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Thirunellai
Thirunellayi of Palakkad, Kerala, in South India, is a small Brahmin village in the banks of the Kannadi River puzha (nila). It is 4 km from Palakkad. Accessibility to this remote and cultural village is through buses and auto rickshaws. Thirunellai is a small village mainly inhabited by Brahmins or Iyers who have migrated from Thanjavur, 2 or 3 centuries before. This village consists of 150 houses arranged in a manner that each house (in every lane) is built in such a way that each one supports the other in a linear fashion. This way the houses are arranged either sides of the road.