Polachira
Polachira is a wetland spread over 600 hectares located near Paravur Municipality in Kollam District of Kerala, India.

Polachira is a wetland spread over 600 hectares located near Paravur Municipality in Kollam District of Kerala, India. Formerly part of the Chathannoor Grama Panchayath, it is now located in the Chirakkara Grama Panchayath. Polachira is about 2 km south of Chathannoor town and 9 km north east of Paravur town. Chathannoor-Polachira-Ozhukupara Bund Across Road is the main access to Paravoor.
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Worth seeing in and around Polachira
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.
- 01Thiru Aarattu Madannada, Mylakkadu
Thiru Aarattu Madannada is a temple dedicated to Shiva in Kollam district, in Kerala in the peninsular India. The temple is situated in Mylakkadu.
2.9 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 02Vilappuram Bhagavathy Temple
Vilappuram Bhagavathy Temple is a small temple, home of the famous Vilappuram Devi Temple situated in Chathannoor, Kollam, Kerala, in the peninsular India. In the same compound, there is the famous Anandavilasam library, affiliated to Kerala State Library Council, having more than 1,200 members and around 13,000 books.
1.2 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Chathannoor Sree Bhoothanatha Temple
Sree Bhoothanatha Temple & Meenadu Sastha temple is one of the well-known temples in Chathannoor neighbourhood of Kollam in Kerala in the peninsular India. One of the largest of its type in Kollam, the Nedum Kuthira of Chathannoor Sree Bhoothanatha Temple and Meenadu Sastha temple is held during the festival.
2.6 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 04Kanjiramvila Bhagavathi Temple
Kanjiramvila Bhagavathi Temple is a Hindu pilgrim place and also a tourist centre situated in Chathannoor, Kollam, in the Kerala State of India. Many foreigners visit this temple on the occasion of Gajamela.
3 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Polachira
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 47 km · Cochin (COK), 149 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 246 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Polachira48 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · ₹365–455
- Kochi → Polachira71 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · ₹600–760
- Coimbatore → Polachira218 km · quickest by road, 6h 8m · ₹2,040–2,550
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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 Polachira
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 Polachira. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Varkala Railway Station, Taxis and Auto Rickshaws can be hired.
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Next door to Polachira
Polachira is 13 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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