Athirampuzha Market Pond (Chantha Kulam) (Athirampuzha)

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Athirampuzha is an ancient trade center. It had both water transport and road transport facilities and this helped it become a much-frequented marketplace. The Market was established in 1042 AD. From various parts of the coastal plains, a labyrinth of canals that branched out like the centre nervous system of the vast paddy fields, widened to a large rectangular pool known as 'Chantha Kulam ’ in Athirampuzha which was the center of trade where boats could dock. It docked about 40 to 50 country carrier boats in motion. Around this lively water-body and beyond, the market in Athirampuzha teemed with men in motion, buying, selling, transporting or merely jostling in the crowd.

Posted for Sayujya - Creekside Community in Athirampuzha (www.triadebuilders.com)
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Coordinates:   9°40'3"N   76°31'54"E

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  • No one has shone any interest to develelope/ maintain such an old 1000 year old maket. Not from the govt or from the local residents.
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