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Karamana

Karamana is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India.

Karamana
Karamana · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Karamana is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. It is one of the most densely populated but green parts of Thiruvananthapuram. The land is serviced by the Karamana River, which originates from the southern tip of the Western Ghats at Agastya Mala. The river flows 68 kilometres (42 mi) westward and merges into the Arabian Sea at the Thiruvallom-Karumam area near Kovalam. Karamana is a major transit point for both trade and travel to and from the Kanyakumari district of neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Karamana

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-Malankara Catholic Church

    The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church that employs the West Syriac Rite and is in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church, possessing self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. It is one of the major archiepiscopal churches of the Catholic Church and is headed by Major Archbishop Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum based in Kerala, India.

    2.9 km · West Syriac Catholic Church based in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Padmanabhaswamy Temple

    The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam, India. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams which are considered the sacred sites of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.

    2.4 km · Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University of Kerala

    University of Kerala, commonly referred to as Kerala University and formerly known as University of Travancore, is a public state university in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who was also the first Chancellor of the university.

    500 m · state public university in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Napier Museum

    The Napier Museum is an art and natural history museum situated in Thiruvananthapuram, India. The museum grounds are home to the Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, one of the oldest zoological gardens in India.

    700 m · Museum in Thiruvananthapuram district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Palayam Juma Masjid

    The Palayam Juma Mosque, or more commonly known as the Palayam Juma Masjid, officially the Masjid-i Jahān-Numā, is an Hanafi Sunni Friday mosque, located in the town of Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, in the state of Kerala, India. The Palayam Juma Masjid is the most important mosque in Thiruvananthapuram.

    200 m · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum

    St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum is the central place of worship of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.

    3 km · church in Kerala, Republic of India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St. Mary, Queen of Peace Basilica

    The St. Mary, Queen of Peace Basilica, located in the Palayam/Cantonment area of the city of Thiruvananthapuram, in the state of Kerala, India, is the first Syro-Malankara Catholic Church to be elevated to the rank of a Catholic basilica.

    200 m · church in Kerala, Republic of India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Attukal Temple

    The Attukal Bhagavathy Temple is a Hindu shrine located at Attukal in Kerala, India. It is situated near the heart of the city, two kilometres away from the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, East Fort, in Thiruvananthapuram.

    3.8 km · Hindu shrine · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Thiruvananthapuram Zoo

    The Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is zoo located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. It occupies 55 acres of woodland, lakes, and lawns.

    1 km · zoo in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute

    Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, formerly Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, is an autonomous Institute established by the Government of Kerala on 17 November 1979 at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. It functions under the umbrella of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala.

    100 m · botany research institute in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Karamana

Airports
Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 4 km · Cochin (COK), 193 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 281 km
Stations
Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station, 1.8 km · Thiruvananthapuram Pettah railway station, 2.4 km
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Karamana

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt has direct flights from the Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, as well as seasonal charter flights to Russia, the UK and less frequently to other parts of Europe.
  • Get aroundAuto-rickshaws, or simply "autos", are a cheap way of travelling between attractions.
  • Get aroundThe minimum charge for the autorickshaw is ₹25 and the running charge per km is ₹12 (as of Dec 2021).
  • Get aroundThere are pre-paid autorickshaw counters available near the airport and the railway station.
  • Get aroundComplaints related to auto-rickshaws in Thiruvananthapuram can be made to RTO Trivandrum, .

From Wikivoyage: Thiruvananthapuram, 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
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    107 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    118 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    174 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    190 km
  5. 05
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    192 km

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

Around it

Next door to Karamana

Karamana is 2 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.