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Sulthan Bathery

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  • Sulthan Bathery is a hilly town in Wayanad district of Kerala known for its rich history and natural wonders. Travel to Sulthan Bathery is to come away with great impressions of the place and its heritage culture. Its name bears its resemblance to Tipu Sultan who had captured the Jain temple and used it as his battery. Later it is denoted its Malayalam conversion as Sulthan Bathery.

    It is located at an altitude of 930 meters above seal level and stupendous knolls span the entire town hence known as a spectacular hilly station in Wayanad district. The climate is pleasant throughout the year. The local people are mostly agrarian.

  • Sulthan Bathery is 98 kilometers from Kozhikode town and 115 kilometers away from Mysore. It can be visited from Kalpatta which is just 25 kilometers away from it. It is a major attraction of Wayanad district with teeming tourism potentialities. Main plantations are coffee, rubber, tea and other cash crops. Besides exploring the monuments of past, one can trek to the hilly slopes exploring the plantation gardens of the area. Sulthan Bathery tour includes all its tourist attractions, trek to hilly areas and plantation gardens.

  • The major attractions of Sulthan Bathery are :

  • Jain Temple :
  • The Jain Temple known as Tipu’s Fort is one of the prime tourist attractions of the place. It is believed that it was built in 13th century. In the 18th century Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Musyore captured the Temple and used as his ammunition store. Besides the Jain temple there are some ruins of Jainism at Sulthan Bathery.

  • Battery Jumaa Masjid :
  • Most of the inhabitants of the area is Muslims. Battery Jamma Masjid is the biggest in the town which can accommodate 1000 worshippers. The architecture of the masjid is stunning.

  • Eddakal Caves :
  • Sulthan Bathery travel guide always includethe sightseeing tour of the Edakkal caves perched on the Ambukuthi mala mountain at a height of 1,000 meters. The distanse of the caves from the town is 12 kilometers. It is said that the caves belong to pre-historic period. One has to trek one kilometer from Edakkal to reach these caves. Stone age pictorial writings adorn the walls of the caves.The cave drawings depict the pictures of the tribal heads, elephants and queens.

  • Temples of Sulthan Bathery :
  • Mariyamman Temple and Ganapati temple are other attractions of the area. The tribal communities worship at the Mariyamman Temple.