Koothali

Koothali
Koothali
Town
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Perambra

Koothali is a village in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India,^[1] and the traditional seat of the Koothali Nair.

The name Koothali has been evolved from two terms Kooth+Ali in which "Kooth" means performing arts like "Kathakali", "Koodiyattam" etc. and "Ali" means the venue where such art forms are performed. In ancient times Koothali was a place where this kind of performing arts were taught and practiced by artists of "Koothali-Thambayi"- the then ruler of Koothali. Koothali has around six hundreds of years of long history and it goes back to the time of Tippu Sultan and beyond.

Transportation

Koothali village connects to other parts of India through

Trivandrum. The eastern National Highway No.54 going through Perambra Kuttiady connects to Mananthavady, Mysore and Bangalore

.

References

^ "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.

Perambra

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[censusindia-1] "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.

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