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A View of the Chaliyar River
A View of the Chaliyar River

Beypore(11 degrees 15 minutes north latitude ,75 degrees 45 minutes east longitude) or Beypur is a small coastal village in Kozhikode district of Kerala, south India. The place was formerly known as Vaypura / Vadaparappanad. Tippu Sultan named the town “Sultan Pattanam”.This place also has a small port and a beautiful beach. Beypore port is one of the oldest ports in Kerala from where trading was done to the Middle East. Beypore is also famouse for building wooden ship, it is called Dhows or Urus in Malayalam language. This ships are usually bought by arab merchants for trading, fishing and now to use as a tourist ships. Image File history File linksMetadata Chaliyar_view. ... Chaliyar River is the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length. ... Kozhikode in Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട്, also known as Calicut, is the third largest city (pop. ... Kerala (IPA: ; Malayalam: കേരളം — Keralam) is a state on the southwestern tropical Malabar Coast of India. ... A map of Southern India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം) is the major language of the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب Ê»arab) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ...


Chaliyar Puzha which is the fourth longest river in the Kerala state flows through this village. Chaliyar River is the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length. ...



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Located about 10 km south of Kozhikode town at the mouth of the Chaliyar River, Beypore is one of the prominent ports and fishing harbors of ancient Kerala.
Beypore was an important trade and maritime centre
Beypore was much sought after by merchants from Western Asia for its ship building industry.
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Beypore was one of the important ports and fishing harbours of ancient Kerala and was a prominent commercial hub of that era.
Gradually Beypore also began to be developed as a shipbuilding centre, which was especially in demand in West Asia.
Beypore is well connected by road network and you can reach Calicut in no time as it is just 11 km away.
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