Manarcaud
Manarcad is a small town in Kottayam district of Kerala state, South India.

Manarcad is a small town in Kottayam district of Kerala state, South India. It is known for the Manarcad Perunnal, the annual feast at the St. Mary's Church, which is usually held from September 1–8. It is located about 9 km from the town of Kottayam and is on the way to the tourist town of Thekkady.
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Worth seeing in and around Manarcaud
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.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayapuram
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayapuram ) is a diocese located in the city of Kottayam in the ecclesiastical province of Verapoly in India.
5.9 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 02Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral
The Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, also known as the Vimalagiri Cathedral or as Angathattu Palli located at Kottayam is the cathedral of the Diocese of Vijayapuram. Built in the Gothic architectural style, the church has a 172-foot tall tower which is one of the tallest church towers in Kerala.
5.4 km · church building in Kottayam, Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Manarcad Church
St. Mary's Syrian orthodox Cathedral, Manarcad, is cathedral located in Manarcad, about 9 km from the town of Kottayam in Kerala, India.
1.4 km · church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 04Catholicate Aramana Chapel
The Catholicate Aramana Chapel in Kottayam, Kerala, India, is the personal chapel of the Catholicos, located at the Catholicate Aramana which is the headquarters of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and residence of the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan. Many previous catholicoi including Paulose II are entombed there.
6 km · Church in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Manarcaud
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 63 km · Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 131 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 165 km
- Stations
- Kottayam Railway Station, 6 km
- Kochi → Manarcaud53 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · ₹435–540
- Thiruvananthapuram → Manarcaud129 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · ₹980–1,230
- Coimbatore → Manarcaud163 km · quickest by road, 4h 37m · ₹1,540–1,930
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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 Manarcaud
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 Manarcaud. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrequent ferries (run by the Kerala State Water Transport Corporation) from Alappuzha (Alleppey) run throughout the day.
- Get aroundLocal taxis are also available, though they are considerably more expensive than autorickshaws.
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Manarcaud is 51 km from Kochi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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