History of the name kadalundi

കടലുണ്ടി കടല്‍ തുണ്ടി എന്ന വാക്കില്‍ നിന്നും ഉത്ഭവിച്ചതാണ് പോലും. തുണ്ടി എന്നാല്‍ നാഭി എന്നര്‍ത്ഥം (പൊക്കിള്‍കുഴി എന്നും പറയും.) കടലിണ്ടെ പൊക്കിള്‍ കുഴിയാണ് കടലുണ്ടി. അറബി കടല്‍ ഉള്‍വലിഞ്ഞു കടലുണ്ടി പുഴയോട് ചേര്‍ന്ന് കിടന്നപ്പോള്‍ കടല്‍ തുണ്ടി എന്ന് വിളിച്ചു. പിന്നീട് തുണ്ടിസ് എന്ന പേരാണു സംഘ കാല രേഖകളില്‍ കാണപെടുന്നത്‌. എ ഡി ഒന്നാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടില്‍ തുണ്ടിസ് എന്ന പേരിലാണ്‌ പ്രശസ്തമായത്‌.
കടലിടുക്ക് ഉള്‍കൊണ്ട പ്രദേശം കാലാന്തരത്തില്‍ കടലുണ്ടി ആയി

Kadalundi Beach

Kadalundi Village is surrounded on all its three sides by water . These three sides are all made up of inter connected river systems . The western side of the village is Arabian sea Completing the Isolation of this land scape . The kadalundi beach is terminated at south by kadalundi river and at north by the chaliyar

The Beach line is about five Kilometers in length and about four kilometers of it is protected by sea walks constructed recently. This wall protects the panchyth/village from sea erosions

The beach is famous form brackish water fishing and for migratory birds arriving by November every year . Domestic as well as international tourists visit the village during this period lasting up to March . The beach has recently acquired a position in ther tourist map of Kerala .plans for constricting tourist facilities like hotels and motels near the beach are also being conceived . The region is famous for mussles specially the green verity . there are fish landing centers and resting places for the fisher men in ther beach . The northern end of the beach is actually the boundary of Beypore port active form tim immoral

Thre is an ancient but functioning light house near Chaliyam . The sea is ridden with rocks in this part and the light house provides timly warning to to the passing ships valuable especially during the monsoon season when the waves become furious .At the other end anew bridge for kadalundi river provides breathe taking views that attracts a lot of visitors.

A Train journey form kadalundi to Calicut

One day I had traveled from kadalundi to Calicut by a train. This experience was a memorable one. The train was a memorable one The train was a fast passenger form Trussar to Kannur . The compartment was full. Even standing space was difficult to get. The Journey took morthan Twenty mints to cover the Fifteen Kilometer journey

There were to stations in between feroke and kallai. The fortunate passengers who had acquired seats were either engage in Reaching news papers or magazines.
Some of them who didn’t have any such things to read or enjoy were engaged in pleasantry s and mutual conversation about various topics. Sometimes when the train slowed down some of them anxious to get down. The standing passengers keenly watched this to acquire their seats one say stand up. While the standing passengers where desperate to get at list a comfortable standing position ,singers and coffee vendors and plain buggers collided with them making them even more angry . some of the fans where not working and everybody news the door were sweating . It was with a great relief the people got out at the Calicut

KADALUNDI

Kerala has a very vast gographical diversity. On the west is the Arabian sea and to the east are the Nilgiri mountain ranges. Besides this one of the most beautiful sites in Kerala are the backwaters. The back waters are found in the city of Kozhikode in kadalundi

Kadalundi panchayth srounding 5km aria at location kozhikode south west zone in this kadalundi panchyath very popular in cam and peace friendly and social peoples

.Kadalundi bird sanctuary, 19 km from Kozhikode is home to more than a hundred varieties of native birds and over 60 species of migratory birds flock here in large numbers. The sanctuary is also known for a wide variety of Fish, Mussels and Crabs. Birds like Terns, Gulls, Herons, Sandpipers, Whimbrels, and other migratory birds flock the place from the month of November and return only by the end of April. The sanctuary, which is spread over a cluster of islands, covers an area of 3 kms in a scenic area surrounded by hillocks. A hillock, which is 200 m above sea level, provides a splendid view of the river mouth and the sea. The ideal season to visit is from December to April in the early hours of the day.

The number of birds in the approximately 2 sq.km area is quite astonishing. The variety is also excellent with terns, gulls, egrets, herons, sandpipers, brahmini kites and cormorants among others. The best time to see this sanctuary in all its glory is from November to April. To see the turtles it is necessary to explore in the forest department’s boat, as one has to move out into the open sea. Due to its location along the coast, the climate is excellent through most of the year. Visits should be avoided during the months of May to July as the area receives torrential rainfall during that time. A day trip from Kozhikode is enough to explore the sanctuary.

The sanctuary seemed to be a favourite location for the wealthier families of the area as we saw an endless row of extremely impressive bungalows bordering it Kadalundi town itself seemed like a small quiet place very typical of towns in this part of the country. It had a couple of small eating joints serving local cuisine. It is advisable to take along a small packed meal while visiting the sanctuary because if you are interested in birds or photography, you’ll hate to waste time walking all the way to the town and back. One would rather even spend the time just watching the fascinating territorial battles of the hundreds of crabs dotting the wall beside the jetty

kadaalundi bird sanctuary

Kadalundi bird sanctuary, 19 km from Kozhikode is home to more than a hundred varieties of native birds and over 60 species of migratory birds flock here in large numbers. The sanctuary is also known for a wide variety of Fish, Mussels and Crabs. Birds like Terns, Gulls, Herons, Sandpipers, Whimbrels, and other migratory birds flock the place from the month of November and return only by the end of April. The sanctuary, which is spread over a cluster of islands, covers an area of 3 kms in a scenic area surrounded by hillocks. A hillock, which is 200 m above sea level, provides a splendid view of the river mouth and the sea. The ideal season to visit is from December to April in the early hours of the day.