Eraniel
Eraniel is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Eraniel is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is of major commercial and political importance in the history of South India, as it was the seasonal capital of the affluent Venad and later Travancore kingdoms until the seventeenth century, when Padmanabhapuram and Thiruvananthapuram rose to prominence. Currently, it is known for its archaeological importance for the ruins of the dilapidated Eraniel Palace.
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Worth seeing in and around Eraniel
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.
- 01Thiruvithamcode Arappally
St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, Thiruvithamkode, also called Thiruvithamcode Arappally or Thomayar Kovil, is a church located in Thiruvithamcode in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu state in India.
4.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 02Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple
Mandaikadu Bhagavathy Amman Temple is a Hindu temple where Adi Parashakti is the prime deity. This temple is also called 'Women's Sabarimala'.
4.6 km · An Amman temple in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia - 03St. Antony's Church, Chemmanvilai
St. Antony's Church, Chemmanvilai[1] is a Roman Catholic Church located in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India.
4.8 km · church in Chemmanvilai · Wikipedia
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Getting to Eraniel
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 52 km · Cochin (COK), 238 km
- Stations
- Eraniel Railway station, 1.7 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Eraniel51 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · ₹390–490
- Kochi → Eraniel225 km · quickest by road, 5h 31m · ₹1,770–2,220
- Coimbatore → Eraniel314 km · quickest by road, 7h 52m · ₹2,850–3,560
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eraniel
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 Eraniel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaws, taxis and local buses are easily available.
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Next door to Eraniel
Eraniel is 50 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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