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Village in Kerala, India

Punnayurkulam Village Interactive map of Punnayurkulam Coordinates: 10°40′0″N 75°59′0″E / 10.66667°N 75.98333°E / 10.66667; 75.98333 Country India State Kerala District Thrissur Languages • Official Malayalam, English Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST) Vehicle registration KL-46 Nearest city Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency Thrissur Website www.punnayoorkulam.com

Grey heron at Punnayurkulam

**Punnyurkulam** is a village and gram panchayat in [Thrissur district](/source/Thrissur_district) of [Kerala](/source/Kerala), the southwestern state of [India](/source/India).[1][2]

## Location

The village is located 10 km north west of the world-famous temple town [Guruvayur](/source/Guruvayur) along the [Guruvayur](/source/Guruvayur)-[Ponnani](/source/Ponnani) state highway.

## History

Punnayurkuam is famous for its cultural heritage, the midi level scripts and literatures describes the region was part of the princely state of [Valluvanad](/source/Valluvanad_(southern_Malabar)), the dynasty who ruled the region from AD 400 to AD 1300 until the [Saamoothiri](/source/Saamoothiri) dynasty of erstwhile state of [Kozhikode](/source/Kozhikode) (anglicised Calicut) conquered Valluvanadu and annexed the state.

The village is the birthplace to many award-winning writers, including [Nalappat Narayana Menon](/source/Nalappat_Narayana_Menon), [Nalappatt Balamani Amma](/source/Balamani_Amma) and [Kamala Das](/source/Kamala_Das).

Temples like kadikkad shiva temple, punnayurkulam Bhagawati Temple, Parur Siva Temple and Govidapuram Krishna Temple are cultural icons of the village.

## Notable people

- The poet [Kamala Surayya](/source/Kamala_Surayya)'s major work Balyakala Smaranakal plots the village and its heritage.

- Punnayurkulam V Bappu was a voracious poet from Punnayurkulam, Kerala. *Muthumaala* and *Shwasikkunna Shavangal* are some of his notable works. Apart from poetry, other literary works were also published. His work *Oru Persian Kadha*, the translation of the famous *Badarul Muneer Husnul Jamal* of Moinkutti Vaidyar to Malayalam received the Kerala Sahithya Academy special award.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["How a Kerala village saved its 98 year-old government school and transformed it"](https://news.careers360.com/kerala-school-thrissur-primary-government-right-to-education-act-rte-2009-government-parent-teacher-association). *Careers360*. Pathfinder Publishing Pvt Ltd. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Local Self Government Department | Thrissur - Punnayurkulam Grama Panchayat"](https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2020/716). *lsgkerala.gov.in*. State of Kerala. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

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