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Pookode
Pookode is a green highland locality near Lakkidi and Vythiri, closely associated with its forest-ringed freshwater lake and the educational campus of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.
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Pookode lies within the wooded hill country around Vythiri, a short journey from the main road through Lakkidi. The locality is best known for Pookode Lake, a natural freshwater body enclosed by slopes and evergreen forest. Its surrounding land has also supported plantation activity, and the official Vythiri panchayat history records an older estate landscape near the lake. Pookode has a second identity beyond tourism as the location of a veterinary education and university campus. The juxtaposition of the lake, green slopes and academic activity makes Pookode different from the more commercial centre of Vythiri. For visitors, the surrounding area is best understood as a wider locality with homes, institutions and wooded stretches rather than the lake attraction alone.
Also recorded asPookot · Pookodu · Pookkodu · Pookkode
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Geographical classificationLocality
DistrictWayanad
TalukVythiri
Associated PIN673576
Recorded parent areaKunnathidavaka
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Geographical reference (not a mailing address)Pookode, Vythiri, Wayanad, 673576
Culture and background
History and local identity
Vythiri panchayat history refers to the former Pookode estate and to Narayana Gurukula, established at Pookode in 1962.
The local setting
Landscape and geography
Evergreen forested slopes surround a perennial freshwater lake in a damp Western Ghats setting.
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Approached from the Vythiri–Lakkidi road network; the lake and university campus have distinct local access routes.
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Pookode Lake and the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University campus are identifiable features of the locality.
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Pookode is recorded as a locality in Wayanad district, Vythiri taluk.
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