Chemmaruthy
Chemmaruthy is a panchayat in Varkala Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.
Chemmaruthy is a panchayat in Varkala Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is 7 km east of Varkala city centre and 40 km north of state capital Trivandrum. It is also one of the 5 panchayats that shares border with Varkala Municipality.
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Worth seeing in and around Chemmaruthy
2 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.
- 01Sarada Mutt
Sivagiri is an area in Varkala Municipality of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala. It is a pilgrimage centre of Varkala Town where the tomb, or samadhi, of Sree Narayana Guru is situated.
2.6 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia - 02Sreenarayanapuram Temple
Sreenarayanapuram Mahavishnu Temple is an ancient Vishnu temple in Kerala, India. It is at Manakala about 4 km from Adoor.
3.4 km · Hindu temple in Kerala · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chemmaruthy
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 36 km · Cochin (COK), 159 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 255 km
- Stations
- Varkala Sivagiri railway station, 3.1 km
- Kochi → Chemmaruthy141 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · ₹1,070–1,340
- Coimbatore → Chemmaruthy250 km · quickest by road, 6h 51m · ₹2,270–2,840
- Calicut → Chemmaruthy296 km · quickest by road, 7h 22m · ₹2,180–2,720
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chemmaruthy
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 Chemmaruthy. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Varkala Railway Station, taxis and auto rickshaws can be hired.
- Get inPapanasam Beach is around 5 km from Varkala Railway Station ₹40/₹50 by Auto Rickshaw).
- Get aroundThe town of Varkala is about 5 km inland, centered around the train station, and can be reached via autorickshaw for ₹80 The resort area lies along two cliffs, north and south, overlooking the beach areas.
- Go nextKollam - about an hour north by taxi, an easy half-day trip to take a boat ride on the backwaters.
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Next door to Chemmaruthy
Chemmaruthy is 22 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sivagiri, Keralaarea in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India2.6 km
- Muthanavillage in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India2.4 km
- Varkala Municipalitymunicipality in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India3.4 km
- Varkala Taluktaluk in Trivandrum district3.5 km