Kudallur

Kudallur is in the Palakkad district of Kerala. It is in Ottappalam taluk, bordering Malappuram district, also on the banks of Bharathapuzha. This village was originally in Ponnani taluk of Palakkad, before the formation of Malappuram district. The place is famous for its illustrious son writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The other well-known personality from here is artist Achutan Kudallur. It is at Kudallur, exactly at Koottakadavu the two rivers Nila and Thootha meet. Kudallur Hills, mentioned in M. T. Vasudevan Nair stories are the another point of attraction. The village is in Anakkara Panchayath, Thrithala block i.e. in Ottapalam Taluk.