Kodungallur
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Kodungallur (; formerly also known as Cranganore (anglicised name), Cranganor (Portuguese), Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi and Muziris/Muchiri/Muyirikkode) is a historically significant town located on the banks of the river Periyar on the Malabar Coast in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. It is north of Kochi (Cochin) by National Highway 66 and from Thrissur. Kodungallur, being a port city at the northern end of the Kerala lagoons, was a strategic entry point for the naval fleets to the extensive Kerala backwaters. Kodungallur is recognised as one of the world’s notable early interfaith cen
Key facts
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- Kodungallur
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- Cranganore
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- Municipality
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- Cranganore in Cranganore.jpg
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- Dutch East India Company ships in Kodungallur (1708)
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- India Kerala#India
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- right
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- Country
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- India
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- State
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- Kerala
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- District
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- Thrissur
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- Kodungallur Municipality
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- Metric
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- 29.24
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- 9
- Settlement.population_total
- 70,868
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early historic harbour
- Medieval port of Kodungallur
- Portuguese era
- Calicut fleet
- Muziris Heritage Project
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Kodungallur (; formerly also known as Cranganore (anglicised name), Cranganor (Portuguese), Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi and Muziris/Muchiri/Muyirikkode) is a historically significant town located on the banks of the river Periyar on the Malabar Coast in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. It is north of Kochi (Cochin) by National Highway 66 and from Thrissur. Kodungallur, being a port city at the northern end of the Kerala lagoons, was a strategic entry point for the naval fleets to the extensive Kerala backwaters. Kodungallur is recognised as one of the world’s notable early interfaith centres, linked to the arrival of Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities in India and to early Buddhist presence in South India, in addition to its longstanding Shaiva, Vaishnava and Shakta traditions.
As of the 2011 India Census, Kodungallur Municipality had a population of 33,935. It had an average literacy rate of 95.10%. Around 64% of the population follows Hinduism, 32% Islam and 4% Christianity. Scheduled Caste (SC) constitutes 7.8% while Scheduled Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Kodungallur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kodungallur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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