Pārassāla
Parassala is a small town in Neyyatinkara taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, India.

Parassala is a small town in Neyyatinkara taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, India. It is situated 29 km south east of state capital Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, bordering Tamil Nadu.
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Worth seeing in and around Pārassāla
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 Kuzhithurai
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kuzhithura is a diocese located in Tamil Nadu. It was erected on 22 December 2014 by Pope Francis with territory taken from the Diocese of Kottar.
5.2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 02Sree Shivashakthi Mahaganapathi temple
Sree Shivashakthi Mahaganapathi temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, Devi Parvati and Lord Ganapathi.
5.3 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Parassala Mahadeva Temple
Parassala Sree Mahadeva temple is one of the foremost centres of worship in south Kerala and the temple is situated at the tiny village of Parassala adjoining the Kerala - Tamil Nadu boundary. Here the deity, Lord Siva is facing the west, which is considered as a rare phenomenon, and devotees even from far off places attend the worship.
300 m · Hindu Temple in Parassala, Kerala · Wikipedia - 04Arayoor Sree Mahadevar
Arayoor Major Sree Mahadevar Temple is one of the major worship places in Arayoor in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, very close to Tamil Nadu border. It is a Shiva temple.
3.7 km · Hindu temple in Kerala · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pārassāla
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 30 km · Cochin (COK), 217 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 299 km
- Stations
- Parassala railway station, 1.5 km
- Kochi → Pārassāla203 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · ₹1,530–1,920
- Coimbatore → Pārassāla297 km · quickest by road, 8h 16m · ₹2,730–3,410
- Tiruchirappalli → Pārassāla323 km · quickest by road, 7h 16m · ₹2,610–3,270
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pārassāla
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 Pārassāla. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 8.410410 | long from Kovalam | phone | hours | wikipedia Neyyattinkarastation1.jpg | wikidata=Q15262230 | lastedit=2026-05-16 | content By bus By taxi By auto-rickshaw=== In an auto-rickshaw ₹150-170 (per head) is a fair price.
- Get inAdvice being if they are trying to rip you off go to leave for another rickshaw and they will often back down and offer you a fair price; if not, get in a different rickshaw.
- Get aroundThe rate should be around ₹15 per kilometre on auto rickshaw but some drivers may try to overcharge up to ₹100 for 1 km.
From Wikivoyage: Kovalam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Pārassāla
Pārassāla is 27 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kuzhithuratown in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India6 km
- KollankoduVillage in Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India5.8 km
- KaliyakkavilaiNeighbourhood in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km
- KilkulamVillage in Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India5.8 km
- PazhugalVillage in Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India4.2 km
- Chenkalvillage in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India5.5 km