Cheruvathur
—  town  —
Cheruvathur Location of Cheruvathur in Kerala and India
Coordinates	12°19′00″N 75°04′59″E / 12.3167°N 75.083°E / 12.3167; 75.083Coordinates: 12°19′00″N 75°04′59″E / 12.3167°N 75.083°E / 12.3167; 75.083
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Kasaragod
Population • Density	24,504 (1991[update]) • 1,334 /km2 (3,455 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area	18.37 square kilometres (7.09 sq mi)
Codes • Pincode • 671313

Cheruvathur is a Village in the Kasaragod district, located in the South Indian state of Kerala. It is located 58 km from the district headquarters, Kasaragod town. Cheruvathur has a railway station and a small bus stand. It is situated on National Highway 17 (NH 17) between Payyanur and Nileshwaram.

The name comes from "cheriya pathu ooru" (means ten small places).

now cheruvathur town is known as kuttamath nagar.

With the ruins of a Dutch Fort on the Veeramala hills as the main attraction, Cheruvathur is located in Kasargod District and is around 10 km south of Nileswaram.

National Highway 17 passes a few kilometers east of the village. Cheruvathur Railway Station is on the Nileswaram-Payyanur line. Cheruvathur is a city in southern Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. It is located 25 km from the district headquarters, Kasaragod town.

Attractions

1)Valiyaparamba

5 km south west of Cheruvathur separated from the mainland by back waters. One of the main tourist spots of the District. This is an island in the Arabian Sea. An ideal place for picnic also a fishing centre.

2)Veeramala Hills

Situated at Cheruvathur. Hilltop with ruins of a Dutch fort built in the 18th century. A picnic spot from where the natural beauty of Kariangode river and surroundings can be enjoyed.

External links[link]

• http://wikimapia.org/156695/

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Sony K Cheruvathur (born August 26, 1978) is an Indian first class cricketer. Cheruvathur is a right-handed middle order batsman and right arm medium bowler. In the 2008 Ranji Trophy Plate league, Kerala secured 14 points under Cheruvathur's captaincy.^[1] Kerala finished third in the group and failed to reach the semifinals. Sony is the first Ranji Captain who hails from Kunnamkulam, a provincial town imbued with rare survival instinct. Sony, though lives in Chengannoor, with his parents, is a true Kunnamkulam Native .

External links[link]

• Cricinfo profile

References[link]

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Kanayi Kunhiraman
Born	(1937-07-25) 25 July 1937 (age 74)[1] Kuttamath, Kasaragod district
Occupation	Sculptor
Years active	1960 - present
Notable work(s)	Tamilnadu Woman, Malampuzha Yakshi, Sagarakanyaka
Website
www.kanayikunhiraman.com

Kanayi Kunhiraman (Malayalam: കാനായി കുഞ്ഞിരാമന്‍ born 25 July 1937)^[1] is a sculptor^[2] from Kuttamath in Hosdurg Taluk in Kasaragod district of Kerala state, India. He is the Former Chairman of the Lalit Kala Academy.^[1]

Kunhiraman is the first sculptor recipient of the Raja Ravi Varma Award, which includes 1 lakh in cash, a citation and a statue, sculptured by Kunhiraman himself. It was conferred by Kerala's Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at Thiruvananthapuram.^[1]

Recently two of his creations, Melathara and Kalithara, were inaugurated with accompaniment from a violin concert by L. Athira Krishna in Quilon Sopanam Complex, Kerala.^[3]

Early life[link]

Kanayi was born on 25 July 1937 at Kuttamath in Kasaragod District of Kerala. After completing his schooling, he passed the SSLC examination in 1957. By then he had already found his vocation. He ran away from home when he was barely seventeen because the elders strongly disapproved of his creative pursuits. He felt stifled in the conservative atmosphere of the traditional joint family, where the primary role of the youth was to obey unquestioningly the instructions of the elders, predominantly the patriarch.^[1]

Education[link]

• Sculpture Diploma Course from Fine Arts College, Chennai - 1960
• Slade School of Art, London - 1965^[4]

[edit] Awards^[5]

• 1962 - Govt. of India Cultural Scholarship to study Sculpture at Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras
• 1965 - Commonwealth Scholarship to study Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art, University of London
• 2005 - Raja Ravi Varma award by the Government of Kerala
• 2006 - Thikkurissy Award

[edit] Famous sculptures^[6]

• Yakshi at Malampuzha, Palakkad.
• Shanku and landscaping at Veli lake and the associated tourist village, Thiruvananthapuram
• Jalakanyaka (Mermaid) at Shankumugham Beach, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Mother and Child at Payyambalam, Kannur.
• Mukkola Perumal at Kochi.

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  Mermaid(Jalakanyaka) at Shankumugham Beach at Thiruvananthapuram.

