{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Jainamedu | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name =Jainimedu | nickname = | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India | coordinates = {{coord|10|49|N|76|39|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Kerala | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Palakkad | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = Palakkad Municipality | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | 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 | blank1_info_sec1 = | website = | Phone = | footnotes = | blank3_name_sec1 = Parliament constituency | blank3_info_sec1 = Palakkad | blank4_name_sec1 = Assembly constituency | blank4_info_sec1 = Palakkad }} '''Jainamedu''' is a suburb or neighbourhood of Palakkad city, Kerala, India, and 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Self Government Department {{!}} Local Self Government Department |url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2015/208 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=lsgkerala.gov.in}}</ref>
It is best known as the 15-century Jain temple<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-15 |title=15th-century Jain temple in Kerala to be reopened - Times Of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/15th-century-Jain-temple-in-Kerala-to-be-reopened/articleshow/20016503.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615091145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-12/india/39202799_1_temple-walls-temple-sources-diamond-merchants |archive-date=2013-06-15 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-10-16 }}</ref> and is one of the few places in Kerala where the vestiges of Jainism have survived.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-05-11 |title=Temple ritual |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/temple-ritual/article4708172.ece |access-date=2022-10-16 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Once, there were around 400 Jain families in Palakkad, but now only a few of them exist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnan |first=Mundur M. k |date=2011-11-13 |title=The home of Jainism in Kerala |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-editorialfeatures/the-home-of-jainism-in-kerala/article2625404.ece |access-date=2022-10-16 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jain Temple of Jainimedu or Jainamedu in Palakkad |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/jainimedu-jain-temple/154 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Kerala Tourism |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Palakkad Category:Suburbs of Palakkad Category:Cities and towns in Palakkad district