KALLYANATHUM MOSQUE WAYANAD
This Mosque, one of the oldest in Wayanad is believed to have been built in the year 1626.
The Mosque is said to have been built by an influential Hindu family of the locality. The
legend behind the mosque is very interesting; a girl child of a prominent Hindu family called
Kallyani was suffering from a serious illness and according to the local physicians, the
disease was incurable. But a Muslim priest by name Shaik Shahul Moorthak could recover
Kallyani from her illness and it is said that the Hindus in return thanked the Shaik by building
a mosque and it was later known as Kallyanathum Pally. Pilgrims from all communities visit
this mosque and offer prayers.
Kallyanathum palli is situated at Pallikkal, beside the Mananthavady – Kallody road about
5km. East of Mananthavadv.
Age : 407 plus years