Pulluvila
Pulluvila is a village between Kovalam and Poovar in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, India.
Pulluvila is a village between Kovalam and Poovar in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, India. It is hardly 7 km (4.3 mi) away from the Vizhinjam Port. The main occupation of this village is fishing. More than 80% of the people belong to the Latin Catholic Mukkuva community. This village is also well known in beach football. Many sports talented persons are rising from this village. And well known in religious harmony. Christians, Muslims, Hindus all are living together in peace. Main attraction is the Christian St. Jacob Forane Church.
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Worth seeing in and around Pulluvila
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.
- 01Aazhimala Shiva Temple
The Aazhimala Shiva Temple is a Hindu temple located on the coast of the Arabian Sea near Vizhinjam in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India. Dedicated to Shiva, the temple is known for the 18 m tall Gangadhareshwara sculpture, which is the tallest Shiva sculpture in Kerala.
3.1 km · Hindu temple in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pulluvila
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 20 km · Cochin (COK), 212 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 298 km
- Kochi → Pulluvila197 km · quickest by road, 4h 50m · ₹1,460–1,820
- Coimbatore → Pulluvila296 km · quickest by air, 6h 23m · ₹4,990–7,620
- Tiruchirappalli → Pulluvila330 km · quickest by road, 7h 33m · ₹2,720–3,400
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pulluvila
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 Pulluvila. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom the station, hire a taxi or auto-rickshaw to Poovar (approximately ₹300–400 by auto, ₹500–600 by taxi).
- Get inTaxis and auto-rickshaws are the most convenient option for the final stretch.
- Get aroundAuto-rickshaws are available for moving between the jetty, resorts, and the village proper.
- Get aroundRates for a standard one-hour backwater and beach cruise start at approximately ₹600–1,000 per person for shared boats; private charters cost more.
From Wikivoyage: Poovar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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Pulluvila is 18 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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