Parakkadavu
Parakkadavu (English: The ferry of rock) is a village situated along the banks of the Chalakkudi river in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala.
Parakkadavu (English: The ferry of rock) is a village situated along the banks of the Chalakkudi river in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. Local paddy fields are fed by the Chalakkudi river. Parakkadavu is a Grama panchayath and a Block panchayath. Moozhikkulam Lakshmana Temple is just a walkable distance from Parakkadavu junction.
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Worth seeing in and around Parakkadavu
2 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.
- 01Annamanada Mahadeva Temple
Annamanada Mahadeva Temple is a Hindu temple located at Annamanada in Thrissur district, Kerala. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva.
3.4 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 02Thirumoozhikkulam Lakshmana Perumal Temple
Thirumoozhikulam Sree Lakshmanaperumal Temple is located in Thirumoozhikalam in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. The temple finds mention in some of verses of ancient Tamil Vedam sung by the Sri Vaishnava Alvars, particularly Nammalvar and Tirumangai Alvar and classified as Divya Desams, the 108 holy temples revered in the canon.
3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Parakkadavu
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 9 km · Calicut (CCJ), 111 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 118 km
- Calicut → Parakkadavu93 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · ₹770–970
- Coimbatore → Parakkadavu192 km · quickest by road, 6h 5m · ₹1,890–2,360
- Thiruvananthapuram → Parakkadavu425 km · quickest by air, 4h 17m · ₹5,680–8,730
- 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 Parakkadavu
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 Parakkadavu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAnother option is to get around is to use the auto-rickshaw service.
From Wikivoyage: Kalady, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Parakkadavu
Parakkadavu is 29 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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