Mananchira Square, Calicut (Calicut City (Kozhikode))

The Square includes Mananchira (the Pond), Mananchira maidan and Old Krishanamenon part which has the wonderful Musical fountain in it.
This green portion in the city is the main venue for families to spent a wonderful evening. asily accessible to buses, the central library and the police commissioners office make this an ideal place for a nice evening.
It's Amithabh kanth, former district collector of calicut made it possible in todays form, from a political gathering ground and two individual parks

Mananchira Square is the sublimation of the concept of a planned modern city, it is in the heart of Kozhikode town, Kerala state, south India. The historic maithan, adjacent to Manachira has been converted into an arcadia with beautiful trees and plants, artificial hill, shrubs, sculpture, an open air theatre and above all, a musical fountain. No doubt, locals and tourists seekings leisure and relief from the mad rush outside, find shelter here.

Mananchira Square named after the pond Mananchira about a square-kilometre in area situated in the heart of the city. It is named after Manadevan the erstwhile ruler of Zamoothiri Kingdom, known as Mana-devan's Chira(Pond) and later transformed to Mana-an-Chira.

Calicut,(Kozhokode) is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the third largest city in Kerala and the headquarters of Kozhikode district. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom, and later of the erstwhile Malabar District.

Kozhikode has a population of 436,527 as of 2001 census, with an extended metropolitan population of about 0.9 million, making it the third largest urban agglomeration and the third largest city in Kerala. According to data compiled by economics research firm Indicus Analytics on residences, earnings and investments, Kozhikode ranked as the second best city in India to reside in. Indicus considered six parameters -- health, education, environment, safety, public facilities and entertainment—for preparing their 'reside-in' index of livability

-Hamza Parappuram