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Location: Parli - Lakkidi - Ottapalam - Mannanur railway stations, Palakkad district, Kerala. Date & Time: 4th January 2016 08:18AM - 08:42AM Onboard: Kazipet (KZJ) WAG7 hauled 06335 Guwahati - Kochuveli Weekly Special Paddy cultivation was part of the proud culture of Kerala state. Rice is the most important cereal and staple food produced and consumed in Kerala. In Kerala, you can see vast green paddy fields. Celebrated as the granary of Kerala, Palakkad is a vast expanse of verdant plains interspersed with hills, rivers, mountain streams and forests. The gateway to Kerala from the north, a 40 kilometre break in the mountains known as the Palakkad Gap gives access to this land situated at the foot of the Western Ghats. The pass acts as a corridor between Kerala and neighbouring Tamil Nadu and played a major role in the trade contacts between east and west coasts of peninsular India. Deriving its name from the Malayalam words Pala (Alsteria scholaris) and Kadu (forest), this place was once a beautiful stretch of forest covered with the sweet-scented flowers of the Pala tree. The district, along with Kuttanad region in Alappuzha and the coastal areas of Thrissur district, is the main rice producing region.