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  Yakshi at Malampuzha, Palakkad district

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  Another sculpture at Shankumugham Beach at Thiruvananthapuram.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Article-The Hindu
• The Hindu
• ISRO

Pinarayi Vijayan
Secretary, CPI(M) Kerala State Committee Member of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-21) March 21, 1944 (age 68) Pinarayi, Kannur district
Political party	CPI(M)
Spouse(s)	Kamala
Children	One son and one daughter
Residence	Pinarayi, Kerala

Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam: പിണറായി വിജയൻ) is a politician and a former minister of Kerala, South India. He is currently a politburo member and the state secretary of Kerala State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)).

Early life[link]

He was born on 21 March 1944 in a poor family in Pinarayi in Kannur district.^[1] He is married to Kamala and has two children, Veena & Vivek.

Political career[link]

Pinarayi Vijayan entered politics through student union activities and eventually joined the Communist Party in 1964. He was president and secretary of the Kerala Student's Federation (KSF) and also served as the president of Kerala State Youth Federation (KSYF). During that period, when communists in Kerala were organising the political activities from different hide-outs, Pinarayi Vijayan was imprisoned for one and half years .Later he was elected the president of the Kerala state co-operative bank. And during emergency he was arrested and tortured by police. He got elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1970. He was re-elected in 1977, 1991 and 1996. He was the Minister for Electric power and Co-operatives in the E.K. Nayanar ministry from 1996 to 1998. In 1998 he became CPI(M) state secretary. He was elected to the politburo of CPI(M) in 2002.

Suspension[link]

On May 26, 2007 the CPI(M) suspended Pinarayi Vijayan and V. S. Achuthanandan from the politburo for their public remarks on each other. The central committee has approved the politburo's decision to suspend them. It concluded that open criticism against each other aired by the two leaders had "violated the norms of the party". Pinarai was reinstated as members of the Politburo later.^[2]

Positions held[link]

• Was the state president and secretary of Kerala Student's Federation and president of Kerala State Youth Federation (KSYF).
• Served as president of Kerala State Co-operat
• Elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1970, 1977, 1991 and 1996.
• Served as minister in Kerala government between 1996 and 1998.
• Secretary of the Kerala state committee of the CPI(M) since 1998.
• Member of the CPI(M) politburo from 2002.

Controversies[link]

• The SNC Lavalin controversy in Kerala is a major allegation that rocked Kerala politics. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India report said that the deal Vijayan had struck as electricity minister in 1998 with Lavalin, a Canadian firm, for the repair of three generators, was a huge fraud and had cost the state exchequer a staggering Rs 3.76 billion. On 16 January 2007, Kerala High Court ordered a CBI enquiry into the SNC Lavalin case.^[3] On 21 January 2009, CBI filed a progress report on the investigation in the Kerala high court. Pinarayi Vijayan has been named as the 9th accused in the case.^[4][5] CPM backed Pinarayi saying that the CBI move was "politically motivated".However, there has been no evidence of any personal financial gain to him on account of the contract given.^[6][7][8] The CPM led Kerala Government decided not to let Vijayan to be prosecuted in the case.^[9] Overruling the cabinet recommendation, the Governeor allowed CBI to prosecute Vijayan based on prima facie evidence.^[10][11] Though CPI(M) called Governor's move un-constitutional, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said there is nothing surprising or wrong in Governor's decision.^{[12][13][14][15]} With Kerala Governor's recommendation to prosecute Vijayan in the SNS Lavalin case, he became the first Politburo member in the CPI(M) history to be prosecuted in a corruption case.^[16]

• On February 16, 2007 the air port security in Chennai Airport recovered five bullets from Vijayan's baggage. The Chennai airport security had let him off after receiving a faxed copy of his license.^[17]

• The stand-off between the CPI(M) and the Catholic Church in Kerala took another nasty turn with CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan demanding that the church withdraw a controversial pastoral letter issued recently.The letter had recommended a "liberation struggle" on the lines of the one in the 1950s to liberate the education sector in Kerala from state control, so that the management can charge fees and capitation without government intervene.^[18]

• On 16 October 2007, Pinarayi had called Paul Chitilapally, the bishop of Thamarassery in Kerala, as a "wretched creature" for his lie. He was speaking in a memorial remembrance of Mathai Chacko, MLA from Thamarassery and a CPM member.He said “A lie is a lie, and just because it is uttered by a bishop it does not become a holy lie” . Later, the Roman Catholic Church in Kerala is up in arms against the CPM leadership as his comments against the bishop. However, he repeated the wordings and stick with the comments he had mentioned. This made a heated discussion among the Catholic community across the state and has protested against his speech by closing all educational institutions and churches.^[19][20]

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