Kottāram
Kottaram is a village located in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Kottaram is a village located in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Kottaram the word origin from Malayalam/Tamil meaning Palace. So Kottaram means not only a village but also a Palace because 18th & the beginning of the 19th century Kottaram village was ruled by Travancore Maharajas and they have constructed Guest Houses for them. In 1947 August 15 India got independence from British and Sri Vallabhai Pattel initiated to divided India as States and the states divided into Districts according to the regional language and the present Kottaram village became part of Tamil Nadu by 1 November 1956.
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Getting to Kottāram
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 78 km · Cochin (COK), 258 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 280 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Kottāram75 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · ₹540–670
- Kochi → Kottāram246 km · quickest by road, 6h 1m · ₹1,950–2,440
- Tiruchirappalli → Kottāram326 km · quickest by road, 6h 26m · ₹2,390–2,980
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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 Kottāram
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 Kottāram. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere are public transport buses, auto rickshaws and taxis available in plenty.
From Wikivoyage: Swamithoppe, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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