page_title: Thanikkudam
section_title: Thanikkudam Temple
hierarchical_section_title: Thanikkudam / Thanikkudam Temple
caption_attribution_description: English: Thanikkudam, a village in Thrissur District , Kerala in India, presents a diverse set of landscape views. The one here shows a Tapioca (Cassava) field among the (now converted) paddy fileds and banana farms.മലയാളം: താണിക്കുടം ഗ്രാമത്തിന്റെ ഭൂപ്രകൃതി കാഴ്ച്ച വെക്കുന്ന വ്യത്യസ്തങ്ങളായ പ്രകൃതിദൃശ്യങ്ങളിൽ ഒന്നു്. ചിത്രത്തിൽ ഇടത്തരം വലുപ്പമുള്ള ഒരു മരച്ചീനി (കപ്പ / കൊള്ളി) കൃഷിത്തോട്ടം കാണാം.
context_page_description: Thanikkudam is a rapidly growing suburb north-east of Thrissur, in the Indian state of Kerala. The village-town is home to the Thanikkudam Bhagavathi Temple which is popularly known across the central part of Kerala. A small river, which has become perennial in recent times stretches through the middle of the village, oriented in a north-east to South-west direction. The area is also wound around by the Right Branch Main Canal of the Peechi hydro-irrigation project system.
context_section_description: There is an Upper Primary School, a village Library and several governmental service institutions which serve the village as well as her neighbors. Both the school and library have been in existence since more than 50 years ago and have been effective in raising the educational and social welfare of the inhabitants. Although the area was predominantly agricultural in nature (especially rice, rubber and cashew), the recent trends have reduced and replaced those crops to Banana plantain, horticulture etc. The increasing inrush of more inhabitants has reduced the available land for cultivation. Besides, the water resources are no longer sustainable over an annual period to support full-fledged agriculture.
caption: A tiny piece of land where Tapioca(also known as Cassava) is cultivated. A few decades ago, most of such land areas were used as paddy fields. The segmentation of agricultural lands due to social and cultural changes in addition to economic transformations have made rice cultivation less lucrative. The overall productivity of the bulk of the land has come down. However, it may have increased the bio-diversity to some extent.
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