THE CRICKET IN THALASSERY

Sir Arthur Wellesly, later Duke of Wellington introduced cricket in thalassery, sometime 

during the last decade of the eighteenth century. He did not have enough players in his e

stablishment. He got his persons, dhobies who washed his clothes near the well 

in one corner of the Thalassery stadium, fisherfolk from their colony and many others 

to make up the numbers. It took more than half a century (1860) for the first cricket club, 

Tellicherry Town Cricket Club, to be formed.

In 1890, Tellicherry and Cannanore played a cricket match at Cannanore. Murkoth 

Kumaran also took part in that match. Tellicherry team had walked to Cannanore

to play that match and returned on foot late at night.

In 1912 the first proper pitch was laid at Thalassery stadium by an Enlgish Engineer 

Anson.

Cricket was not only a way of life but was also a leveller where people of all castes, c

reeds, vocations and class joined together. Most of the British officials like the Sub Co

llector, Collector, S.P., Managers of British comapnies played cricket with indians.

Those were the days when India had not entered the test arena, Ranji trophy t

ournaments and others that followed, had not been heard of in the country.

In November 2008, modern and exclusive cricket stadium developed at Conorvayal
was inaugurated. First Ranji Trophy match at stadium was on 03-11-09 between Kerala
and Andhra. Indian pace bowler Sreesanth played in this match.

kannur university

 Kannur University was established by the Act 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly. The University by the name “Malabar University” had come into existence even earlier by the promulgaton of an Ordinance by the Governor of Kerala, on 9^th November 1995. 
The University was inaugurated on 2^nd March 1996 by the Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala.
The objective of the Kannur University Act 1996 is to establish in the state of Kerala a teaching, residential and affiliating University so as to provide for the development of higher education in Kasargod and Kannur revenue Districts and the Mananthavady Taluk of Wayanad District.

             Kannur University is unique in the sense that it is a multi-campus university with campuses located at various locations under its jurisdiction. 

The Act envisages that the University shall establish, maintain, manage and develop campuses at Kannur, Kasargod, mananthavady, payyannur, Thalassery, kanhangad and such other places as are necessary for providing study and research facilities to promote advanced knowledge in Science and Technology and other relevant disciplines.

Prof. (Dr.) M.Abdul Rahiman was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University from 01.01.1996 to 31.12.1999.

Prof. (Dr.) M.Abdul Rahiman was succeeded by the Prof. (Dr.) P. K.Rajan who assumed office on 15th May 2000.

            After the successful completion of his tenure of office of Dr. P.K. Rajan on 14^th May 2004, Dr. M.O. Koshy, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor was given the additional charge of Vice-Chancellor till 16^th August 2004. Thereupon Prof. Dr. Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calicut was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University also with effect from 17^th August 2004.

DR. P. Chandramohan who was the Vice-Chancellor of the University for the period from 28-February 2005 to 27 February 2009.
P.K. MICHAEL THARAKAN Present Vice Chancellor

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Kerala promotes Budget Travel with Jet2Kerala

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June 21st, 2009

In Kerala,  Tourism is a major source of revenue and our Government is taking all the right steps to bring in tourists from across the country with budget in their minds.
The campaign called Jet2Kerala is a partnership with Jet Airways and Kerala Tourism Department and they have created new travel packages for travellers within India who are looking to visit Kerala on cheaper and affordable rates.

According to the official site:

Jet2Kerala is an innovative joint promotion to make Kerala, renowned as God’s Own Country, more accessible to holidayers through holiday packages at never-before rates including highly discounted two way airfares on Jet Airways to the three gateway cities of Trivandrum, Cochin and Calicut from anywhere in India.

With this deal you can get a packaged deal which has everything from your flight tickets, pickup and drop at airports, sightseeing and staying in luxurious hotels in a single bindle. This will not only remove all your travel related headaches and it will be more affordable than paying for these individually.
If you are a travel freak and want to know more about this new innovative campaign, click here. It will be fun to see what type of offers Kerala Govt. will have to promote tourism in Kannur once our very own airport comes out.

