Pookkottoor is a village in Eranad taluk, and a suburb of Malappuram, Kerala, India. It is on National Highway 213, and there is a state road from the town to Manjeri.

Pookkottur
village
1921 War Memorial Gate Pookkottur
Pookkottur Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 11°5′50″N 76°3′50″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Malappuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Malappuram
Climate	Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)

It was the centre of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 that shook the British administration in the erstwhile Malabar district of Madras Province.

Malabar Karshikotsavam & Krishi Mela (from 18th to 30 May 2013) was an initiative by Mr. P.A. Salam by collaborating Kerala Agricultural University, Youth Clubs & Pookkottur Grama Panchayath to transform Pookkottur as a model Sustainable Green Village of Kerala.

Important Landmarks

• Pookkotur Juma Masjidh
• 1921 War Memorial: Tombs of 460 Mappilas who were killed in battle during the Mappila revolt against Britain in 1921 at Pookkottur
• "Pookkotur gate". The Pookkottur war memorial gate is dedicated to those killed in the Pookkottur battle. Along with these monuments, abandoned

See also

• Nediyiruppu
• Valluvambram
• Arimbra Hills

Image Gallery

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  Aravankara, Pookkoottur
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  Pookkottur Town

External links

• http://wikimapia.org/2610009/
• https://archive.today/20130626181037/http://kau.edu/ec_2013.htm
• https://archive.today/20130626180506/http://kau.edu/gc_2013.htm
• http://www.lsg.kerala.gov.in/pages/lb_general_info.php?intID=5&ID=934&ln=en

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