Anchuthengu
Anchuthengu, formerly known as Anjengo, Angengo or Anjenga, is a coastal panchayath and town in the Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala.
Anchuthengu, formerly known as Anjengo, Angengo or Anjenga, is a coastal panchayath and town in the Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala. It is situated 9 km south-west of Varkala Town along Trivandrum - Varkala - Kollam coastal highway.
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Worth seeing in and around Anchuthengu
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Padmanabhaswamy Temple
The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam, India. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams which are considered the sacred sites of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.
3 km · Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · Wikipedia - 02Shankumugham Beach
Shankumugham Beach is a beach in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, south India. The beach is on the western side of Thiruvananthapuram and is very close to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
700 m · beach in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Kuthira Malika
Kuthiramalika is a Travancore Kingdom palace built by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma on the south-eastern side of Padmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram. Kuthira Malika translates to 'Mansion of horses', and it has been named so because of the 122 horses that adorn the many pillars that support the southern roof of this majestic structure.
3.2 km · Palace in Thiruvananthapuram district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia - 04Irumkulangara Durga Devi Temple
Irumkulangara Durga Bhagavathi Temple is a Hindu temple in Thottam, Manacaud P.O, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It is about 1.8 kilometres to the southwest of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram city.
3.5 km · Hindu temple at Thiruvanathapuram, India · Wikipedia - 05Gandhari Amman Kovil
Gandhari Amman Kovil is a Hindu temple located at Mele Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Gandhari amman is the principal deity in this temple.
3.8 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 06Pazhavangadi Ganapathi Temple
The Pazhavangadi Maha Ganapathy temple is situated at East Fort in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala, India. The main Deity of the temple is Sri Mahaganapathy.
3.4 km · Hindu Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 07Sagarakanyaka
Sagarakanyaka is a sculpture of a mermaid situated at the Shankumugham Beach, Kerala. Sculpted by Kanayi Kunhiraman, it is adjudged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest merperson sculpture in the world.
600 m · statue of mermaid at Shankumugham Beach in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · Wikipedia - 08Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple
Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple is a Hindu temple of the god Shiva situated in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala. Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram Temple is considered the original abode of the god.
4 km · temple in India · Wikipedia - 09Kerala Government Secretariat
The Kerala Government Secretariat is the seat of administration of the Government of Kerala, in Thiruvananthapuram, housing important ministries and bureaucratic offices. It is the highest echelon of state administrative structure offering locus for the exercise of executive authority by the State Government of Kerala.
3.9 km · building in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 10Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum, Thiruvananthapuram is museum dedicated to preserve and exhibit palm-leaf manuscripts from Kerala. It is considered as world's first and largest palm-leaf manuscript museum.
2.6 km · museum in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Anchuthengu
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 0 km · Cochin (COK), 194 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 284 km
- Stations
- Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, 400 m · Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station, 3.8 km · Thiruvananthapuram North Railway Station, 3.7 km · Thiruvananthapuram Pettah railway station, 2.1 km
- Kochi → Anchuthengu152 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · ₹1,130–1,410
- Coimbatore → Anchuthengu261 km · quickest by road, 7h 8m · ₹2,350–2,940
- Calicut → Anchuthengu307 km · quickest by road, 7h 38m · ₹2,240–2,800
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Anchuthengu
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Anchuthengu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt has direct flights from the Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, as well as seasonal charter flights to Russia, the UK and less frequently to other parts of Europe.
- Get aroundAuto-rickshaws, or simply "autos", are a cheap way of travelling between attractions.
- Get aroundThe minimum charge for the autorickshaw is ₹25 and the running charge per km is ₹12 (as of Dec 2021).
- Get aroundThere are pre-paid autorickshaw counters available near the airport and the railway station.
- Get aroundComplaints related to auto-rickshaws in Thiruvananthapuram can be made to RTO Trivandrum, .
From Wikivoyage: Thiruvananthapuram, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Anchuthengu
Anchuthengu is 4 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Thiruvananthapuramcity in southern India; the capital of Kerala4 km
- Thiruvananthapuram districtdistrict of Kerala, India2.6 km
- East Fortneighborhoods in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India3.4 km
- St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuramschool in Thiruvananthapuram district3.6 km
- Kamaleswaramhuman settlement in India3.5 km
- Ambalathara, Thiruvananthapuramhuman settlement in India3.5 km