Thalassery, also known as
Tellicherry, a city on the Malabar
Coast of Kerala, South
India , is blessed with
four rivers, hills and a long
coastline.
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Thalasserry (Tellicherry)
Climate
Thalasserry (Tellicherry) has
three seasons ranging from hot
summers to wet
monsoons in June-September to cool
winters from mid-October to
January.
Language
Malayalam is the most
prevalent language but one can communicate in basic
English in some tourist
places.
Connectivity
For a quiet
town, this place has quite a few 'firsts' to
its credit - Herman Gundert
, the German Missionary, wrote the 1st Malayalam Dictionary when
he was residing in Thalasserry (Tellicherry); the first
Malayalam Newspaper was
published from here; Cricket
was played here much before it was introduced in
Calcutta in 1860; the Mambally Bakery here was the
first Kerala
bakery; and Malayalam's first novel
was written here.
Some places of interest are
Muzhappilangad beach, Sree Ramaswami
temple, Overbury's Folly,
Odathil Palli, Thalassery Pier
(Kadalpaalam), Thalassery Fort,
Thalassery Stadium, Centenary Park,
Dharmadam Island,
Kadavathur and Sri Jagannath
Temple.
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