The mound of the ancestral house of Poet Boru Chandidas along with 14 temples standing on it have been renovated and maintained by Archeological Survey of India (ASI). Recently many NGOs have been working in this area to promote handicraft made by the villagers. The villagers of Nanur Block are not well off. Apart from the temples at Chandidas Nanoor, some of these villages have age old brick temples of which many have exquisite terracotta work on their walls. Chandidas Nanoor is also the head quarter of the Community Development Block of Nanoor which comprises of 24 villages. The Police station is named as Nanoor too. Although the name of three other Chandidas comes up from the history, the one associated with Nanoor is the most famous. The town of Nanoor alias Nanur is also known as Chandidas-Nanoor as it was the hometown of the famous 14th century poet Boru Chandidas. Cluster of Temples over Mound of Boru Chandidas, Nanoor
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