Kuthannoor Gram Panchayat Explained

Kuthannoor (or Kuthanur, Kuthannur, Kuthanoor) is a gram panchayat in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India. It is a local government organisation that serves the villages of Kuthannur-I and Kuthannur-II.[1] It is a part of the Tharoor assembly constituency.[2]

One of the six "sangams" or associations of Tholpavakoothu, a form of puppetry, originated in Kuthanur.[3] Krishnan Kutty Pulavar Memorial Tolpavakoothu & Puppet Centre perform puppetry performances at Nadumannath Bhagawathi and Kuthannur Kavu temples in Kuthanur.[4]

Megalithic relics have been discovered in ten acres of reserved forest at Muppuzha, Kuthanoor. These comprise 100 port-hole cists that show strong similarities with dolmens from different parts of Europe, such as the Iberian Peninsula, France, Caucasus mountains, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Israel.[5] The Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology describes a port-hole cist thus: "a box-like burial chamber, largely underground and built of gneissic orthostats floorstone and capstone but arranged inside a rectangular pit scooped out of the native laterite. The e. orthostat has a port-hole which is blocked by a small slab on the outside. The entire structure is surrounded by a stone circle. The cist sometimes has a bench inside ..."[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reports of National Panchayat Directory . Ministry of Panchayati Raj . 31 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101140828/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=224701&rlbtype=V . 1 January 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: LDF hopes to consolidate its victory in Palakkad . https://web.archive.org/web/20110320040657/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/15/stories/2011031557370700.htm. dead. 20 March 2011. G.. Prabhakaran. 15 March 2011. The Hindu. 16 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Shadow of the original . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007002740/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/10/03/stories/2008100351230500.htm. dead. 7 October 2008. Krishnamachari . Suganthy . 3 October 2008. 16 June 2012. The Hindu. Chennai.
  4. Web site: Tolpava Koothu - The Shadow Puppet Theatre of Kerala. Pulavar . K. K. Ramachandra . Rishnan Kutty Pulavar Memorial Tolpava Koothu & Puppet Centre . 16 June 2012. Shoranur, Kerala.
  5. Web site: Megalithic relics in neglected state. https://web.archive.org/web/20110601162359/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/05/stories/2010060564980700.htm. dead. 1 June 2011. G.. Prabhakaran. 5 June 2010. The Hindu. 16 June 2012.
  6. Book: Amalananda Ghosh. An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology. 30 June 2012. 1990. BRILL. 978-90-04-09264-8. 130.

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