Literary camp to begin tomorrow

 A three-day literary camp for young writers organised by the Kerala Sahithya Akademi will be held at Parassinikkadavu here from December 18.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the organisers of the event said Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan would inaugurate the camp. They said 140 young writers and nearly 125 noted writers would attend the camp, being organised to encourage young writers.
Akademi chairperson P. Valsala will preside over the inaugural function. Writers and literary critics will conduct classes on language, Malayalam literary history, Malayalam drama, poetry, literature in cyber space, narrative techniques, literature and secularism, etc.

Roads to be repaired by month-end: Minister

Public Works Minister M. Vijayakumar said here on Thursday that all damaged roads in the State would be repaired by the month-end.
Addressing a district-level crisis management review meeting at the Collectorate here on Thursday, he said instructions had been given to complete all repairs on roads. A sum of Rs.718 crore had been allocated by the government for road repairs. The works would be completed on a war footing, he said.
Announcing that the tender period was extended to 14 days, the Minister said works estimated up to Rs.2 crore would be sanctioned at the district level. He also announced that the government had sanctioned a Rs.399-crore project to upgrade the existing roads. The quality control maintenance and vigilance mechanisms of the PWD would be strengthened, Mr. Vijayakumar said.
The review meeting also discussed development of access roads to the Kannur airport site and maintenance of roads to tourism destinations. He discussed with officials the progress of the construction of 28 bridges.

VS to lay stone for kannur airport today

 


Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will lay the foundation stone for the Kannur International Airport at the project site near Mattannur on Friday.
Since the airport is a longstanding dream of the people here, elaborate arrangements have been made for the stone-laying function. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel will preside.
A helipad has been arranged at the ground of the PRNSS College at Mattannur for the arrival of Mr. Patel on Friday morning. The venue has facilities to accommodate around 10,000 people.
The function will be held at 11 a.m. Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran will inaugurate the construction of the perimeter wall of the project site. Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed will release the logo of the airport project.

Frozen Pudding Pops

Ingredients

• 2 cups low-fat or skim milk
• 1 small box of instant pudding

Directions

Prepare pudding according to package directions. Freeze in pop molds or spoon into small paper cups and insert popsicle sticks or plastic spoons. Place in freezer until solid.

BAKERY INDUSTRY _ Thalassery

It is the tradition of malayalees that they accept any new ideas coming from overseas wholeheartedly extending both their hands. They have shown courage to experiment even in their food habits adapting to new styles. Instead of the traditional puttu, iddali and dosa, many of them have brought bread and jam to the breakfast table. Instead of serving the traditional ‘palada pradaman’ for the birthday parties, the practice of cake cutting is widely adopted.

The credit of introducing a new variety of food item into the inventory of tastes of Malayalee goes to Mambally Bakery in Thalassery. The bakery started Mambally Bappu at Thalassery in 1880 have grown into become a Bakery establishment with its roots all over Kerala now.

It was in 1880, the period when no one dared to speak a word against the wishes of the British. On the Chistmas evening in 1880, a guest came to their biscuit factory at Thalassery. It was Mr. Bown, a British planter from the cinnamon plantation at Randu Thara in Ancharakkandy. He came with a piece of cake and asked Bappu to prepare similar one.

Bappu was seeing the cake for the first time. He had no idea of about its ingredients. The English man told him about the ingredients. Within a short time, Bappu’s culinary skills did its wonders. When the English man left the Royal biscuits shop he had given orders for a dozen cakes

Malayalis tasted the sweetness of cakes for the first time from, the Mamballi’s Royal Biscuit Factory, the first bakery establishment in Kerala.

It was Mambally Bappu’s eldest son Gopalan who started Modern bakery at ‘Mittai Street’ at Kozhikode.

Mambally Family took the bakery business further from Kozhikode to Thiruvithamkoor.  M.P. Karunakaran, cousin of Mambally Gopalan and brother in law Kanari jointly started Cochin Bakery at Canon shed road in 1939. Though there were some bakeries at Cochin on those days, the bakery items were not popular among the people of Cochin. Cochin Bakery however transformed the food styles of the people in Cochin. On those days, Cochin Raja’s car which came to Ernakulam for collecting ‘The Hindu’ news paper used to return with bread bought from Cochin Bakery.

