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Kanayannur

Kanayannur(Malayalam: കണയന്നൂർ) is a taluk and a village in the district of Ernakulam, in the Indian state of Keralam.

The place

Kanayannur(Malayalam: കണയന്നൂർ) is a taluk and a village in the district of Ernakulam, in the Indian state of Keralam. Taluk is an administrative denomination in India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kanayannur

10 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
    Syro-Malabar Church

    The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church or Edtha Qatholiqi d'Malabar Suryaya, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a sui iuris particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

    2 km · East Syriac Catholic Church based in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St. Francis Church

    Saint Francis Church, in Fort Kochi, Kochi, originally built in 1503, is one of the oldest European churches in India and has historical significance as a witness to the European colonial ambitions in the subcontinent. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India.

    2.8 km · church in Kerala · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Santa Cruz Basilica

    The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, also known as Kotta Palli or Kottepalli, is located in Fort Kochi, Kochi. It is one of the thirty-four basilicas in India and one of nine in Kerala.

    2.6 km · church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium

    The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, commonly known as Kaloor Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kochi, Kerala, India, currently used for association football. Opened in 1996, initially it had a capacity 100,000 spectators, gradually reduced to comply with operational safety, and now seating 41,000 spectators, although it got limited further during 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup under FIFA security guidelines.

    5.1 km · International multi-purpose stadium in Kochi, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mattancherry Palace

    The Mattancherry Palace is a palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi. The palace was included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

    1.2 km · Palace in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Paradesi Synagogue

    The Paradesi Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue is a synagogue located in Mattancherry Jew Town, a suburb of the city of Kochi, Kerala, in India. It was built in 1568 A.D. by Samuel Castiel, David Belila, and Joseph Levi for the flourishing Paradesi Jewish community in Kochi.

    1.3 km · synagogue in India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Fort Emmanuel

    Fort Emmanuel, also known as Fort Manuel, is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi Beach in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was built by the Portuguese to be a bastion & a symbol of the strategic alliance between the Kingdom of Cochin and the Kingdom of Portugal.

    3 km · Fort in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Vallarpadam Church

    The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom, more commonly referred to as Vallarpadam Basilica is a minor basilica and a major Christian pilgrimage centre in Vallarpadam, a suburb in Ernakulam, in the city of Kochi, in Kerala, India. Around 5 million Christians visit the basilica every year.

    3.2 km · church in India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Basilica

    The St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Cathedral Basilica is a cathedral in Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

    2 km · church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Chempittapally Mosque

    Chempittapally, also known as Chembitta Palli and as Chembittapally Juma Masjid, is a Sifi Friday mosque in the Mattancherry neighbourhood, in Kochangadi, Kochi, in the Ernakulam district of the state of Kerala, India. Built between 1520 and 1540, the roof of the mosque was decorated with copper tiles, hence chempitta pally.

    2.1 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kanayannur

Airports
Cochin (COK), 25 km · Calicut (CCJ), 134 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 146 km
Stations
Ernakulam Junction railway station, 2.6 km · Cochin Port, 200 m · International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi, 2.3 km · Ernakulam Town Railway station, 3.5 km · Cochin Harbour Terminus, 700 m
  • Calicut → Kanayannur
    152 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · ₹1,180–1,480
  • Coimbatore → Kanayannur
    139 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · ₹1,250–1,560
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Kanayannur
    181 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · ₹1,350–1,680
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kanayannur

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAs the financial capital of Kerala, Kochi is well-connected by air, road, rail and ferry from others parts of India, and to some other international destinations.
  • Get inCATS also operates limo services as well as customised packages available for full/half day trips.
  • Get inBy helicopter: Pawan Hans, in the departure gate of the domestic terminal, operates a wide range of helicopter services to almost all parts of city as well as state, which requires a prior booking.
  • Get inCochin Airport has its own helicopter services with support of Bharat Airways.
  • Get inScheduled and chartered helicopter services to pilgrimage centres like Sabarimala, Guruvayoor and major cities like Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode are available.

From Wikivoyage: Kochi, 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

    77 km
  2. 02
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    102 km
  3. 03
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    104 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    111 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    113 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kanayannur

Kanayannur is 3 km from Kochi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.