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Palakkad Fort: The old granite fort situated in the very herart of Palakkad town is one of the best preserved in Kerala. It was built by Hyder Ali of Mysore in 1766. The fort was taken over and modified by the British in 1790. It is now preserved by the Archaelogical Survey of India.
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The
district of Palakkad known as the granary of Kerala, is a land of valleys,
hillocks, rivers, forests, mountain streams, dams and irrigation projects.
Situated at the foot of the Western Ghats, this is the gateway to Kerala
from the north. Palakkad derives its name from the Malayalam words Pala (
Alsteria scholaris) and Kadu (forest) which goes to prove that this place
was once a beautiful stretch of forests covered with the sweet scented
flowers of the Pala tree.