Payyanur: The valley of festivals

About Payyanur
Payyanur is a town situated in the Kannur district of Kerala, India, in the valley of the Ezhimala Hills. The place derives its name from the renowned Sri Subrahmanya Swami Temple located here. Payyan is an appellation of Lord Subrahmanya and ooru means "the place". Thus Payyanur means the land of Lord Subrahmanya. Payyanur is also well known for Pavithra Mothiram, Astrology, art forms like Theyyam and Poorakkali, and historical movements like that held at Korom.

History:
Payyannur, the name derived from payyan[Subrahmanyan] and uru[land]meaning the land of Lord Subrahmanya. It is so called because here situated the famous temple of Lord Subrahmanya.This include in the three famous temples of Subrahmanya in the Kannur district. The other two are the Peralasseri temple and the Makreri temple.
Here lived several social workers Peeranki Nambeesan,M.K.Raghavan, T.Govindan,Artist Ganesh, Kunhimangalam Narayanan master, famous architect etc.Kandoth in Payyannur is famous for pottery. Theru attained fame by the manufacture of ghadi.

Centuries back Payyanur was a part of the Ezhimala Rajya. King Nandan who ruled this Ezhimala Rajya was very famous and mighty. The books written during Sang Time describe about this country and this king with much importance. Later Ezhimala became under the regime of the Chera Dynasty and thereafter the Mooshaka(Yadava) Dynasty. Ramanthali was the headquarters of the Mooshaka Dynasty.

Administration:
Payyanur is one of the 141 legislative assembly constituencies of Kerala. Payyanur constituency comprises of panchayts other than Payyanur municipality. They are Ramantali, Kunhimangalam, Cherutazham, Kadannappalli-Panapuzha and Madayi . Payyanur belongs to the Kasargod Loksabha constituency. Payyanur as the head quarters of the Payyanur Block Panchayat. This body carries out the various rural development programs. Payyanur is the head quarter of recently announced new Taluq in Kannur District.