Jainamedu
Jainamedu
Jainimedu | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
KL-09 | |
| Parliament constituency | Palakkad |
| Assembly constituency | Palakkad |
Jainamedu is a suburb or neighbourhood of
Kalapathy River, it is one of the western suburbs of Palakkad and is ward 51 of Palakkad Municipality.[1]
It is best known its 15-century Jain temple.[2]Jainamedu is one of the few places in Kerala where the vestiges of Jainism have survived.[3] Once, there were around 400 Jain families in Palakkad, but now only a few of them exist.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "15th-century Jain temple in Kerala to be reopened - Times Of India". 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Jain Temple of Jainimedu or Jainamedu in Palakkad". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 16 October 2022.