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Extract from the Kannur (Cannanore) Travel Guides:
KANNUR
(Cannanore), 92km north of Kozhikode, was for many centuries the capital of the Kolathiri rajas, who prospered from the thriving maritime spice trade through its port. In the early 1500s, after Vasco da Gama passed through, the Portuguese took it and erected an imposing bastion,
St Angelo's fort
, overlooking the harbour, but today this is occupied by the Indian army and closed to visitors. If you come to Kannur at all, it will probably be on the trail of
Teyyattam
, spectacular spirit-possession rituals that are an important feature of village life in the area from late October until May. Locating...
read the whole Kannur (Cannanore) Travel Guides...
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