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Periyar, which is called "Muttupuzha" (knee river) in this area as it used to have knee-deep water during summers and people could cross it on foot. But since a huge amount of sand is taken from the river bed it is no longer shallow or safe to walk through even in summers. The former rulers of Alangand were known as "Alangadu Karthakal". It is also home to two famous and oldest religious sites in Kerala "St Mary's Church" Alangad and "Alangad Juma musjid". Thiruvallur Mahadeva Temple, one of the 108 known Shiva temples in Kerala, which is more than a thousand years old, is located on the soil of Alangad. Alangad and Akapparambu were well known for the Kalarippayattu Martial Art training in the ancient time. Legend has it that Lord Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan took lessons in the traditional martial art Kalarippyattu at Alangad.
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