Branching lanes
Roads divide and rejoin across the high ground, forming an organic pattern with few straight lines. It looks more like a natural network than a planned street plan.
Minimalist map poster · India
11.4982° N / 75.6807° E
A green Malabar settlement in north Kerala, with lanes winding between coconut groves, paddy land and small waterways

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Kizhariyūr lies in the Kozhikode district of north Kerala, inland from the Arabian Sea coast near Koyilandy. Like much of Malabar, it has no single dense core. Houses spread along lanes that follow the high ground, with coconut and areca groves between them and low paddy land in the hollows. The map is a fine, branching network rather than a block pattern.
This scattered layout is typical of rural Kerala, where the boundaries between villages and towns blur. On a monochrome print, the thin curving roads look almost like the veins of a leaf, joining at small junctions where shops and schools gather. Channels and ponds in the low areas add quiet interruptions, and each road takes the easiest line across the gently rolling ground.
A Kizhariyūr map poster suits people with roots in the area, including the many Malabar families who live and work abroad. It gives them a precise picture of the lanes that lead home. The design shows everyday geography that rarely appears in maps of India, where settlement and cultivated land are almost the same thing.
Roads divide and rejoin across the high ground, forming an organic pattern with few straight lines. It looks more like a natural network than a planned street plan.
Low, open fields between the inhabited ridges appear as calm empty areas. They mark where water collects during the monsoon and separate one cluster of homes from the next.
The Arabian Sea shore is a short distance west. On a wider framing, the coastline and the main coastal road make a straight border against the curving inland lanes.
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The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Kizhariyūr
For many people this map is a way of keeping a family home in view from far away. A clean print of Kizhariyūr's lanes can hang in Dubai, Bengaluru or London and still show the exact path to a particular gate.
Personalise it with a family name, a wedding or house-warming date and the coordinates. Then choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. It is available as HD files or as a printed poster, framed or unframed.
Order the Kizhariyūr poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
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