Kudallur
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There are two villages with the name Kudallur in the Palakkad district of Kerala. One is located in Chittur taluk, on the northern banks of Gayathripuzha River, a tributary of Bharathapuzha. Nemmara is the nearest town from Kudallur. The late historian Prof.K V Krishna Iyer hails from this Kudallur.
The other Kudallur is in Ottappalam taluk, bordering Malappuram district, also on the banks of Bharathapuzha. This village was originally in Ponnani taluk of Palakkad, before the formation of Malappuram district. The place is famous for its illustrious son writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The other well known personality from here is artist Achutan Kudallur.