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Edappāl

Edappal is a town which lies near to the town of Ponnani in Ponnani taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, India.

Edappāl
Edappāl · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Edappal is a town which lies near to the town of Ponnani in Ponnani taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, India. Edappal at the junction of Thrissur-Kuttippuram and Palakkad-Ponnani state highways, is located 45 km (28 mi) from Malappuram. Edappal lies in two panchayaths, Vattamkulam, and Edappal. Edappal shares borders with Thuyyam, Polpakkara, Ayilakkadu, Vattamkulam, and Annakampadu. Sukapuram, one of the earliest Brahmin settlements in Kerala, lies in Edappal. The Azhvanchery Thamprakkal of Athavanad, had influence over the Nambudiris of Sukapuram (Chowwara), while the Kalpakanchery Thamprakkal of Kalpakanchery influenced the rival Nambudiris of Panniyoor. Edappal forms a portion of the Malappuram metropolitan area as of 2011 Census. Edappal lies in Ponnani Kole Wetlands and is surrounded by the Biyyam backwater lake of Ponnani.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Edappāl

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.

  1. 01
    Perumparampu Sri Mahadeva Temple

    Perumparampu Sri Mahadeva Temple is located at Edappal in Malappuram district. The main deity of the temple is Shiva in the sanctum sanctorum facing west.

    2.5 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Puramundekkadu Shri Mahadeva Temple

    Puramundekkadu Shri Mahadeva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva is situated at Edappal of Malappuram District in Kerala state in India. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva, located in main Sanctum Sanctorum, facing East.

    2.1 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Edappāl

Airports
Calicut (CCJ), 40 km · Cochin (COK), 82 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 116 km
  • Kochi → Edappāl
    98 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · ₹730–910
    GuideToday
  • Coimbatore → Edappāl
    108 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · ₹900–1,130
    GuideToday
  • Kannur → Edappāl
    140 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · ₹1,090–1,370
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Edappāl

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 Edappāl. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    79 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    143 km
  3. 03
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    152 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    153 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    191 km

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Around it

Next door to Edappāl

Edappāl is 37 km from Thrissur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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