Paddy fields

Scenes of paddy field besides my ancestral home; it is exactly 2 kms from Kalpetta town trough Pinangode Road. My sweet home is very near to this place.

This is ‘Valliyettan’ an Adhivasi (traibal) laborer who has been working for a long time with us.

'Vayal nadu' : The name Wayanad is derived from the expression 'Vayal nadu' which means land of paddy fields. Most of the farmers give-up the paddy cultivation and turned to plantain cultivation, because of huge expense incurred in that and lack of laborers.

Rare scene: Paddy farmers in Wayanad have shifted to the profitable banana cultivation. Of late, most of the vast expanses of paddy fields can be seen as banana plantations in most of parts of the district.