Nenmara

Nemmara is a small town in Palakkad district, Kerala, India. It is administrated by the Nemmara gram panchayat. Nemmara hosts the Nenmara Vallanghi Vela, a yearly festival jointly organised with Vallangi village. Nemmara is the entry point to the Nelliampathi hills, which are located at the foothills of Western Ghats. 

As of 2001, according to the Indian census, Nemmara had a population of 18,244 with 8,888 males and 9,356 females.

Source - Wikipedia [Apr 2021]

Nemmara is well connected with Buses to Palakkad,Chittur,Kollengode,Alathur,Vadakkanchery,Thrissur etc. It is the gateway to the Nelliampathy hill station. Nearest airports are Coimbatore Airport and Cochin International Airport Nearest Railway stations are Kollengode Railway Station and Palakkad Junction.

Vallanghi Nenmara Vela
Vallanghi Nenmara Vela is held in the Nellikulangara Bhagavathy Temple, and runs from 3-16 April each year. It involves friendly rivalry between the villages of Nemmara and Vallangi, as they try to outcompete each other in artistic ceremonies such as Kummattikali, Karivela and a parade of caparisoned elephants. The most popular part of the festival is the fireworks display the at the end, which typically lasts for one hour and is witnessed by thousands of people.


Pothundi Dam
Pothundi Dam is an irrigation dam near Pothundi village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, India. Constructed in the 19th century, it is considered one of the oldest dams in India. It provides irrigation to an area of 5,470 hectares (13,500 acres) in the Palakkad district and drinking water supply to the Nemmara, Ayalur, Melarcode Panchayat. An unusual feature of the earth dam is the core wall, which is built with a mixture of jaggery and quick lime.


Nenmara Vallanghy Vela
Vallanghi Nenmara Vela is held in the Nellikulangara Bhagavathy Temple, and runs from 3-16 April each year. It involves friendly rivalry between the villages of Nemmara and Vallangi, as they try to outcompete each other in artistic ceremonies such as Kummattikali, Karivela and a parade of caparisoned elephants. The most popular part of the festival is the fireworks display the at the end, which typically lasts for one hour and is witnessed by thousands of people.

This is the Festival of Colours, Art forms, Firework, Elephants. Panchavadyam, Pandi Melam are the cultural arts forms of Kerala which performed here with its best players of the state. Each desom will make large infrastructure called 'anapanthal', using bamboo and wood and will electrified using small bulbs which makes more beauty to the festival. The finest elephants of Kerala will join in the procession in two sides. The caparisoned elephants from two desoms will come to Nellikulangara temple to meet Nellikulangara Bhagavathy. The firework is one of the major attraction of the festival, which holds the best place among other festivals in Kerala. The fireworks are so loud that it is called as Asia's loudest firework, arguably in the whole world.

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