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Kottamam

Kottamam is a city situated in the banks of the holy river Periyar in Ernakulam district, Kerala state, south India.

The place

Kottamam is a city situated in the banks of the holy river Periyar in Ernakulam district, Kerala state, south India. It is situated about 9.5 km from Angamaly and 3 km from Kalady, the birthplace of Adi Sankaracharya. The International pilgrim center Malayattoor Kurisumudi is situated only 7.5 km from Kottamam.

Cochin International Airport is situated only 9 km from Kottamam.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kottamam

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
    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.

    2.5 km · state public university in Ernakulam, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Iringol Kavu Temple

    Iringole Kavu is a forest temple dedicated to Goddess Durga, situated in Kunnathunad Taluk of Ernakulam district, 2.5 km from Perumbavoor. This is one of the 108 Durga Temples in Kerala believed to have been consecrated by Lord Parasurama, the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu.

    8.9 km · Temple in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    1.3 km · Hindu temple, Kalady, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Saint Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Malayattoor

    The St Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic International Shrine, Malayattoor is one of the eleven international shrines in the world, situated in Malayattoor Angamaly, Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.

    4.5 km · church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Chowara Chidambaraswamy Temple

    Chowara Chidambaraswamy Temple is located at Chowara in Ernakulam district. The presiding deities of north shrine are Shiva in the form of Nataraja, in the sanctum sanctorum facing east.

    9.9 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica, Angamaly

    St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica is a basilica of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church situated in Angamaly, Kerala, India.

    8.5 km · church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    2.8 km · Siva Temple located in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    6.3 km · Temple in Ernakulam District, Kerala · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Eravikulangara Temple

    Eravikulangara Bhagavathy Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, dedicated to Bhagavan Sivan and Bhagavan Ayyappan.

    9.6 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    5 km · bridge in Kerala, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kottamam

Airports
Cochin (COK), 7 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 114 km · Calicut (CCJ), 120 km
Stations
Cochin International Airport, 6.9 km · Angamaly railway station, 9 km
  • Coimbatore → Kottamam
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · ₹1,030–1,290
  • Calicut → Kottamam
    140 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · ₹1,160–1,450
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Kottamam
    24 km · quickest by road, 45 min · ₹170–210
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kottamam

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 Kottamam. 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

    46 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    79 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    82 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    87 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    108 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kottamam

Kottamam is 32 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • AngamalyTown in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India8.1 km
  • Perumbavoorsuburb in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India5.6 km
  • Chovvaravillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India8.3 km
  • Cheranallurvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.2 km
  • Kaladytown in India2.6 km
  • NedumbasseryGram panchayat and census town in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India6.8 km