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Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter - Ethnotaxonomy of Dioscorea among the Kattunaikka people of Wayanad District, Kerala, India Wayanad district lies between north 11º27'and 15º58' and east 75º47' and 70º47' and 70º27' bounded on the east by Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) and Mysore district (Karnataka), on the south by Malapuram district and on the west by Kozhikode and Kannur districts of Kerala. The present study was carried out in a mountainous district called Wayanad located in the northeastern region of Kerala state, India (Figure 1). There are about 221 Kattunaikka settlements in all forest regions of the Wayanad district (Anon. www.ipgri.cgiar.org /pgrnewsletter/article.asp?id_article=4&id_issue=135   (4660 words)

Wayanad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wayanad district stands on the southern top of the Deccan plateau and its chief glory is the majestic Western ghats with lofty ridges interspersed with dense forest, tangled jungles and deep valleys, the terrain is rugged. Wayanad District, in the north-east of Kerala, India, was formed on November 1, 1980 as the 12th district, carved out of Kozhikode and Kannur districts. Wayanad district stands first in the case of adivasi population (about 36%) among other districts in the state. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wayanad   (1166 words)

The Hindu : Water scarcity continues to stalk Wayanad Thomas Ambalavayal, a spokesman of the Wayanad Prakriti Samrakshana Samithy, which recently organised a tour of the drought-affected areas in Sulthan Bathery taluk, believes long-term strategies to rejuvenate the district's perennial streams and other water sources are the need of the hour. Water scarcity caused by drought conditions in Wayanad district is getting worse by the day, increasing pressure on the district administration to supply more drinking water to more parts of the district. Nature-lovers in Wayanad believe that the present severe drought is Nature's way of taking revenge on the local people for indiscriminate use of poisonous pesticides, for felling giant trees to grow pepper vines and for destroying large tracts of forests. www.hindu.com /2004/03/10/stories/2004031002990500.htm   (498 words)

Urgent Need To Save Wayanad Farmers Wayanad district has the biggest adivasi population in the state and all adivasi organisations are on agitation demanding distribution of land. IN the recent years, Wayanad, a tiny hill district in Kerala famous for its spices and coffee plantations, has been in the news for the widespread suicides by distressed farmers– a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly commonplace in rural India as a result of implementation of free market economic policies. In Wayanad district the existing overdue amount as on March 31, 2004 is Rs 133 crore. pd.cpim.org /2004/0718/07182004_kp-wayanad.htm   (1613 words)

.:: Kerala Waves - find everything about kerala : This is located in Wayanad district and 75km from Calicut, Head quarters of the district, surrounded by thick growth of Coffee Plantations, Kalpatta was occupied by hardworking farmers and planters from Central Travancore. : This is located in Wayanad district, 96km from Calicut, passing through thick forest, coffee, rubber and tea estates, oranges and other cash crops, winding and climbing the hills, Sulthan Bathery, a small town is only 19km Karnataka border. : This is located in Wayanad district and 60km from Calicut, winding and climbing roads through Wayanad hills. www.keralawaves.com /kwaves/aboutkerala/dist_wyn.asp   (477 words)

wayanad.net :: Wayanad mainpage Wayanad is one of the districts in Kerala that have been able to retain its pristine nature. The deciduous forests of Wayanad is famous for woody climbers like Entada scandens, Calycopteries floribunda etc. With 26% forest cover, far greater then any district in Kerala, Wayanad is home to two major wildlife sanctuaries: Muthanga and Tholpetty. Location: Located between North Latitude 11°47' & 15°58' and East Longitude 75°47' & 70°27', district of Wayanad is on the southern tip on the Deccan plateau. www.wayanad.net /wayanad.html   (521 words)

Wayanad. Districts. Kerala & Other Links - CalicutNet.com Wayanad Muslim Orphanage, commonly known as WMO, is a registered charitable organisation registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 Government of India in Wayanad district of Kerala province, India The Govt.Engineering College, Wayanad is located in the hilly district Wayanad. Wayanad District, Kerala (India) - The Official Web Site www.calicutnet.com /links/kerala/wayanad/links.htm   (178 words)

