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Pakalkuri

Pakalkuri is a village located in the eastern part of Varkala Taluk in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India.

The place

Pakalkuri is a village located in the eastern part of Varkala Taluk in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India. It is situated 20 km east of Varkala Town on the banks of the Ithikkara River and is well known for its serene beauty and landscape. The Ithikkara River, which originates from the Western Ghats, separates Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts at Pakalkuri in its meandering to the Arabian Sea.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pakalkuri

3 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
    Vayalil Thrikkovil Mahavishnu Temple

    Vayalil Thrikkovil Mahavishnu Temple is an ancient temple located in Ilamkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Kollam, India. It is located 2 km from NH 47.

    4 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Varinjam Sree Subramanya Swamy Temple

    Varinjam Sree Subramanya Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Murugan, located approximately 3.6 kilometres from Chathannoor in Kollam district, Kerala, India. Here's a simple historical and mythological story about Kollam, Kerala, India, focusing on fishermen: The Legend of Kollam's Fishermen In ancient Kollam, Lord Vishnu's sixth avatar, Parasurama, created Kerala's coastline.

    5.6 km · temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kodimoottil Sri Bhadrakaali Temple

    Kodimoottil Sri Bhadrakaali Temple is the most famous temple in Parippally, Kollam in Kerala, India. The "Prathista" in this temple is Bhadrakali devi.

    5.2 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Pakalkuri

Airports
Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 43 km · Cochin (COK), 151 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 244 km
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Pakalkuri
    43 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · ₹330–415
  • Kochi → Pakalkuri
    135 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · ₹1,070–1,340
  • Coimbatore → Pakalkuri
    241 km · quickest by road, 6h 44m · ₹2,200–2,750
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pakalkuri

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom Varkala Railway Station, Taxis and Auto Rickshaws can be hired.

From Wikivoyage: Edava, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    77 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    88 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    141 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    157 km
  5. 05
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    158 km

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

Around it

Next door to Pakalkuri

Pakalkuri is 23 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.