Even from the Palace of Mysore King, people were sent to bring bakery items from Cochin Bakery. There is no need of searching for several testimonies to highlight the fame Thalassery secured in the field of Bakery art. The King of Cochin used to instruct that the items made out of fine quality flour rationed out to the Bakery should be reserved for their exclusive use. They used to receive orders from France for supply of breads aboard before the French Ships set out their journey to Cochin.

                                                                                                           
There were no star hotels in Cochin on those days and the owners of Cochin Bakery therefore got the honour of conducting parties for three Viceroys including Lord Mountbatten.

In 1940s Kanari reached Trivandrum with the fame of Thalassery bakery. He started the ‘Santha’ Bakery at Pulimoodu Junction. Later it was handed over to M.P. Krishnan, son of Mamballi Gopalan.

The fame of Thalassery bakery thereafter reached Nagarcoil. Here the bakery is still operating under the name Tops Bakery.

Thereafter they started Best Bakery at Kottayam on 15th November 1944. Thereafter establishments were opened at Changanassery, Thiruvalla, Chengannur under the brand name Best Bakery. The last bakery in the chain of bakeries was established at Kannur, near the railway station which completed a full circle in the long journey of establishing bakeries by the Mamballi’s.

Mamballi’s were very much particular about the quality of their Bakery products. These people from Thalassery however, did not attempt to produce their products in large numbers and commercially distribute under their brand name which finally resulted in gradual loss of their fame in this modern world.

mambaram river

 

MAMBARAM   PUZHA

THALASSERY KADAL PAALAM

                                                         KADAL PAALAM

thalassery city center

 

city center thalassery

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Mambaram English Medium School

Mambaram English Medium School(Senior Secondary) is a magnificent adobe of learning which was founded as a kinder Garten in 1992. The school is run by the Mambaram Education Trust registered in 1988 under the dynamic and astute leadership of Mr. Mambaram P.Madhavan. Presently, it is a Senior Secondary School affiliated to CBSE, Delhi (Affiliation No.930366) and conducts classes from LKG to Std. XII in a four storey building which houses seventy well-lit and airy class rooms, well equipped laboratories, adequately stocked library with 10000 books, spacious conference hall and other necessary infrastructure matching any other CBSE School. It boats of a two acre campus, and a three acre splendid site at the heart of Mambaram town for the proposed International Acquatic Park 

which will come into existence in the next academic year 2010. Our school with more than 2500 students on the rolls, 100 teachers and non-teaching staff and an array of twenty five school buses, has the glittering distinction in academics in North Kerala. This Insinuation came into existence with the proclaimed aim of promoting the intellect by developing the emotional, moral and sports are catered and refined by providing apt murturing. Every child is provided with an opportunity to get admitted in LKG and to continue the studied till Std. XII with out interruption so that a student can get the advantage of well-equipped science labs, spacious library and reading room, modern computer lab, digital English language lab “The class on the web.com” facilities in our school.
In order to develop effective communicative skills in English, we adopt “Productive Learning Method” (PLM) effectively handled by efficient out-of-state resource persons. Kinder garten section on a par with international standard will be shifted to a spacious campus in the academic year 2010-2011. This noble temple of excellence excutes the long cherished dream of our Manager to provide high quality education to the ordinary people of this are at affordable rate of fees. The chairman of the Mambaram Education Trust, Mr. Mambaram P. Madhavan is the Manager of this school. It is worthwhile to state that Mr. Madhavan's untiring efforts laid the foundation of the renowned, silver jubileecelebrated Mambaram Higher Secondary School (Kerala Board) with more than 4000 students on the rolls. He is its founder President and presently adorns its saddle as the Manager. The inspiration, far sightedness and experience in building up this prestigious Mambaram Higher Secondary School, motivated Mr. Mambaram P. Madhavan to establish this high quality result oriented English Medium Senior Secondary School with CBSE Affiliation.
Mambaram Education Trust (regd.No. 132/4/1998) successfully takes up a number of charitable endeavour such as free medical treatment and financial aid to the poor patients; constructing houses for the people; uplifting the fate of the weak and down-trodden section of the society through awareness campaign and monetary help and providing scholarships for the higher education of the enterprising and poor students. The Trust requests the cooperation of individuals and organizations in order to continue this noble venture. You are encouraged to send your contribution by cheques or DD in favour of the below given account number and address and become an integral part of this humanitarian effort.                                                                           telichery.co.cc

