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Vadakkekara

Vadakkekara is a census town in the Paravur Taluk of Ernakulam District, Kerala, India.

Vadakkekara
Vadakkekara · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Vadakkekara is a census town in the Paravur Taluk of Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. It is also a part of Vadakkekara Grama Panchayat. The town of Paravur is located 5 km away from this village. The main centre in this village is Moothakunnam. Vadakkekara is one of the earliest formed panchayats in the state. The cultural and historical place in Ernakulam District combines the parts of the early Muzaris. Maliankara is famous for being the landing place of St.Thomas.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Vadakkekara

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.

  1. 01
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottapuram

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottapuram ) is a diocese located in the town of Kodungallur in the ecclesiastical province of Verapoly in India. On Saturday, 18 December 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Joseph Karikkassery, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly, as Bishop of Kottapuram.

    3.4 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Pallipuram Fort

    Pallippuram Fort or is a fort in Pallippuram, Vyppin, Ernakulam district of Kerala, south India. It was built by Portuguese sailors on 27 September, 1503 using just timber wood, and later renovated in 1505 by replacing timber structure with stone.

    3.2 km · Fort in Ernakulam district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fortaleza da São Tomé

    The Fortaleza da São Tomé, also known as Cranganore Fort or Kottapuram Fort, is situated in Kodungallur of Thrissur District in Kerala, India. It was of 18 feet in thickness and was made of laterite.

    2.6 km · Fort in Thrissur district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Basilica of Our Lady of Snow, Pallippuram

    The Basilica of Our Lady of Snows, Pallippuram, Ernakulam, Kerala, is a minor basilica. The basilica decree was issued on 27 August 2012.

    3 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Dakshina Mookambika Temple, North Paravur

    The Dakshina Mookambika Temple is a famous Mookambika temple in the town of North Paravur in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. The presiding deity in this temple is Mookambika and sub-deities include Ganapathy, Kartikeya, Mahavishnu, Yakshi, Hanuman and Veerabhadran.

    3.8 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cheraman Parambu

    Cheraman Parambu is an archaeological site in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, Kerala. The site has been identified as the location of the medieval Chera royal palace in the capital city of Mahodayapuram-Kodungallur.

    3.3 km · Archaeological site in Thrissur district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Kottakkavu Mar Thoma Syro-Malabar Pilgrim Church, North Paravur

    Kottakkavu Mar Thoma Syro-Malabar Pilgrim Church is a Syro-Malabar church located in North Paravur. According to Saint Thomas Christian tradition, the church was established in 52 AD by St.

    2.6 km · church in North Paravur, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Paravur Synagogue

    The Paravur Synagogue, also known as the Parur Synagogue, is a former synagogue, located on Jewish Street in North Paravur, in the state of Kerala, India. The former synagogue is one of the largest and most complete among the Jewish synagogues in Kerala.

    2.7 km · synagogue in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Sree Venugopala

    Sree Venugopla Krishna Swami Devasthan is a Hindu temple located in Chendamangalam, Kerala, India. It was established in 1900 at Chendamangalam, 42 km from Ernakulam, 22 km from Aluva and 5 km from North Paravur.

    3.9 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Don Bosco Church, North Paravur

    Don Bosco Church at North Paravur, Kerala, is a church of Paravur Parish under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottappuram. Situated near Perumpadanna Junction at Paravur-Cherai road, this is one of the few churches in India named after Don Bosco.

    3 km · building in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Vadakkekara

Airports
Cochin (COK), 21 km · Calicut (CCJ), 111 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 132 km
  • Calicut → Vadakkekara
    129 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · ₹920–1,150
  • Coimbatore → Vadakkekara
    125 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · ₹1,030–1,280
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Vadakkekara
    204 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · ₹1,510–1,890
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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 Vadakkekara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    65 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    107 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    109 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    115 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    130 km

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Around it

Next door to Vadakkekara

Vadakkekara is 24 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Chendamangalamvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India700 m
  • Korattytown2.6 km
  • North Paravurtown in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India3.4 km
  • PattanamNeighbourhood in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.6 km
  • Vavakkadvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India1.5 km
  • Pallippuramvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.3 km