Cheranallur
Cheranallur is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India and lies on the banks of the Periyar River.

Cheranallur is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India and lies on the banks of the Periyar River. According to tradition, the area was named by its earlier inhabitants who found this place very fertile and beautiful. The name in the local language of Tamil means "Good Village of Cheras".
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Worth seeing in and around Cheranallur
3 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.
- 01Cheranalloor Mahadeva Temple
Cheranalloor Mahadeva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva is situated on the banks of the Periyar river at Kalady of Ernakulam District in Kerala state in India. The Cheranalloor Mahadeva Temple is one of the important temples in Cochin Kingdom.
900 m · Hindu temple, Kalady, India · Wikipedia - 02Saint Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Malayattoor
The St Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic International Shrine, Malayattoor is one of the eleven international shrines in the world, situated in Malayattoor Angamaly, Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.
2.3 km · church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple
Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple is a temple in India, dedicated to Shiva as kirata. This temple's specialty is that the deity give dharshan to the western side.
3.8 km · Siva Temple located in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cheranallur
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 9 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 113 km · Calicut (CCJ), 121 km
- Coimbatore → Cheranallur131 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · ₹1,150–1,440
- Calicut → Cheranallur145 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · ₹1,060–1,320
- Thiruvananthapuram → Cheranallur188 km · quickest by road, 4h 37m · ₹1,410–1,760
- 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 Cheranallur
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 Cheranallur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAnother option is to get around is to use the auto-rickshaw service.
From Wikivoyage: Kalady, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Cheranallur
Cheranallur is 33 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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