Iruvanjippuzha

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Iruvanjippuzha" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Iruvanjippuazha
Etymology	Iruvanjipuzha
Location
Country	India
State	Kerala
Region	Asia
City	Anakkampoyil Thiruvambady Mukkam Kumaraneloor Kodiyathur Chennamangallur Cheruvadi
Physical characteristics
Source	Vellarimala
• location	Western Ghats, Kerala, India
• coordinates	11°16′4.50″N 75°58′42.61″E / 11.2679167°N 75.9785028°E / 11.2679167; 75.9785028
• elevation	1,544 meters
Mouth
• location	Chaliyar River, India
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	50 km (31 mi)approx.
Discharge
• location	mouth
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Chalippuzha
• right	Cherupuzha

Iruvazhanjippuzha, or Iruvanjipuzha, is a major tributary of River Chaliyar and joining to Chaliyar at Koolimadu near Cheruvadi. Its major tributary is Chalippuzha, which joins with it about 3 km north of Thiruvambady town. Other tributaries are Muthappanpuzha (joining at Anakkampoyil), ulingappuzha (joining at Thiruvambadi) and Karamoola river (join at Mukkam). The famous Thusharagiri waterfall is in the Chalippuzha river. Every year, the Malabar River Festival happens in this river, which is recognized as the biggest Kayak event in Asia.

The villages of Anakkampoyil, kandappanchal,Narangathode,Thiruvambady, Mukkam, Kodiyathur, Chennamangallur and Cheruvadi are on the banks of this river.

Naadan Premam (transl: Love in the Countryside), a major romantic novel by Malayalam writer S. K. Pottekkatt, is set in the backdrops of Iruvanjippuzha. The river is also mentioned in the film Ennu Ninte Moideen. In this film it shows how the real character dies B. P. Moideen after drowning in the Iruvanjippuzha River.