Pattom
Pattom is a dense commercial region of Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala, India.
Pattom is a dense commercial region of Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala, India. It is located approximately 4 kilometres north of centre of Thampanoor. Pattom is largely a residential area, also housing few important administration offices of Kerala State and a few shopping complexes. It has offices of Kerala Public Service Commission, Kerala State Planning Board, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Office, LIC Housing Finance Limited, State Resource Centre, District Panjayat Headquarters, Fire and Rescue Department Headquarters, Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma), Employees Provident Fund Regional Office and Kerala State Electricity Board. The Traffic Police and Telecommunication department, and the Kerala Science, Technology and Environment Head Office are also located in Pattom.
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Worth seeing in and around Pattom
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.
- 01Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church that employs the West Syriac Rite and is in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church, possessing self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. It is one of the major archiepiscopal churches of the Catholic Church and is headed by Major Archbishop Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum based in Kerala, India.
1.2 km · West Syriac Catholic Church based in India · Wikipedia - 02Padmanabhaswamy Temple
The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam, India. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams which are considered the sacred sites of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.
4 km · Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · Wikipedia - 03University of Kerala
University of Kerala, commonly referred to as Kerala University and formerly known as University of Travancore, is a public state university in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who was also the first Chancellor of the university.
1.7 km · state public university in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 04Napier Museum
The Napier Museum is an art and natural history museum situated in Thiruvananthapuram, India. The museum grounds are home to the Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, one of the oldest zoological gardens in India.
1.5 km · Museum in Thiruvananthapuram district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia - 05Palayam Juma Masjid
The Palayam Juma Mosque, or more commonly known as the Palayam Juma Masjid, officially the Masjid-i Jahān-Numā, is an Hanafi Sunni Friday mosque, located in the town of Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, in the state of Kerala, India. The Palayam Juma Masjid is the most important mosque in Thiruvananthapuram.
1.7 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 06St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum
St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum is the central place of worship of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
1.2 km · church in Kerala, Republic of India · Wikipedia - 07St. Mary, Queen of Peace Basilica
The St. Mary, Queen of Peace Basilica, located in the Palayam/Cantonment area of the city of Thiruvananthapuram, in the state of Kerala, India, is the first Syro-Malankara Catholic Church to be elevated to the rank of a Catholic basilica.
1.8 km · church in Kerala, Republic of India · Wikipedia - 08Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, formerly Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, is an autonomous Institute established by the Government of Kerala on 17 November 1979 at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. It functions under the umbrella of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala.
1.8 km · botany research institute in India · Wikipedia - 09St. Joseph's Cathedral, Trivandrum
St. Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral, also known as Palayam Palli, is the Roman Catholic Latin Rite cathedral of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum.
1.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 10Thiruvananthapuram Zoo
The Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is zoo located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. It occupies 55 acres of woodland, lakes, and lawns.
1.3 km · zoo in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pattom
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 5 km · Cochin (COK), 191 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 279 km
- Stations
- Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station, 3.6 km · Thiruvananthapuram Pettah railway station, 3.1 km
- Kochi → Pattom36 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · ₹305–380
- Coimbatore → Pattom277 km · quickest by air, 5h 42m · ₹4,670–7,190
- Calicut → Pattom329 km · quickest by road, 8h 3m · ₹2,430–3,040
- 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 Pattom
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 Pattom. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt has direct flights from the Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, as well as seasonal charter flights to Russia, the UK and less frequently to other parts of Europe.
- Get aroundAuto-rickshaws, or simply "autos", are a cheap way of travelling between attractions.
- Get aroundThe minimum charge for the autorickshaw is ₹25 and the running charge per km is ₹12 (as of Dec 2021).
- Get aroundThere are pre-paid autorickshaw counters available near the airport and the railway station.
- Get aroundComplaints related to auto-rickshaws in Thiruvananthapuram can be made to RTO Trivandrum, .
From Wikivoyage: Thiruvananthapuram, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Pattom
Pattom is 4 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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