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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jainamedu
| native_name =
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| other_name =Jainimedu
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|10|49|N|76|39|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Palakkad]]
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| governing_body = Palakkad Municipality
| unit_pref = Metric
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 678 012
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0491
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-09
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Parliament constituency
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'''Jainamedu''' is a suburb or neighbourhood of [[Palakkad]] city, [[Kerala]], India, and is located on the southern banks of the [[Kalpathipuzha River|Kalapathy River]]. It is one of the western suburbs of Palakkad and is ward 51 of Palakkad Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Self Government Department {{!}} Local Self Government Department |url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2015/208 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=lsgkerala.gov.in}}</ref>

It is best known as the 15-century [[Jainimedu Jain temple|Jain temple]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-15 |title=15th-century Jain temple in Kerala to be reopened - Times Of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/15th-century-Jain-temple-in-Kerala-to-be-reopened/articleshow/20016503.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615091145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-12/india/39202799_1_temple-walls-temple-sources-diamond-merchants |archive-date=2013-06-15 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-10-16 }}</ref> and is one of the few places in Kerala where the vestiges of [[Jainism]] have survived.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-05-11 |title=Temple ritual |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/temple-ritual/article4708172.ece |access-date=2022-10-16 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Once, there were around 400 Jain families in Palakkad, but now only a few of them exist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnan |first=Mundur M. k |date=2011-11-13 |title=The home of Jainism in Kerala |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-editorialfeatures/the-home-of-jainism-in-kerala/article2625404.ece |access-date=2022-10-16 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jain Temple of Jainimedu or Jainamedu in Palakkad |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/jainimedu-jain-temple/154 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Kerala Tourism |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Palakkad]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Palakkad]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Palakkad district]]

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