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Kalady

Kalady or Kaladi is a town located between Angamaly and Perumbavoor, east of the Periyar River, near Malayattoor in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.

Kalady
Kalady · Timothy A. Gonsalves
The place

Kalady or Kaladi is a town located between Angamaly and Perumbavoor, east of the Periyar River, near Malayattoor in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. The town is not far from Cochin International Airport. It is notable as the birthplace of 9th century Indian philosopher Adi Shankara.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kalady

7 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
    Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University

    The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit is a Sanskrit university in India established in 1993 in Kalady, Kochi, Kerala. It was established when Indian Union Muslim League leader Sri.

    500 m · state public university in Ernakulam, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cheranalloor 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.

    3.8 km · Hindu temple, Kalady, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Karppillikkavu 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.

    4.3 km · Siva Temple located in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Thiru Nayathode Siva Narayana Temple

    Thiru Nayathode Siva Narayana Temple is located at Nayathod, a small village in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. The temple is located at about 3 km from Cochin International Airport.

    3.9 km · Temple in Ernakulam District, Kerala · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Puthoorppilly Sree Krishnaswamy Temple Manjapra

    Puthoorppilly Sreekrishna temple is located at Manjapra, a small village in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. This temple is a protected monument by Archeological Department, Kerala.

    5.5 km · 10th-century Hindu temple with granite roof in Kerala · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Vallam–Parakkadavu Bridge

    The Vallom–Parakkadavu Bridge, also known as Parappuram-Vallamkadavu Bridge, is a bridge across the Periyar, that connects Vallamkadavu in Perumbavoor municipality with Parappuram in Kanjoor, in Kerala. Opened in August 2023, the bridge makes the travelling from the Idukki and Kottayam districts to the Cochin International Airport easier, as it reduce the travel distance to Nedumbassery by 10 km.

    4.2 km · bridge in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Chelamattom Shree Krishna Swami Temple

    Chelamattom Sree Krishna Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Chelamattom, Kalady, in Ernakulam district, Kerala. This temple is situated near the banks of the Periyar River.

    3.5 km · Temple in Ernakulam District, Kerala · Wikipedia

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See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Ramakrishna Advaita Ashram The Ramakrishna Advaita Ashram not far from the Sri Krishna temple, has a spacious prayer hall and a beautiful shrine modelled on the Sri Ramakrishna temple at Belur Math. The white marble statue of Sri Ramakrsihna seems to be the very epitome of tranquillity. The Ashram also runs a school, charitable dispensary and library.

From Wikivoyage: Kalady, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

There are a lot of hotels available in the town serving both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. Aryas, Near Bus Station. K K Towers, Near University (Malayattoor Road). One of the best stay offered in kalady. 250-800. Lakshmibhavan, Kalady Junction. Vegetarian Sangeetha, Kalady Junction.

From Wikivoyage: Kalady, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Kalady

Airports
Cochin (COK), 4 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 117 km · Calicut (CCJ), 120 km
Stations
Cochin International Airport, 4.3 km
  • Coimbatore → Kalady
    107 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · ₹880–1,110
  • Calicut → Kalady
    54 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · ₹480–600
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Kalady
    279 km · quickest by road, 6h 46m · ₹2,070–2,580
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kalady

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

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

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    49 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    82 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    84 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    90 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    109 km

If you know how people move in Kalady – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kalady

Kalady is 29 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Chovvaravillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India5.7 km
  • Cheranallurvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India4.7 km
  • NedumbasseryGram panchayat and census town in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India4.5 km
  • Kizhakkumbhagomvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.8 km
  • Manjapravillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India4.9 km
  • Kidangoorvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India5.5 km