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?Kulathuvayal Kerala • India
Kulathuvayal
Coordinates: 11°20′N 75°29′E / 11.33, 75.48
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Kozhikode
Population	63,795 (2006)
Codes • Pincode • Telephone • UN/LOCODE • Vehicle	• 673 526 • +91 496 • IN-KL-KOZ • KL-11
Website: www.kozhikode.nic.in

Coordinates: 11°20′N 75°29′E / 11.33, 75.48

1 History
2 Personalities
3 Places of interest
4 Educational Institutions

[edit] History

Kulathuvayal is a small village in Kozhikode district of Kerala state, India.

[edit] Personalities

Ajanur has been the birth place for many famous freedom fighters, poets and writers leaders such as famous poet Maha Kavi P.Kunhiraman Nair and famous freedom fighter and author Vidwan P. Kelu Nair . Ajanur has been the home for also many social reformers and political leaders such as the veteran socialist party leader C.M.Padmanabhan Nair (popular as CMP or C. M. P. Nair)

[edit] Places of interest

The famous Madiyan Kulom temple is situated in Ajanur village. It is about 5 km. from Kanhangad, the headquarters of Hosdurg taluk. Ajanur became a panjayat after independence and Sri. P.Krishnan Nair(Popular as the "President Krishnan Nair" served as the first president as well as president for many consecutive years

The main deity of the temple is Bhadrakali; but there are also other deities like Kshetrapalan, Bhagavathi and Bhairavan. A peculiarity of this temple is that a Brahmin priest performs pooja only in the noon, while the morning and evening poojas are performed by a sect called Maniyanis. The festivals in the temple fall during the months of Edavam (May, June) and Dhanu (December, January) and on these days all the poojas are performed in connection with this festival.