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・ Ponnam Prabhakar Goud
・ Ponnamangalam
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・ Ponnamaravathi block
・ Ponnamaravathi taluk
・ Ponnambalam
・ Ponnambalam (actor)
・ Ponnambalam Arunachalam
・ Ponnambalam Nagalingam
・ Ponnambalam Ramanathan
・ Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family
・ Ponnambalamedu
・ Ponnamma Babu
・ Ponnampatti
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・ Ponnani (Assembly constituency)
・ Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency)
・ Ponnani lighthouse
・ Ponnani taluk
・ Ponnaniyathi
・ Ponnapati Antony Reddi
・ Ponnapula Sanjeeva Prasad
・ Ponnapuram
・ Ponnapuram Kotta
・ Ponnar Shankar
・ Ponnar Shankar (film)
・ Ponnaramthottathe Raajaavu
・ Ponnaranjanam
・ Ponnavarayankottai


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Ponnani


Ponnani (formerly Ponani and Paniyani) is municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram District, in the state of Kerala. It serves the administrative center of the Taluk and Block Panchayath of the same name. It is situated at the mouth of Bharathappuzha (Nila River) and is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west. The tidal port is an important fishing center in the region
Ponnani is often regarded one of the oldest ports in southern India and is sometimes roughly identified with the port Tyndis of the Roman accounts.
Ponnani taluk is the smallest taluk in Malappuram district.
Located in Malappuram District of Kerala state in India, Ponnani is a small town at the mouth of the Bharathapuzha. It is a port used primarily as a fishing harbour. Ponnani is a "town of mosques". Though described as the "place of 231/2 masjids", there are nearly 50 mosques. Ponnani has a population which is a blend of almost equal percentage of Hindus and Muslims and has set an example for tolerant and peaceful religious co-existence its history. Malik Ibnu Dinar, the legendary first Islamic missionary who came to Kerala, is believed to have visited Ponnani.
William Logan, the famous historian-turned-civil administrator, records in his ''Malabar Manual'' about the Ponnani Juma’ Masjid built in 925 Hijra. Ponnani is considered as the second capital of Kingdom of Calicut during the reign of Zamorins and was the headquarters of Kunhali Marakkars, the famous naval army chiefs of Calicut.
Ponnani enjoyed a status as an important centre for education in the philosophy of Islam. In the early period, Ponnani was considered "the Al-Azhar University of Kerala", for its great Muslim religious schools and teachers. Ponnani was called "the small Mecca" in southern India, Malaya, Indonesia etc. Ponnani has also contributed a great deal to the cultural and literary heritage of Kerala.
==Demographics==
India census, Ponnani had a population of 87,356. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Ponnani has an average literacy rate of 85.20%, higher than the Indian national average of 65.38%: male literacy is 90.08%, and female literacy is 80.87%. In Ponnani, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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