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Kechery

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

Kechery
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Chowalloor 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
  2. 02
    Cheruvathur 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
  3. 03
    Arthat 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
  4. 04
    Chemmanthatta 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
  5. 05
    Ariyannur 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
  6. 06
    Chowannur 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
  7. 07
    Karuvathoor 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
  8. 08
    South 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 → Kechery
    79 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ₹700–880
  • Kochi → Kechery
    77 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ₹660–830
  • Coimbatore → Kechery
    101 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · ₹830–1,040
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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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

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

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    65 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    127 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    135 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    135 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    170 km

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Around it

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