Mal: മഞ്ചേരി manjeri
‘Walled Settlement’ Town, Kerala
From Mal: maṇ, ‘mud-wall’, ‘wall’, ‘stone-wall’; and c(h)ēri ‘colony’, ‘settlement’.
Manjeri is famous for its Stone Age sites including rock-cut caves, menhirs and dolmens.
At one point it was the military HQ for Tipu Sultan.
For related place names see Indian Place names and Kerala place names.
