Varavoor
Varavoor, a residential village in Thrissur district is in the state of Kerala, India.
Varavoor, a residential village in Thrissur district is in the state of Kerala, India.
It is widely believed that this village was situated on the banks of Bharathapuzha during prehistoric times. Shrinking of the river over several millennia of human settlements has moved the village more distant from its banks. It is surrounded by small green hills and is 30 mins drive away from the cultural capital of Kerala. Varavoor was declared "litigation-free" village on 7 May 2000.
Climatic conditions in and around Varavoor varies around the year. The well-known Palakkal Pooram is usually held in the month of February welcoming tourists from different parts of the country. During the month of February, paddy fields surrounding the Palakkal temple is usually fallow after harvest.
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Worth seeing in and around Varavoor
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.
- 01Kanjilassery Maha Siva Temple
Kanjilassery Maha Siva Temple is located at Chemancheri village in Kozhikode district, in Kerala, India. The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Shiva, located in main Sanctum Sanctorum, facing west.
2.7 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Varavoor
- Airports
- Calicut (CCJ), 55 km · Cochin (COK), 66 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 97 km
- Calicut → Varavoor76 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · ₹650–810
- Kochi → Varavoor86 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · ₹730–920
- Coimbatore → Varavoor88 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · ₹730–920
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No local-transport research exists yet for Varavoor
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 Varavoor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaw - This is cheap way of transportation between attractions.
- Get aroundRickshaw drivers are generally very polite unlike big cities of India.
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Next door to Varavoor
Varavoor is 22 km from Thrissur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.