The Hindu Business Line : Bid to promote Wayanad as tourism destination While promoting Wayanad's tourism potential is the most important item on the organisation's agenda, it is also working on various projects to develop tourism as an alternative employment option for people in the district. IN an effort to promote Kerala's Wayanad district as a quality tourism destination, a group of tourism entrepreneurs based in the region have come together and set up the Wayanad Tourism Organisation. Wayanad and North Kerala as a whole have been largely ignored in official tourism promotion activities that have mainly focused on South and Central Kerala, said Mr K. Ravindran, General Secretary, Wayanad Tourism Organisation. www.thehindubusinessline.com /2005/03/30/stories/2005033000541700.htm   (446 words)

Unwed mothers get helping hand in Kerala's Wayanad:- - India News - Webindia123.com Wayanad district has 235 unwed mothers, all of them tribals. Thiruvananthapuram, July 11 : The Kerala government has finally woken up to the plight of unwed mothers in the hilly Wayanad district, giving them land and houses and providing free education for their children. They are lured away by non-tribal youth and the owners and workers of coffee and tea estates in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, who abandon them when they become pregnant. news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=95829&cat=India   (320 words)

Vythiri Resort,Wayanad Vythiri Resort in Kerala Vythiri is located in Wayanad district in North Kerala, India. situated near the Pookot Lake, in Wayanad District. Wayanad's unique geographical features lend an eccentric charm and a intriguing challenge to trekkers and nature freaks. www.kerala-holidays.net /wayanad/vythiri-resort.html   (175 words)

Vythiri Resort Wayanad,Wayanad Resort Packages,Wayanad Holiday Packages,Kerala Resort Packages 18kms from Kalpetta, the District Headquarters of Wayanad District Vythiri Resort is situated at the heart of a picturesque Wayanad Always fresh, completely unspoiled, Enjoy the glory of paradise. www.akshayaindia.com /HotelPackage-VythiriResort.htm   (275 words)

Alumni.NET - Asia> India> Kerala> Wayanad If you know which town and district some of the schools below are located, please email support1@alumni.net with 'Wayanad Listing' as your email subject. We are trying to list all the districts in this state, then classify all the towns or cities under their correct district. World > Asia > India > Kerala > Wayanad www.alumni.net /Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad   (107 words)

Wayanad,Wayanad Travel Wayanad Tours of Wayanad Tourism in Wayanad Kerala Wayanad, One of the fourteen districts in Kerala (India) is situated in an elevated picturesque mountainous plateau in Western Ghats. Thirunelli Temple: Located 30 kms north west of Mananthavadi in the Wayanad district, Thirunelli Temple is known as the "Kashi of South". Situated at a height of 700-2100 m above sea level, it is bound on the east by the Nilgiris and the Mysore districts of Tamilnadu and Karnataka respectively. kerala.indiantravelportal.com /wayanad   (990 words)

DOWN TO EARTH Nestled among the mountains of the Western Ghats is Wayanad district, Kerala. The tuber has rightly earned the epithet of “life saver” from Wayanad’s tribal communities: wild dioscorea species are the mainstay of the diets of these communities during times of food scarcity. These are among the several methods devised in the kitchens of the Wayanad tribals to make wild plants palatable. www.downtoearth.org.in /full6.asp?foldername=20050930&filename=news&sec_id=50&sid=19   (550 words)

Edakkal Caves, Wayanad, Kerala, India On a hunting trip to Wayanad in 1890, Fred- Fawcett, the then superintendent of police of the Malabar District, happened to see a Neolithic Celt (stone axe or chisel) recovered from the coffee estate of Colin Mackenzie. Fawcett suggested the possibility that the carvings might have been the handiwork of Kurumbars (a tribal people of the Wayanad). A local legend associates Kutti Chatan (the little devil of Malabar) with the goddess Mudiampilli, and until recently local people undertook an annual pilgrimage to the peak of the hill to perform a puja (ritual offering) in her honour. www.edakkal.com   (426 words)

