Vallikunnam
Grama Panchayat

Vallikunnam is a panchayat located in the southern tip of Alappuzha district. The western part is a sandy plain, the central part is a middle land with hills and valleys, and the eastern part is a small hilly area. The Thodiyur Arattupuzha stream, which flows from north to south through the center of the village and joins the Vattakayal, is a beautiful village with agricultural fields, paddy fields, hillocks, plains with palm trees and paddy fields. Legend has it that Vallikunnam is the place of Vallidevi, the wife of Subrahmanyan. The idol of Vallidevi in ​​the Padayanivattom temple supports this. Another hypothesis is that the hill with Vallipadarpulla is Vallikunnam. The fact that there were many kavas and vallipadarpukas in the eastern parts of the panchayat, which were relatively sparsely populated in...