Kechery
Kechery is a town in Thrissur district, Kerala, India.

Kechery is a town in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is 16 kilometers away from Thrissur and 7 kilometers from Kunnamkulam. One of the important hindu pilgrim center Guruvayur temple is 11 kilometres away from here.
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Worth seeing in and around Kechery
8 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.
- 01Chowalloor Siva Temple
Chowalloor Siva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva at Guruvayoor of Thrissur District in Kerala state in India. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva, located in main sanctum sanatorium, facing West.
3.2 km · temple in India · Wikipedia - 02Cheruvathur Mahadeva Temple
Cheruvathur Sri Mahadeva Temple, located in Kunnamkulam town of Thrissur district of Kerala. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva, located in main sanctum sanatorium facing east.
5.6 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Arthat St. Mary's Cathedral
Arthat St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, also called Kunnamkulam-Chattukulangara Church, is an ancient Oriental Orthodox church located in Arthat village of Thalapilly taluk, one mile south of Kunnamkulam town, in Thrissur district, Kerala, India.
4.9 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Chemmanthatta Mahadeva Temple
Chemmanthatta Mahadeva Temple is a Hindu temple located in Chemmanthatta, Thrissur District. According to folklore, sage Parashurama installed the idol.
4 km · circular plan Hindu temple with murals near Kunnamkulam Thrissur, Kerala · Wikipedia - 05Ariyannur Umbrellas
Ariyannur Umbrellas is a prehistoric Megalith burial site situated in Ariyannur in Kandanassery Panchayat of Thrissur District of Kerala. Archaeological Survey of India in 1951 declared it as a centrally protected monument.
2 km · Megalithic burial site in Ariyannur · Wikipedia - 06Chowannur burial cave
Chovvanur Burial Cave is a prehistoric Megalith rock cut cave situated in Chowannur, of Thrissur District of Kerala. The cave can be accessed from single entry and its chamber is circular.
4.8 km · Archaeological site in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 07Karuvathoor Sreeramaswami Temple
Karuvathoor Sreeramaswami Temple is a Hindu temple at Kurumaldesam in the Velur panchayat of Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India, near the Kurumal Sree Bhagawati Temple. Both temples function under the Cochin Devaswom Board.
5.8 km · Hindu temple · Wikipedia - 08South Bazar Church
St. Matthias' Church, also known as the South Bazar Church, is a parish of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church situated at Kunnamkulam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, India.
5.3 km · church in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kechery
- Airports
- Calicut (CCJ), 60 km · Cochin (COK), 61 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 113 km
- Calicut → Kechery79 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ₹700–880
- Kochi → Kechery77 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ₹660–830
- Coimbatore → Kechery101 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · ₹830–1,040
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kechery
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 Kechery. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA large helipad at Guruvayur, enables helicopter transportation from Cochin and Kozhikode airport.
- Get aroundTaxis and autorickshaws are available at nominal rates.
From Wikivoyage: Guruvayoor, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Kechery
Kechery is 17 km from Thrissur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kunnamkulamtown in Thrissur district, Kerala, India4.3 km
- Iringapromhuman settlement5.8 km
- Thaikkadhuman settlement in Thrissur district, Kerala, India4.9 km
- Choondalvillage in Thrissur District, Kerala, India600 m
- Edakkalathur villagevillage in Thrissur District, Kerala, India4.1 km
- Eranellurvillage in Thrissur District, Kerala, India2.6 km