Parakkad
Parakkad is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.The main landmark in Parakkad is Cheloor Kunnu Ayappa Temple.
Parakkad is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.The main landmark in Parakkad is Cheloor Kunnu Ayappa Temple. The main town near to Parakkad is Thrissur.
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Worth seeing in and around Parakkad
One place 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.
- 01Ashtamangalam Siva Temple
Ashtamangalam Siva Temple is located in the city of Thrissur at Ashtamangalam in Thrissur district. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva, located in separate sanctum sanatoriums, facing east.
4 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Parakkad
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 48 km · Calicut (CCJ), 73 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 113 km
- Kochi → Parakkad64 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · ₹520–650
- Calicut → Parakkad29 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · ₹240–300
- Coimbatore → Parakkad104 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ₹790–990
- 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 Parakkad
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 Parakkad. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaw: Auto rickshaws are the main form of local transport, if you don't have your own means of transportation.
- Get aroundAutorickshaws running in the city limits are to use fare meters, while the ones from the adjacent areas need not use them.
- Get aroundHowever it is a rule that such autorickshaws without metres should not pick up passengers within city limits.
- Get aroundThere is a pre-paid auto rickshaw counter at Thrissur Railway Station.
- Get aroundThe taxis known as 'Tourist taxis' are meant for long travel or one day trips.Uber taxi services are available in Thrissur with basic fare ₹40 Car: There are many car rental companies offering cars with drivers or self-drive.
From Wikivoyage: Thrissur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Parakkad is 7 km from Thrissur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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