Pothundi Dam is situated in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. Pothundi Dam is an earthen dam. Pothundi Dam is around 35 Kilometers away from Palakkad town. Pothundi dam is a wonderful tourist destination in Palakkad district, Kerala, India. Pothundi dam is on the way to Nelliampathi hill station of Palakkad district, Kerala, India. Nelliampathi is 26 kilometers away from Pothundi Dam, Palakkad district, Kerala, India. We can find parks for children in the Pothundi dam area. Zipline drive, Sky cycling, Sky fall, etc. are the main attraction of the Pothundi dam park.
Pothundi dam is an Earthen Dam. Pothundi Dam is an irrigation dam near Pothundi village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, India. Constructed in the 19th century, it is considered one of the oldest dams in India. It provides irrigation to an area of 5,470 hectares (13,500 acres) in the Palakkad district and drinking water supply to the Nemmara, Ayalur, and Melarcode Panchayat. An unusual feature of the earth dam is the core wall, which is built with a mixture of jaggery and quick lime.

A popular festival held on the shores of the reservoir is known as the Nemmara Vallengi Vela Festival. The dam is built in the Pothundy village across the Meenichiladipuzha and Padipuzha rivers, which are tributaries of the Aylampuzha river, about 400 metres upstream of the confluence, in the backdrop of the Nelliampathi hills. It drains a catchment area of 31 square kilometres at Full Reservoir Level, which is thickly forested with teak wood trees. The dam is in the Chittur taluk, about 8 kilometres from Nemmara and 35 kilometres from Palakkad and 26 kilometres from Nelliampathi.

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