The Hindu : National : Wayanad: the cross and the crisis This single panchayat of Wayanad district has some 27 of them. WAYANAD (Kerala): There is no neighbourhood in Mullankolly that does not have its own church. The crisis sweeping Wayanad did receive much attention in April-May. At that time it was also sharpened by drought. www.hindu.com /2004/12/12/stories/2004121201381600.htm   (1075 words)

Brutal killing of Adivasis in Wayanad condemned On 18 February the collector of Wayanad had come and recorded the statement of those caught setting fire and the culprits were released. Samithy) at the Muthanga Forest region of Wayanad District, in Kerala, yesterday. the agreement reached between them and the Kerala Government had occupied some 5000 acres of cleared forests of the Muthanga range in Wayanad wild life sanctuary on 4th January 2003. www.pucl.org /Topics/Dalit-tribal/2003/wayanad-letter.htm   (486 words)

Outdoor, Wildlife, Heritage, Leisure, Adventure Trails, Wayanad, Kerala, India Home to exotic legends, ancient ruins, mysterious mountain caves, aborigine tribes, hidden treasures, tree houses, jungle trails and exotic wild life, Kerala’s Wayanad district is the perfect setting for a hundred great adventures! It is for the first time that wayanad is going to host the National Bridge Championship. Wayanad Tourism Organization(WTO) has won The State Award in Tourism for the Best Brochure. www.wayanad.org   (123 words)

Keralaonline.com - News Electioneering is rising to a crescendo in Wayanad district where the strength of the Congress is being put to the test for the first time in elections after it split ending in formation of the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran). Aware of the reputation of Wayanad as the hotbed of Naxalite movement when it was at its peak, election speeches are peppered with references to police excesses reported during the Emergency rule nearly 30 years ago. As many as 50 polling stations in Wayanad have been declared sensitive places for this elections to local government bodies. www.keralaonline.com /keralanews.asp?folder=Keralanews&file=7_6804.xml   (423 words)

Modern incarnation of a tribal festival in Wayanad - Deccan Herald After documenting the Kodungallur Bharani festival in Trichur district, I headed to Wayanad to attend the tribal festival at Valliyurkavu Bhagavathy temple near Mananthavody. The mist wrapped hills of Wayanad were a welcome relief from the sweltering heat of the cultural capital of Kerala. Despite the drought prevailing in Wayanad, we found a congregation of adivasis in the temple environs. www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jun132004/sh4.asp   (862 words)

Rediff On The NeT: Naxalite's ghost returns to haunt Kerala Communists Varghese started out as a CPI-M leader, working among the adivasis of his native Wayanad district. For that is how the adivasis of Wayanad and members of the radical Left like to see A Varghese, the revolutionary figure who put his signature on the bloodiest chapter of the Naxalite movement in Kerala. The police team that arrested Varghese in the Wayanad forests in 1970 was led by the then DIG, P Vijayan. www.rediff.com /news/1998/nov/13keral.htm   (851 words)

Edakkal Hermitage, Sulthan Bathery, Ooty Road, Wayanad, Kerala The Edakkal caves are situated on the western side of Ambukuthimala, hill twelve kilometres south-west of the town of Sultan’s Battery, and about six kilometres east of Ambalawayal in the Wayanad District of Kerala. Edakkal hermitage has been conceived and is managed by the Wayanad (Kerala, India) based firm, Contour Dakshin, which essentially deals with architectural and tourism projects in South India. Resort also organize trips to other interesting places in and around Wayanad like the Muthanga wild life sanctuary, nature reserves, water falls, historic relics and ancient temples. www.nivalink.com /edakkal   (158 words)

Siberian bird sighted in Wayanad- The Times of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Siberian Stone Chat, a resident bird of Siberia and Afghanistan, was sighted in Kerala’s Wayanad district recently, according to a local birdwatch group. A rare visitor to this side of the country, the sighting of the male sparrow-like bird was recorded by C Susanth and K Rafeek, members of Thiruvananthapuram-based Warblers and Waders in the grass hillside of Soochippara in Wayanad. Known as Saxicola Maura, Stone Chat is a winter visitor in Pakistan, UAE, Nepal and northern India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/345405.cms   (198 words)

