Cheruvannur
Grama panchayat

Cheruvannur was home to people who had mastered the martial arts techniques of the traditional Kadathanadan Kalaris, which are steeped in the history of heroic legends. Cheruvannur Grama Panchayat has a rich tradition of the Indian freedom struggle. E.C. Appu Nambiar and E. Vasu played leading roles in the Quit India Movement, and the Koothali Farmers’ Struggle also took place in this region. Kottachaalil Meethal Chathu, popularly known as ‘Military Chathu’, and Malolmeethal Kannan, who served in Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA), were residents of this panchayat. The region has also been associated with notable figures in literature and the arts, including the renowned writer Avala T. Kunhiramakurup, poet Cheruvannur P. Narayana Nair, author of Pullankuzhal and Kavamanjari,...