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Pazhayangadi (aka ''Pazhayangadi'', Malayalam: പഴയങ്ങാടി) is a small township, approximately 22 kilometers north of Kannur town, in the South Indiann state of Kerala. In the local language of Malayalam it literally means "Old market". The town is bounded by the Madayi Hills (Madayipara) on the west and by the Pazhayangadi River on the south. Ezhimala, a range of hills, that is believed to be home to a variety of medical herbs, and a very ancient recorded history, is situated nearly 4 km west of Pazhayangadi. Pazhayangadi town is spread over Madayi and Ezhome Panchayaths. Madayi Hill offers a splendid scene of Ezhimala which means a chain of seven mountains, where the Indian Naval Academy is situated. ==Known History== From before the period of known history, some chapters of the Ramayana and local Hindu legends associate the Ezhimala Hills with the famous epic, in particular with Lord Hanuman. Ezhimala, Pazhayangadi, and several villages and towns in this region find plenty of mention in the extant Tamil Sangam Period's literature (500 BC to 300 AD). Pazhayangadi is the present corrupted form of its ancient name of Pazhi. Pazhi is mentioned as the ancient capital of King ''Udayan Venmon Nannan'' (known as ''Nannan'' or ''Nandan'') of the Mushika or Kolathiri Royal Family. Though the Dynasty of ''Nannan''s was a cousin or sister dynasty of the Cheras and Pandyas and Cholas, warfare among them was nearly consistent, and the period of ''Nannan'' was no exception. There are texts that speak of ''Nannan'' fighting heroic battles at Pazhi against the Chera Kings who invaded his kingdom (Kolathunadu). Eventually, ''Nannan'' was killed in battle by the Chera king, ''Narmudi Cheral''. Like the other kings of the then Tamilakam cultural polity, ''Narmudi Cheral'' was a great patron of scholars and poets, and he once gifted his court-poet, ''Kappiyattu Kappiyanar'' with 40 lakhs gold coins, as a token of his poetic genius. Extant Tamil Sangam texts describe the glory and wealth of the ancient Pazhi in the highest terms. Sangam Era poets, as well as Classical Tamil poets of later centuries, like Paranar speak of the wealth of Pazhi in the greatest degree. One of the Sangam pieces, ''Akam 173'' speaks of "''Nannans great mountain slopes where gold fields abound, and long bamboos dried in the Sun burst and released the unfinished pearls." Noted scholar, Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai states that "It is from Kottayam (of North Malabar) and Cannanore regions of old Ezhimalainad that innumerable Roman (gold) coins have been excavated. On one (single) occasion (gold) coins that could be carried by six porters were obtained. These coins were found to belong to the period down to 491 AD". The ''Mooshaka Vamsam'', written on the Mushika (Kolathiri) family of ''Nannan'' in the Eleventh Century, also mentions Pazhayangadi several times. Pazhayangadi is just 4 kilometers away from Ezhimalai (Ezhimala) which was the later Capital of the Kolathiri Dynasty. Pazhayangadi is famous for the ''Madayi Kavu'' which was a temple associated with the Kolathiris (Mushika Kings). The ''Madayi'' village which includes Pazhayangadi, is mentioned as ''Marahi'' in extant ancient texts, which was a famous port of the ancient times. Pazhayangadi has a lot of temples, such as the ''Vadakunda Shiva Templ'' at ''Madayi Para'', and the ''Eripuram Sree Krishna Temple''. The ''Tharapuram Sree Durgambika Temple'' is also a well-known temple at Pazhayangadi; and is well-known for its ''Kalampattu''; the name ''Tharapuram'' itself derived from the name of the Goddess ''Thara'' (Uchulikadavathu Bagavathi). Sree Durga, along with ''Yakshiyamma'' is worshiped here. The recorded history of Pazhayangadi and nearby places which belonged to the Kolathunadu, is described in the book 'KOLATHUPAZHAMA', written by MP Kumaran. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pazhayangadi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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