Payyoli


Payyoli is a municipality town on the Malabar Coast of Kozhikode district in the South Indian state of Kerala. Payyoli is famous for being the hometown of athlete PT Usha, who is nicknamed as the Payyoli Express. It is a town in
Quilandy Taluk, Kozhikode District.

Transportation

Payyoli is situated beside the National Highway 66, between Koyilandy and Vatakara.

Attractions

  • Kunhali Marakkar museum, at Iringal, about away from Payyoli
  • Hochimin City Thurasserikkadav
  • Thikkodi drive in beach
  • Thuraserikkadavu
  • Velliyam kallu
  • Iringal craft village
  • Shikkara boat service purakkad
  • Kadalur light house
  • Kovvapuram chira
  • Perumal puram Siva temple
  • Akalappuzha backwater view point
  • Afrah Juma Masjid
  • Kizhur Shiva kshethram
  • Ayanikkad Juma Masjid
  • Kottakkal Juma Masjid
  • Kolavi palam beach & Turtle Cage
  • Charichal Palli Makham
  • Payyoli Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple
  • Muthasshikkavu temple
  • Micro wave view point – from payyoli
  • Mini Goa - Beach near Kolavipalam beach
  • Parapalli beach

    Temples

  • Kizhur Maha Shiva kshethram
  • Sree Iringal Kottayil Temple
  • Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple
  • Payyoli Sree Mahavishnu Temple
  • Sree Kurumba Temple
  • Muthassikkavu temple
  • Vadakke puthukkot paradevatha temple
  • Kunnath temple
  • Thachankuunu Parambil sree bagavathi temple
  • Palliyarkkal temple
  • Perumalpuram Shiva temple
  • Kizhur ganapathi temple
  • Kommath temple
  • Nademmal Badrakali Temple
  • Thevar Matam Sandhana Gopala Swami Vishnu Temple
  • Valappil Temple

    Notable residents

  • Olympian P. T. Usha, Indian runner known as "Payyoli express"

    Transportation

Payyoli connects to other parts of India through NH 66. The nearest airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Payyoli. The northern stretch of National Highway 66 connects to Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai and the southern stretch to Calicut, Cochin and Trivandrum.