Kannur Press

The name Kannur district is named after a famous town Kannur. The old name Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. According to one opinion, ‘Kannur’ is a derivation from Kanathur, an ancient village, the name of which survives even today in one of the wards of Kannur Municipality. Another version is that Kannur might have assumed its name from one of the , deities of the Hindu pantheon , a compound of two words, Kannan ( Lord Krishna) and Ur(place) making it the place of Lord Krishna. In this context , it is worth mentioning that the deity of the Katalayi Sreekrishna temple was originally installed in a shrine at Katalayi Kotta in the south eastern part of the present Kannur town.
Kannur district is known as the land of looms and lores, because of the number of looms functioning in the district and festivals held in temples. The district is a major centre of theyyam, a ritual dance of northern kerala, and small shrines known as Kavus associated with the theyyam dot district.
The district is endowed with rich deposits of clay of which various types are mined at many places for potteries, tiles and ceramic industries.
The most important areas where clay has been found are Pattuvam, Korom, Perumba and Karivellore. Good quality Kaolin occurs below the laterite capping around Pilathara and Thaliparamba. The city of kannur lies between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. Apart from being a cultural city Kannur enjoys the wealth of natural beauty. With the Lakshadeep Sea in the west the city is home to many sandy beaches entwined with rows of green coconut palms.

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