Puthalam

Worth seeing in and around Puthalam

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.

1. 01
   Swamithope Pathi

   Swamithoppu Pathi is the primary pathi of the Ayyavazhi and the sacred venue of the Tavam. Swamithope is considered primary among the Pancha pathi and the primary centre of the incarnational activities of Vaikundar.

   2.9 km · Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Puthalam

Airports

Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 73 km · Cochin (COK), 255 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 286 km

• Thiruvananthapuram → Puthalam

  71 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · ₹520–650
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• Kochi → Puthalam

  243 km · quickest by road, 5h 57m · ₹1,920–2,410
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• Tiruchirappalli → Puthalam

  330 km · quickest by road, 6h 39m · ₹2,440–3,050
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