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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Blathur<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = village<br />
| image_skyline = File:Blathur Onam celebration1.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Onam at Blathur<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11|59|20|N|75|34|54|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]<br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 670593<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 91-(0)4602 <br />
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] Constituency<br />
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Mattanur (State Assembly constituency)|Mattannur]]<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] Constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannur]]<br />
| blank_name_sec2 = Panchayath<br />
| blank_info_sec2 = Padiyur Grama Panchayath<br />
| registration_plate = <br />
| website = <br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Blathur''' is a village in [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]], located approximately 38 kilometres north-east of the district headquarters, [[Kannur]]. The nearest town, [[Irikkur]], is estimated to be 7 kilometres from the village itself. Blathur is situated in the [[Padiyoor]] Grama Panchayat in [[Iritty]] Taluk, on the edge of an estimated 90 acre [[paddy field]], and is 169 meters above sea level. The area is rich in [[laterite]] rocks, and the main industry is based on laterite stone mining and agriculture.<br />
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==History==<br />
The protest against the Madras Special Police (Kavumbayi Struggle) took place in the village on 30 December 1946.<br />
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==Religious places==<br />
*Moothedam Vettakkorumakan temple<br />
*Puthiya Bagavathikavu (Pothiyottam)<br />
*Thazhe Palliyath Kottam (Bhairavan Kottam)<br />
*Muthappan Matappura<br />
*Vishnu temple<br />
*Pothi Kottam<br />
*Kelampath Maanjhal Baghavathi temple<br />
*Pottan Kottam<br />
*Blathur Juma Masjid<br />
*Blathur Town Masjid (Bilal Masjid)<br />
*Badriyya Masjid, Blathur<br />
*Thaqwa Masjid Jeelani Nagar, Blathur<br />
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===Dignitaries===<br />
*[[Ramesan Blathur]] is a [[Malayalam]] novelist and short story writer from Blathur who won several awards including the Atlas Kairali Award, Ankanam Noval Award, Abhudabi Sakthi Award, Katathanat Udayavarma Raja Award, and Prof. Joseph Mundassery Award for his novel ''Perum Aal'' ([[D. C. Books]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3794310.ece |title=NATIONAL / KERALA : Mundassery award for 3 teachers |newspaper=The Hindu |date= |accessdate=2012-08-19}}</ref><br />
*Noufal Blathur is a story writer for cinema. He is a former student of Pune Film Institute. His debut Malayalam film [[Red Wine (2013 film)|Red Wine]] made a controversy even before its release.<br />
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==Transportation==<br />
The national highway passes through [[Taliparamba]] town. [[Mangalore]] and [[Mumbai]] can be accessed on the northern side and [[Cochin]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]] can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east connects to [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]]. The nearest railway station is [[Kannur railway station|Kannur]] on Mangalore-[[Palakkad]] line. There are airports at [[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]] and [[Calicut International Airport|Calicut]].<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Vettakkarumakan theyyam.jpg|Blathur Theyyam<br />
File:Blathur moothedam temple.jpg|Moothedam temple<br />
File:Blathur temple.jpg|Blathur temple<br />
File:Vettakkarumakan temple blathur.jpg|Vettakkoru Makan Temple<br />
File:BlathurJumaMasjid.jpg|Blathur Juma Masjid<br />
File:Blathur vayal.jpeg<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{commons category|Blathur}}<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Kannur district}}<br />
[[Category:Villages near Irikkur]]</div>>Lennart97