Central Kerala

major towns

North Paravur - A suburb of Kochi City, is a major heritage site and farm tourism

Irinjalakuda - Famous for its super-large temple dedicated to Bharata brother of Sree Rama, the only temple in India so.

Kunnamkulam — major centre of Orthodox Christianity in Kerala, this town has lots of old churches as well as beaches

Shoranur - A center of cultural heritage with headquarters of Kerala's classical dances university- Kalamandalam

Ottapalam - Famous for its large paddy fields and large river banks, its the heart of Malluwoods- Malayalam Film Industry.

Paniyeli Poru

talk

As elsewhere, Malayalam is the native language. 3 dialects of Malayalam language is spoken here. While in Kochi one can feel the strong influence of Portuguese and Dutch language in local dialects, its more of Sanskritic Malayalam spoken in Thrissur area with lot of poetic expressions. Whereas being bordering with Tamil Nadu, the Malayalam spoken in Palakkad has lot of Tamil influence.

Tamil is widely understood and spoken in Palakkad, whereas English and Hindi is popular in Kochi and Thrissur. Arabic also understood in few pockets of Thrissur where Muslims are in majority like Chavakkad etc.