Kumbazha
Kumbazha is a main junction nestled within the heart of Pathanamthitta Municipality of Pathanamthitta Town, located in Kerala state, India.
Kumbazha is a main junction nestled within the heart of Pathanamthitta Municipality of Pathanamthitta Town, located in Kerala state, India. The serene Achenkovil river gracefully meanders through this historic locale. The town's prominence is further accentuated by the terminus of the Thiruvalla - Kumbazha (SH-7) road, also known as the T.K road. Once a bustling marketplace, Kumbazha derives its name from the Malayalam word "Kumbhi," signifying an elephant, hinting at its past grandeur.
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Worth seeing in and around Kumbazha
4 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.
- 01Sree Bhuvaneswary Temple, Valamchuzhy
Sree Bhuvaneswary Temple, Valamchuzy is one of the oldest temples in Pathanamthitta, South India.
1.2 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 02Madathilkkavu Devi Temple
Kunnamthanam is a census village in Kunnamthanam gram panchayat in the Mallapally taluk of the district of Pathanamthitta in Kerala.It comes under Thiruvalla Revenue Division & Thiruvalla Constituency.As of 2011, it had a population of 20,573. Kunnamthanam has been named a Complete Yoga Village, where every family is known to be practicing yoga.
2.8 km · Hindu Temple in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala · Wikipedia - 03Catholicate College Pathanamthitta
Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, established in 1952, is an institution of higher education at Pathanamthitta of Kerala, India. Catholicate College belongs to the first group of colleges in Kerala to receive academic accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
2.4 km · college in Kerala · Wikipedia - 04Thazhoor Bhagavathy Kshetram
Thazhoor Bhagavathy Kshetram is a 300-year-old Hindu temple on the banks of the Achankovil river in Vazhamuttom, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala. The Devi is the main deity here.
3.3 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kumbazha
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 86 km · Cochin (COK), 109 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 200 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Kumbazha88 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · ₹680–850
- Kochi → Kumbazha96 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · ₹790–980
- Coimbatore → Kumbazha194 km · quickest by road, 5h 36m · ₹1,860–2,320
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kumbazha
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 Kumbazha. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaw - this is a cheap way of travelling between attractions.
- Get aroundShare taxis are also common, to cater pilgrims.
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Next door to Kumbazha
Kumbazha is 47 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pathanamthittatown in Kerala, India2.2 km
- Vallicodevillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India3.9 km
- Vazhamuttomvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India3.1 km
- Kodumtharavillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India1.8 km
- Chayalodeward in Kerala, India2.2 km