Forest Resorts India Resorts In Karnataka Hotels In Karnataka Vythiri Resort Wayanad Kerala Jungle Retreat Vythiri Resort in the Wayanad district of North Kerala is a jungle retreat set in a coffee and cardamom plantation. Nestling 2600 feet above sea level the only sound you can guarantee waking up to is the sound of rolling streams and rustling forests. www.trailsindia.com /resorts.asp?Resort_id=6   (74 words)

Hotels in Wayanad,Wayanad Hotels,Vythiri Resort,Rain Country Resort,Wayanad Rain Country Resort,Greeshmam Resorts,Wayanad Hotels Booking Valley View, Lakkidi-673 576, Wayanad District, Kerala, India. Kuppamudi Coffee Estate, Kolagapara PO, Sultan Battery, Wayanad- 673591, Kerala, India. Home >> Kerala Hotels >> Hotels in Wayanad kerala-hub.com /kerala-hotels/hotels-in-wayanad-kerala.html   (285 words)

www.ffkerala.net The district is bounded by Kasargod district in the north and Wayanad district, Kozhikode district and Mahe (Pondicherry UT) in the south. annur district, is flanked by the lofty western ghats in the east and Arabian sea in the west. Kannur district is industrially backward despite being rich in natural resources and other infrastructural faciities. www.ffkerala.net /kannurdist/kannur100_palces2.html   (753 words)

gsb temple Kannur has the Arabian sea in the west, the Western Ghats in the east, and the Kozhikode and Wayanad districts in the south. Kannur district lies next to the northern most district Kasargod of Kerala state and considered to be the commercial town of Malabar area. Kannur (Cannanore), the sea coast town in the northern Malabar area was for many centuries the capital of the Kolathiri Rajas, the rivals of the Zamorins of Kozhikode. www.gsbkerala.com /temple/kannur.htm   (1375 words)

Ecologically Important Areas of Kerala Coast Kannur (11°40'-12°48'N and 74°52'-75°56'E), the northern most district of Kerala, is bounded on the north and east by Karnataka state, on the south by Mananthavadi taluk of Wayanad district, Badagara taluk of Kozhikode district, Mahe of Pondicherry Union Territory; and on the west by the Lakshadweep sea. Kannur district has a long coast(152km), which is about one fourth of the coastline in the state. In Kannur district total mangrove area had been estimated to be as 9.47km². www.annauniv.edu /iom/Kannur.htm   (197 words)

An emerging threat Wayanad district, with one of the largest tribal populations in Kerala, and which had been the scene of operation of a large number of Christian missionary groups and institutions obtaining funds from abroad, has for some years now been also a region of focussed social and communal activity by the RSS cadres. On January 16, by around 9.30 p.m., a mob wielding clubs and machetes attacked Cooper, Benson Sam, a local pastor, his wife and children and two gospel singers, while they were walking along a paddy field embankment after a service at the Friends Bible Church at Puliyam near Kilimanoor in Thiruvananthapuram district. The leadership of the RSS denied that the organisation had anything to do with the attack, claiming in the same breath that the incidents involving religious conversions and attempts made "to denigrate Hindu gods" had caused deep resentment in the Scheduled Caste colony and its neighbourhood where Cooper had sought to do missionary work. www.flonnet.com /fl2004/stories/20030228003704000.htm   (1664 words)

Keral Tourism The district of Wayanad lies on an elevated picturesque mountainous plateau in the Western Ghats. The northernmost district of Kerala, Kasaragod is situated on the sea coast with the Western Chats on its east and northern borders. Nelliyampathy: From the town of Nenmara in Palakkad district, the cloud-caressed peaks of the majestic Nelliyampathy hill ranges are a sight to behold. www.keral.com /tourism/tourism/tourtype.htm   (3991 words)

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