places where the beauty of nature is very near to us. We can see the harmonious culture in Vadakkencherry in every corner of the village. The famous Nelliampathi

Nelliampathi

Nelliampathi is a popular hill station 60 km away from Palakkad in Kerala, a small state in south India. It is surrounded by tea and coffee plantations and has excellent weather conditions. The journey to Nelliampathi itself is an experience. The only route is from Nemmara, from where the...

 hills are located close to this town. Pothundi dam is another attraction. This dam has been created with mud and rocks. It is on the way to Nelliampathi. For Sabarimala

Sabarimala

Sabarimala is a Hindu pilgrimage center located in the Western Ghat mountain ranges of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala. It is the largest annual pilgrimage in India with an estimated 45–50 million devotees visiting every year. Sabarimala is believed to be the place where the Hindu God Ayyappan...

pilgrims, this town is a short time resting place. Many of the traditional food items of Kerala are supplied and became famous from here. Though the town and the nearby area are fast developing, you can see the beauty of the river, green fields and forests everywhere.

External links

• Vadakkencherry.com
• Vadakkencherry Gramam
• Satellite image of Vadakkencherry