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Grama Panchayat

History of Gram Panchayat

Nemmara Panchayat is located in the southwesternmost tip of Chittoor Taluk, a rice-growing district of the old Cochin State, and is bounded by the Valayal River to the south, the Vandazhi Panchayat of the old Malabar region to the west, and the Melarkode Panchayat to the north. The total area of ​​the Panchayat is 25.9 sq. km. and the population is 28419. This Panchayat had a named administrative committee during the time of the old Cochin King. According to the Kerala Municipal Panchayat Directory published in 1960, Ayilur Panchayat was established in 1915. In 1948, the Cochin State was merged with the Travancore State and thus became the Thirukochi State. The Constitution of Independent India came into force and the directive articles of the Constitution gave the states the power to form self-governing institutions for local needs in each state. Based on this, the Thirukochi Panchayat Act of 1950 came into force and In 1954, the Panchayat Administrative Committees elected by the people on the basis of adult suffrage took office throughout the state. The late Shri K.V. Narayanan assumed office as the first elected President of our Panchayat. The Panchayat Office started functioning in the room that now serves as the Village Office. The Thiruvazhiyadad Kairadi Group Village Office was functioning in the eastern room of the Panchayat Office and the Ayilur Village Office was functioning in the western room. Following the democratic elections, the new Administrative Committees took office and the activities of the Panchayat increased significantly. Therefore, due to the need for a new Panchayat Office building, an office building was constructed in 1973 on 7 cents of land received from the Revenue Department and its functioning started. In this building, the functioning of all the offices including the VEO office, Kudumbashree office, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme office, LSGD Engineering Section office, etc., was very difficult for the public and the office activities due to space limitations. Therefore, in 2011, 66.5 cents of land including the old theater building was purchased using the project allocation within 500 meters from the Panchayat Office on the Thalavattampara-Kaypancheri road side and as per the government order 7020/DA2/12 dated 24.8.2012, a new building with modern facilities was constructed in front of the T site using World Bank funds and as per the operation permission order No. C6-32288/2015 dated 12.10.2015 of the Hon. Panchayat Director, it has been functioning in the new building since 17.10.2015.
The ancients say that this area got its name Ailur because the idol of the ancient Shiva temple located here was Akhileshwara idol, and it was later renamed Ailur. In addition, there were many Akhil (sandalwood) trees on the hill, which is now known as Ailumudi, located in the middle of this panchayat, and thus the hill got its name Ailumudi. This area, which is located in the valley of Ailumudi hill, was Akhila Ur (region), and it was later renamed Ailur. However, Ailur had political importance in ancient times. It is reasonable to assume that a significant part of the ancestors of Ailur Nemmara were these locals. The custom of taking the goddess in procession from the Ailur temple for the Nenmara Vela festival and bringing her back after the Vela festival validates the above conclusion and some interpret it as a ceremony to maintain the brotherhood of the goddesses.
It is worth mentioning that there is a historical reason for many of these locals to move to Nenmara. Many fled in different directions, fearing the procession that had danced the Chutala dance so far in Kerala. Some went east to Nenmara and some went south to Thiruvazhiyattu. Legend has it that Tipu's army attacked the Akhileshwara temple and tried to destroy the idol, and the brave Nayans led by Coolangat Nairs resisted and repelled Tipu. On this basis, they point out that Coolangat Nairs were given the right to accompany the deity during the procession at the Ailur temple. This Nair house is located in Thiruvazhiyattu. In any case, those who went from Ailur to Nenmara would come to Nenmara every day and those who went to Thiruvazhiyattu would renew their relationship with Ailur every six days.
Most of the people in this panchayat area are farmers and earn their living by taking agricultural land on lease from the landlords. The Kerala Land Reforms Act was implemented and the farmer got birthright. An important land reform law was implemented in this area and the farmer got birthright in agricultural land. In this area, important agricultural