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Kottappady

Kottappady is a village in Kothamangalam Taluk in Ernakulam district of Kerala State, India.

The place

Kottappady is a village in Kothamangalam Taluk in Ernakulam district of Kerala State, India. It belongs to Central Kerala Division. It is located 10 km from Kothamangalam. The village came into existence in the year 1953.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kottappady

5 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
    Thrikkariyoor Mahadeva Temple

    Thrikkariyoor Mahadeva Temple is located in the town of Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district, on the northern bank of Kothayar river, a tributary of Muvattupuzha river. It is believed that this temple is one of the 108 Shiva temples of Kerala and is considered to be the last temple installed by sage Parasurama dedicated to Shiva.

    2.4 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St.Mary's Cathedral Kothamangalam

    Martha Mariyam Cathedral or St. Mary's Church is a prominent Valiyapally of the Syriac Orthodox Church situated in Kothamangalam town in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.

    3.2 km · church in Ernakulam, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Marthoman Cheriyapally, Kothamangalam

    Mar Thoma Cheriyapally is a Jacobite Syrian Christian Church Church located in Kothamangalam town of Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. The church is believed to have been established in 1455 by 18 families who separated from Marth Maryam Valiyapally.

    3.2 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam

    Mar Athanasius College is a general degree-level college located in Kothamangalam, in the Indian state of Kerala. Established in 1955, the college is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and research-level programmes in arts, commerce, and sciences.

    2.6 km · College · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mar Athanasius College of Engineering

    Mar Athanasius College of Engineering is a government aided engineering college located in Kothamangalam, Kerala state, India. The college is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.

    2.6 km · Indian college in Kerala · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kottappady

Airports
Cochin (COK), 24 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 118 km · Calicut (CCJ), 138 km
  • Coimbatore → Kottappady
    106 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · ₹1,160–1,450
  • Calicut → Kottappady
    49 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · ₹520–650
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Kottappady
    186 km · quickest by road, 4h 38m · ₹1,480–1,840
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kottappady

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundYou can hire an auto rickshaw - the three-wheeled bug like vehicle-taxi for travel.
  • Get aroundIt seems to me like most western travellers are much curious about Auto Rickshaws!

From Wikivoyage: Muvattupuzha, 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

    52 km
  2. 02
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    65 km
  3. 03
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    66 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    73 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    89 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kottappady

Kottappady is 38 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.