' ' . गुबुनमोनसे दानस्लायनाया गोसोथिहोयो दि काननुरा मोननै सोदोबनि जथाय जानो हागौ , जाय गावसोरनि रोदाफोरखौ हिनदु मोदाय - दावदायफोरनि सासे भगबान निफ्राय साननालाजादोंमोन , काननान ( भगबान क्रिशना ) आरो उर ( जायगा ) बेखौ 'भगबान क्रिशनानि जायगा' बानायनायदोंमोन ।
Another version endorses that Kannur might be a a compound of two words which have assumed their roots from one of the deities of the Hindu pantheon Kannan Lord Krishna and Ur place making it the 'place of Lord Krishna' .