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thalassery election result

Thalassery Municipality Results 2010

Total-52 LDF-35 UDF-14 BJP-2 OTHERS-1 

Thalassery Block Panchayat Results 2010

Total-14 LDF-12 UDF-2 

Dharmadam Grama Panchayat Results 2010 

Total-18 LDF-11 UDF-7

Kannur District Panchayat Results 2010

Total-26 LDF-19 UDF-6 BJP-0 OTHERS-1

thalassery chicken biriyani (തലശ്ശേരി കോഴി ബിരിയാണി)

Ingredients

Biryani rice – 4 cups

Chicken (dressed big pieces) – 1 kg 

Onion – half kg.

Tomato – 3

Grinded Green chili– 10 

Chopped ginger – 2 tbsp 

Chopped garlic – 2 tbsp

Lemon – 1 

Curd – 1 cup

Corriander leaves – 15 gm

Curry leaves – as needed

Garam masala – 1 tbsp

RKG (ghee) – 250 gm

Cloves – 5

Cardamom – 5 

Cinnamon – a big piece

Cashew nuts – 100 gm

Raisins – 50 gm

Water – 6 cups

Salt - to taste

Method 

MASALA

Pour 1 tbsp RKG in the cooking vessel and heat.

When hot add chopped onion and stir till it turns light brown colour.

Add chopped ginger, garlic and grinded green chili and stir for 3 mins

Add chopped tomato followed by chicken and mix well. Add curd and salt.

Boil it and keep aside.

RICE

Add rest of the RKG to another container.

When hot add 1 chopped onion, cloves and cardamom.

Add washed and drained rice and fry for 5 mins.Add hot water (6 cups) and salt.

Allow it to boil. When rice is fully cooked keep it aside

Into the masala add lemon juice and rest of the corriander leaves.

Add some cooked rice on top of it.

Sprinkle 4 or 5 drop of food colour (yellow).

Add few fried cashew nuts and raisins on each layer of rice and also on top.

Keep it in oven under light heat for 15 mins.

Take it out from oven.

Separate the rice and masala.

Garnish with rest of the fried cashew nuts and raisins and onion (golden brown).

 Serve hot.

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 2 (PTI): The coastal town of Thalassery in north Kerala has been brought under a heritage tourism project by the state Government with an outlay of Rs 198 crore. The project was approved by the state cabinet today, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told reporters. Known as the town of three Cs--cricket, cakes and circus-- Thalassery in Kannur distict was one of the early settlements of the British in India, where they built a fort in the 17th century. Earlier known as Tellicherry,the town still has several imprints left by the colonial rule to attract tourists. The town is also associated with battles waged by native ruler Pazhassiraja against the British. Cradle of Indian circus, the town and the surrounding areas had produced a large number of circus artistes and also is home of the legendary martial art trainer Keeleri Kunhikkannan,hailed as father of modern circus in India. German Missionary and lexicographer Herman Gundert lived many years in a bungalow at Illikunnu near Thalassery, from where he compiled the first and still authentic Malayalam Lexicon. According to records, the first mdoern bakery in Kerala was set up in Thalassery by native butlers who learnt the art of European confectionary from the British officials they served. The rural areas around the town are famed for folk arts like Theyaam and Thira, performed in local shrines.

