Jainamedu Explained

Jainamedu
Other Name:Jainimedu
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:10.8167°N 115°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Palakkad
Governing Body:Palakkad Municipality
Unit Pref:Metric
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:678 012
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:0491
Registration Plate:KL-09
Blank1 Name Sec1:Civic agency
Blank3 Name Sec1:Parliament constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:Palakkad
Blank4 Name Sec1:Assembly constituency

Jainamedu is a suburb or neighbourhood of Palakkad city, Kerala, India. It is located on the southern banks of the Kalapathy River, it is one of the western suburbs of Palakkad and is ward 51 of Palakkad Municipality.[1]

It is best known its 15-century Jain temple.[2] Jainamedu is one of the few places in Kerala where the vestiges of Jainism have survived.[3] Once, there were around 400 Jain families in Palakkad, but now only a few of them exist.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local Self Government Department Local Self Government Department . 2022-10-17 . lsgkerala.gov.in.
  2. Web site: 2013-06-15 . 15th-century Jain temple in Kerala to be reopened - Times Of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615091145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-12/india/39202799_1_temple-walls-temple-sources-diamond-merchants . 2013-06-15 . 2022-10-16 .
  3. News: 2013-05-11 . Temple ritual . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-10-16 . 0971-751X.
  4. News: Krishnan . Mundur M. k . 2011-11-13 . The home of Jainism in Kerala . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-10-16 . 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: Jain Temple of Jainimedu or Jainamedu in Palakkad . 2022-10-16 . Kerala Tourism . en.