Ezhimala

 

Perched at a height of 286 meters, the Ezhimala slope is perhaps the most outwardly engaging Kannur vacationer places. The slope is a piece of a confined bunch of slopes and the vantage point offers stunning perspectives on the sheer bare normal magnificence around – slopes canvassed in a cover of green, cotton white mists covering the reasonable blue skies, and the wonderful valley under. 

The spot likewise has social and verifiable importance – the spot was a war zone during the Chola-Chera wars. Buddhists consider the spot consecrated on the grounds that it is accepted that Lord Buddha visited Ezhimala. 

Ezhimala, a slope arriving at a tallness of 286 meters, is situated close to Payyanur, in Kannur region of Kerala, south India. It is a piece of a prominent and confined bunch of slopes, framing a projection, 38 km north of Kannur (Cannanore). 

As the previous capital of the old Mushika Kingdom, Ezhimala is viewed as a significant chronicled site. A thriving seaport and base of exchange on the start of the Common Era, it was additionally one of the significant war zones of the Chola-Chera Wars, in the eleventh century. It is accepted by some that Buddha had visited Ezhimala. 

Ezhimala, which is essential for Ramanthali panchayath, is perhaps the main spots in the written history of north Malabar. From before the time of known history, a few sections of the Ramayana and nearby Hindu legends partner the Ezhimala Hills with the celebrated epic, specifically with Hanuman.

Ezhimala, Pazhayangadi, and a few towns and towns in this district discover a lot of notice in the surviving Tamil Sangam Period's writing (500 BC to 300 AD). Pazhayangadi is the present tainted type of its antiquated name of Pazhi. Pazhi is referenced as the old capital of King Udayan Venmon Nannan (known as Nannan or Nandan) of the Mushika or Kolathiri Royal Family. Despite the fact that the Dynasty of Nannans was a cousin or sister administration of the Cheras and Pandyas and Cholas, fighting among them was almost predictable, and the time of Nannan was no exception. There are writings that discuss Nannan facing brave conflicts at Pazhi against the Chera Kings who attacked his realm (Kolathunadu). Ultimately, Nannan was murdered fighting by the Chera ruler, Narmudi Cheral. Like different lords of the then Tamilakam social country, Narmudi Cheral was an extraordinary supporter of researchers and writers, and he once skilled his court-artist, Kappiyattu Kappiyanar with 40 lakhs gold coins, as a badge of his beautiful virtuoso. 

Surviving Tamil Sangam messages portray the magnificence and abundance of the old Pazhi in the most elevated terms. Sangam Era writers, just as Classical Tamil artists of later hundreds of years, as Paranar, talk about the abundance of Pazhi in the best degree. One of the Sangam pieces, Akam 173 talks about "Nannan's incredible mountain inclines where goldfields flourish, and long bamboos dried in the Sun burst and delivered the incomplete pearls." Noted researcher, Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai states that "It is from Kottayam (of North Malabar) and Cannanore locales of old Ezhimalainad that countless Roman (gold) coins have been unearthed. On one (single) event (gold) coins that could be conveyed by six doormen were acquired. These coins were found to have a place with the time frame down to 491 AD".

Ezhimala was likewise a prospering seaport and focus of exchange in any event by the beginning of the Common Era; and later was additionally one of the significant front lines of the arrangement of Chola-Chera Wars in the eleventh century; some accept that Buddha had visited Ezhimala. 

Mooshika Vamsham, composed by Athulan in the eleventh century, illuminates the recorded past of the Mushika Royal Family up until that point.[9][10] The initially recorded ruler of Mooshika Vamsham (the Mooshika Dynasty) was Ramaghata Mooshika and his capital most presumably was Pazhi (old Pazhayangadi). Athulan depicts the later lords of this tradition who are currently also called the Kolathiri Dynasty. Lord Ramaghata Mooshika's replacements moved their cash-flow to Ezhimala, Valabhapattanam (Valapattanam), and in the end Chirakkal, among other close by places, throughout the next hundreds of years. 

Indian Naval Academy 

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, introduced the Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala, which is the biggest in Asia, on 8 January 2009. This establishment trains official competitors of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard. 

Transportation 

The public expressway goes through Perumba intersection. Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai can be gotten to on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be gotten to on the southern side. The way toward the east of Iritty interfaces with Mysore and Bangalore. The closest railroad station is Payyanur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are air terminals at Mangalore, Kannur and Calicut.