World premiere of Kerala Tourism film in London -Tuesday

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 18 (IANS) Kerala Tourism will launch its global advertising campaign, 'Your Moment Is Waiting', at a red carpet event Tuesday (Sep 21) at the Saatchi Gallery in London to a select gathering of glitterati, literati and business leaders. Conceived by Stark Communications, the brand agency of Kerala Tourism, and directed by Prakash Varma, the campaign aims to make Kerala a must visit destination for travellers around the world. The campaign, filmed in key locations in and around Thekkady, Alappuzha, Munnar, Thalassery and Kannur in northern Kerala, features upcoming model Miriam Ilorah. Kerala Tourism Secretary V.Venu said the campaign was unlike any other tourism campaign. 'The film is cinematic in style, sophisticated and highly emotive. It is not the traditional slide-show of pretty pictures of places and people. We are reaching out to our global target audience of experience seekers. We know that the film will resonate and influence how they think about Kerala as a holiday destination,' said Venu. The campaign would run in all of Kerala Tourism's major markets around the world from October 2010 until mid-2011. ' 'Your Moment is Waiting' will hit video sharing website YouTube in the UK, France and Germany, targeting nearly 50 million viewers,' Venu said. 'The UK being our main source market, Kerala attracts a lot of travelers from that country, and we feel that it would make great sense to reach out to this loyal and growing market by premiering the film in London,' added Venu. Chairman of Stark Communications T.K. Harshan said, 'The film goes far beyond the realm of a commercial to capture the soul of Kerala.' Kerala's growth in tourism has been phenomenal and dramatic. A decade ago, this small southern state, though awash with scenic grandeur, was virtually unknown in the international tourism scene. Today, it is a globally acclaimed tourist destination, voted as 'One of the Ten Paradises in the World' by the National Geographic Traveller in 2000.

hummer in india

General motors has made it public that they are looking at negotiations seriously with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. regarding launching the Hummer in India with
full fledged availability.

GM had admitted to this in Thailand at the plant opening for production of new cars. There have also been talks of GM selling their Hummer division to the Indian company but that idea seems to be far fetched for the moment. Although there are several automakers in Russia and also China who could be interested in such a deal.
The company has been reporting its worse numbers in their corporate history and is looking to raise capital with the sale of its assets.

Kannur International Airport’

Project Structure :
The proposal for the development of the ‘Kannur International Airport’ received ‘in principle’ clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation in February 2008. Government of Kerala is now in the process of floating a company for the development of the airport.

            The airport will be built over 2000 acres of land and will have a single runway, to begin with.

The project will be implemented on a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) basis and on a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model.
The government will own 26 percent of the project and the remaining 74 percent with the joint venture partner(s) to be selected through a competitive and transparent bidding process.
The state government has identified 2,000 acres of land for the airport and the acquisition of the land is in the final process. The airport project will explore other related projects like Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO).

The techno economic feasibility project envisages to be approximately Rs.1000 crores for the airport. When completed, Kannur airport would be the fourth international airport in the State after Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode.

THE KADIRUR SERVICE CO-OPERATIBE BANK

The Kadirur Service Co-operative Bank holds the unique position as one among the best banking institution in Co-op Sector having imparted 50 years of glorious service to all and sundry and marching forward in all its integrity.

From a small Society it became a Rural Bank in 1956 and as its status grew it was renamed as the present Kadirur Service Co-operative Bank in 1962.As is the case of many famous institutions, at the beginning as a Co-op Banking Institution it had to withstand many a financial crisis, even threatening its very existence but to the timely guidance and directions of its honorable Directors and its Members it withered the storm admirably for all to see.

The Kadirur Service Co-operative Bank can hold its head high and the first electing a governing body through ballot voting which was held in 1977. The committee under the famous social worker and freedom fighter Sri. Kundachery Kunhiraman Master was elected. New public welfare schemes were introduced gaving immence popularity. No wonder the public started calling it “ An Everyones Bank”

Spreading its wings

In 1996 Sri. Karayi Rajan took over the reins as the President. Under his able leadership the Bank has achieved much in a very short span. It wont be as exaggeration to call this period the Golden era of the Bank. New policies and Welfare schemes were introduced. And from 2 branches in 1996 it has set up 7 more branches making considerable profit. The inauguration of its H.O Complex and Golden Jubilee celebrations were held in pomp and ceremony in 2006.

