Thalavady
Thalavady is an Upper Kuttanadu village and Panchayat located in Kuttanadu Taluk, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India.

Thalavady is an Upper Kuttanadu village and Panchayat located in Kuttanadu Taluk, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India. The village was ruled by King of Chembakassery Kingdom.
Its geography is dominated by its vast lush green paddy field, unique to Kuttanad villages, bordered by a network of canals running between the fields and the Pampa River that flows through the village. Thalavady panchayat office is located in Trikkayil.
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Worth seeing in and around Thalavady
8 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.
- 01Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple
Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Sri Badrakali and Lord Shiva, situated on the banks of the Pampa river at Parumala of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state in India. The Panaynararkavu Temple is one of the three most important Bhadrakali temples in Kerala.
2 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 02Niranam Thrikkapaleeswaram Dakshinamurthy Temple
Niranam Thrikkapaleeswaram Dakshinamurthy Temple, an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is situated on the banks of the Pampa river at Niranam of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state in India. This temple is a classic example of the Dravidian style of architecture.
600 m · temple in Kerala · Wikipedia - 03Parumala Church(St Peters & St Paul Orthodox Church, Parumala)
Parish church of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
2.8 km · Wikipedia - 04Chakkulathukavu Temple
Chakkulathukavu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Durga. Situated near Thiruvalla in Neerattupuram, Thalavady Panchayat, Alappuzha District, Kerala, India, it is one of the most renowned temples in the state.
2.8 km · Hindu temple in Alappuzha Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 05Niranam Church
The Diocese of Niranam is one of the 32 diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church located at Niranam, Kerala, India.
1 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 06Adichikkavu Sree Durga Devi Kshetram
Adichikkavu Sree Durga Devi Kshetram, also known as the Adichikavu Devi Temple is one of the oldest temple in Pandanad village, Alapuzha. The temple is located at Pandanad in Chengannur taluk of Alappuzha district in the south Indian state of Kerala.
3.9 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 07Palliyarathalam Bhadrakali Kshethram
Palliyarathalam Bhadrakali Kshethram is an ancient temple located at Nedumpuram East in Pathanamthitta in the Indian state of Kerala. The deities of the temple are Devi and Shiva.
1.7 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 08Sree Ayyappa College, Eramallikkara
Sree Ayyappa College, Eramallikkara is Government aided college of Higher Education located at Eramallikkara, Chengannur, affiliated to University of Kerala. The college is owned and managed by Travancore Devaswom Board.
2.5 km · college in Alappuzha district, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Thalavady
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 90 km · Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 105 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 195 km
- Kochi → Thalavady69 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · ₹540–670
- Thiruvananthapuram → Thalavady110 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · ₹870–1,090
- Coimbatore → Thalavady189 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · ₹1,710–2,140
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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 Thalavady
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 Thalavady. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTaxis and auto rickshaws are available at affordable rates.
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Next door to Thalavady
Thalavady is 52 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Panayannarkavuvillage in Kerala2.8 km
- Nedumpuramvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India2.7 km
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