Omallur
Omallur is a small town in Kerala, about 3.5 km south of Pathanamthitta District headquarters.

Omallur is a small town in Kerala, about 3.5 km south of Pathanamthitta District headquarters. Omallur is famous for Vayal Vanibham, which is an annual farming fair held in the month of Meenam (October). People from both within and outside the town participate in the fair.
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Worth seeing in and around Omallur
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.
- 01Rektha Kanda Swamy Temple
Rakthakanda Swamy Temple, Omallur, Pathanamthitta District, known as "Omallur Temple" traces its history to the 8th century AD. It is a pilgrim centre on the way to Sabarimala from Pandalam, the birthplace of Sree Ayyappan. The Temple is famous for its annual festival of 10 days in the month of Medom of Malayalam Era.
900 m · Hindu temple · Wikipedia - 02Sree Bhuvaneswary Temple, Valamchuzhy
Sree Bhuvaneswary Temple, Valamchuzy is one of the oldest temples in Pathanamthitta, South India.
5.5 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Thumpamon Vadakkumnatha Temple
Thumpamon Vadakkumnatha Temple is an ancient Lord Subhramanya temple near Pandalam in Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. This temple has two Sreekovils.
4.8 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 04Manjanikkara Dayara
Manjanikkara Dayara is a monastery of the Syriac Orthodox Church in India. It is situated at the top of the hillock in Manjanikkara, near Omallur, Pathanamthitta District, in South Kerala.
900 m · church in Omalloor · Wikipedia - 05Thrippara Shiva Kshetram
Thrippara Shiva Kshetram is a famous Shiva temple in Vallicode village, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. This temple is located on the banks of the Achankovil river.
2.3 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 06Thattayil Orippurathu Bhagavathy Kshetram
Orippurathu Bhagavathy Temple is a 1200 year old ancient Hindu temple in Thattayil, near Adoor in Pathanamthitta in Kerala. It is one of the most famous Bhagavathi temples in Central Travancore.
4.4 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 07Catholicate 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.
3.5 km · college in Kerala · Wikipedia - 08St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally
St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally, also known as Chandanapally Valiyapally, is a prominent parish of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, located in the village of Chandanapally in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India.
4.9 km · church · Wikipedia - 09Thazhoor 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.
3.7 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia - 10Thrikkovil Sree Padmanabha Swami Kshetram
Thrikkovil Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple is a Hindu temple with Lord Vishnu as the presiding deity, located at Vallicode village in Pathanamthitta District in Kerala, India. The temple is maintained by the Travancore Devaswom Board.
2.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Omallur
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 87 km · Cochin (COK), 108 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 201 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Omallur87 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · ₹670–840
- Kochi → Omallur16 km · quickest by road, 49 min · ₹155–195
- Coimbatore → Omallur126 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · ₹1,150–1,440
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Omallur
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 Omallur. 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 Omallur
Omallur is 45 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Kumbazhavillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India5.4 km
- Vazhamuttomvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India4.1 km