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Stadium Juma Masjid

Stadium Juma Masjid - the foremost mosque in Tellichery -ie. More than thousand years old. This mosque of indo - saraconni style of architecture was constructedduring the times of Malik Ibu Dinar - who came to kerala to propagate Islam among the people . The activities of Muslim renaissance began In Tellicherry from the court yard of this antique mosque lying in the Arabian Sea . In the history of God’s own country , it was the stadium Juma Masjid Which arranged Eid - Gaah for the namaz conducted on Eid – ul - fitr, in the ground in front of it .

Sepulcher of Kunjayan Musallyar who was an ablazing personality in the history of Arabic - Malayalam literature ie,located here. Two centuries ago, the literary compositions of the Musallyar resulted in rapturous shudderings of the people of Tellicherry. After renovation this has become one of the most beautiful mosques of Kannur District and it is of course incredible heritage of Tellichery

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Taste of Onam in Malabar

It's time once again for the sumptuous Onasadya, the rich fare of delectable dishes that enrich your palate.

Each district in Kerala is a culturally unique entity. But surprisingly, the Onasadya all over the State has the same ingredients and flavour. Being so culturally and linguistically distinct, why did not Malabar develop its own way to tease the palates for Onam? Our research was rejuvenated by the revelations of Menoth Ramakrishnan Nair, an elderly poet who writes under the pseudonym ‘Ravanaprabhu.'

Mr. Nair recollected Onam during his childhood and the distinct flavour of the curries made of vegetables and spices. Once the Onasadya was done with, the remaining curries and rice were poured into one barrel and kept closed for four days. On the fifth day, the barrel was opened and the contents were properly mixed and served. Before you say ‘yuk!,' people normally eat a lot during Onasadya and many develop stomach ailments. This mixture, served on the fifth day, known as ‘pulunkari kanji,' is the best medicine for stomach ailments.

A very important constituent of Onasadya in Malabar, unlike the rest of Kerala, is ‘Pazham nurukku,' which is plantain fruits steamed and sliced. Another is ‘pala ada' or ‘poovada.' prepared as an offering to ‘Onathappan' on Thiruvonam day. This is made by steaming rice paste filled with grated coconut and jaggery inside the stalk of Areca leaves. A variation of ‘inchikkari' known as ‘mulakapachadi' is typical of Malabar. This does not have the major ingredient of the former, ginger. Instead, green chillies, mustard, methi and theel powdered and mixed in tamarind juice to form ‘mulakapachadi.'‘Narangakkari,' ‘inchithairu' and ‘mangakkari' are also typically ‘Malabarish,' Mr. Nair says.

Sumesh, a prominent restaurant owner in Kozhikode, added a small but unique item to the list of Malabar special Onam delicacies. The main ingredient of this yet-to-be-named delicacy used in Thalassery and its surrounding areas is a banana known as ‘aanippoovan'. The fruit is mixed with sugar and ghee to form a thick paste. It is further mixed with ‘pappadam' and served as a pre-meal dessert, thus carrying the flavour throughout the meal.

According to Sumesh, unlike in South Kerala, in Malabar, there is no surprise element if non-vegetarian dishes are served at the Onasadya.

In fact, chicken curry in various forms is an indispensable part of Onasadya here in many parts of Malabar, he said.

THE TELLICHERRY WHICH IS THALASSERY

The capital of erstwhile British Malabar, Thalassery has a prominent place in the history of Malabar as a military fort, trade center, port and court of justice.
In historical records, Thalassery is also known as Telicherry, Talakachery, Tasichery among others. There is no definite evidence to prove how the place acquired the name Thalassery.

There is a belief that Thalassery was the capital of several places and so it acquired the name Thalassery. There are references to a place called Dharmadam in old historical records but no mention of Thalassery.

People also say that Thiruvangad is the old name of Thalassery. Most places in the town come under Thiruvangad village. Even in the Thalassery Sub Collectors Office tehre is a plaque which says Thiruvangad.

The manual of administration of Madras Presidency Vol. II 1885 says the old name of this place is 'Shwetaranyapuri. 'Shweta' means white, 'Aaranya' means forest and 'puri' means town. There is also a mention is historical records that Tiruvenkad later became Thiruvangad. David Smith of the department of religious studies of Lancaster University writes in his book 'THe Dance of Shiva' that this was the place where the Acharya of Upansihads 'Shwetaketu' lived here which is why the place got the name Shwetarangapuri.

