Pookkottur

Pookkottur
village
1921 War Memorial Gate Pookkottur 1921 War Memorial Gate Pookkottur
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Malappuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Malappuram
Climate	Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)

Pookkottoor is a village in Eranad taluk, and a suburb of Malappuram, Kerala, India. It is on National Highway 966, and there is a state road from the town to Manjeri.

It was the centre of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 that shook the British administration in the erstwhile Malabar district of Madras Province.

The Malabar Karshikotsavam & Krishi Mela, held from 18 to 30 May 2013, was initiated by the Grama Panchayat president in collaboration with Kerala Agricultural University, Youth Clubs, and Pookkottur Grama Panchayat to transform Pookkottur into a model sustainable green village in Kerala.

Important landmarks

• Pookkottur Juma Masjid
• 1921 War Memorial: Tombs of 460 Mappilas who were killed in battle during the Mappila revolt against Britain in 1921 at Pookkottur
• Pookkottur gate: The Pookkottur war memorial gate is dedicated to those killed in the Pookkottur battle. Along with these monuments, now abandoned

See also

• Nediyiruppu
• Valluvambram
• Arimbra Hills

Gallery

• Aravankara, Pookkottur
  Aravankara, Pookkottur
• Pookkottur Town
  Pookkottur Town

External links

• http://wikimapia.org/2610009/
• https://archive.today/20130626181037/http://kau.edu/ec_2013.htm
• https://archive.today/20130626180506/http://kau.edu/gc_2013.htm
• http://www.lsg.kerala.gov.in/pages/lb_general_info.php?intID=5&ID=934&ln=en