The fort build by the East India Company is an Thiruvallappan hill which was owned by Punolil Mussad. Thalassery actually started progressing after it became a trading centre in the old kottayam taluk under British rule. This happened in the 16th century.

There are some signs of Brahmin domination in the center of the town. But there is no mention of Thalassery in the old 'Talis' of Kerala.

Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان‎ Ramaḍān, Arabic pronunciation: [rɑmɑd̪ˤɑːn]) (also written Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, Ramdan, Ramadaan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and sexual activities from dawn until sunset.[1] Fasting is meant to teach the Muslim patience, modesty and spirituality. Ramadan is a time for Muslims to fast for the sake of God (Arabic: الله‎, trans: Allah) and to offer more prayer than usual. During Ramadan, Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, and try to purify themselves through self-restraint and good deeds. As compared to the solar calendar, the dates of Ramadan vary, moving backwards about ten days each year as it is a moving holiday depending on the moon. Ramadan was the month in which the first verses of the Qur'an were said to be revealed to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.[2]

For Christian priest, Quran is as dear as the Bible

Sat Sep 12 2009 15:36:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) by IANS ( Leave a comment )

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 12 (IANS) For 65-year-old priest G.S. Francis, the Holy Quran is as dear as the Holy Bible.
Church of South Indian (CSI) parish vicar Francis has been reading the Quran for an hour everyday during the fasting month of Ramzan for the past two decades.
“The Old Testament and the Quran are almost similar and I do read it every day for an hour during the month of Ramzan. In fact in the course of theology, the holy books of other religions like the Ramayana and Quran are taught,” he said.
“I learned theology at a seminary by attending a part-time course. It was in 1989 that I was ordained as a priest. The state government allowed me to don the cassock because I agreed to do the priestly duties as an honorary service,” he added.
Francis retired from the state government as deputy development commissioner in rural department a decade back and has been a priest in the church since then. The church is located at Thalassery in Kannur district.

He said during the month of Ramzan he fasts when he has no other duties to perform.
“It has become a practice for me ever since I became a priest to refer to religious books like Quran and Ramayana. This helps me to understand other religions. This reading helps me when I deliver messages in the church. One gets knowledge for preaching when one studies other religions because a comparative study is required and I am happy doing this,” Francis said

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floating restaurant

A floating restaurant is a kind of vessel which is usually a type of steel barge used as a restaurant on water.




#       Near co-operative hospital Thalasery
         2 km far from Thalassery town
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thalassery beef biriyani

Biriyani rice - 1/2 kg Beef - ½ kg  Onion(big) - 2 nos(thinly sliced lengthwise) Chilly powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Pepper powder – 1 tsp Green chillies -  8 nos Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsbp Garam masala powder - 1 tsp Garam masala (whole) - A few Ghee – 1/4 cup Coconut oil – 1/4 cup Coriander mint leaves - A few Lemon juice - of 1 lemon Salt - As reqd Fried onions – 4 tbsp

Fried cashewnuts -1 tbsp Fried raisins – 1-2 tsp Preparation Marinate beef with chilly powder, turmeric powder , pepper powder and salt . Keep it aside for 10 mnts. Boil rice in salty boiling water, add garam masala (whole) and lemon juice and drain it when half done. Saute onion with oil in a pressure cooker till brown.Add green chilly, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala powder and salt as required and saute well.  Then add the marinated beef and  cook until the beef done well. Finaly add some chopped coriander and mint leaves. Grease a vessel with little ghee.Spread 1/2 of the beef masala and place 1/2 of rice over it. Pour 2 tbspn of ghee on top of it and sprinkle some fried onion , nuts raisins and a pinch of garam masala . Spread the remaining masala and top it with rice followed by ghee and fried onion , nuts ,raisins and garam masala. Close it with a air tight lid and put biryani in dum for 10 - 15 min .Garnish with coriander and mint leaves and serve beef biryani hot with putheena chammanthi and pickle .