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North Paravur
Municipality in Kerala

North Paravur

North Paravur (IPA: [vɐɖɐkːɐn pɐrɐʋuːr]; commonly known as Paravur or Parur, is a municipality is a major town and municipality in the northwestern part of the Kochi metropolitan area in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Situated near the confluence of the Periyar River, Chalakudy River, and the Arabian Sea, it serves as an important residential, commercial, and administrative centre in Ernakulam district. North Paravur is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located 26 km north of the Kochi city centre.

Get in

Getting to North Paravur

Cochin International Airport is 15 km from Paravur, with several international and domestic connections. There is no railway line or station in Paravur. The nearest railway station is Alwaye 16 km away. NH-17 (Mumbai-Kochi Highway) passes through N. Paravur and is well connected by other state highways.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Paliam Palace Museum
  2. 02
    Chendamangalam Synagogue

    It was built in 1420 and rebuilt in 1614 by the Malabar Jewish community.

  3. 03
    Paliam Nalukettu Museum
  4. 04
    Holy Cross Church Chendamangalam
  5. 05
    Vypeekotta Seminary

    Located in Chendamangalam, the seminary was established by Jesuit priests from Portugal.

  6. 06
    Dakshina Mookambika Temple

    The presiding deity in this temple is Saraswati and sub-deities are Ganapati, Kartikeya (Murugan), Mahavishnu, Yakshi, Hanuman and Veerabhadran.

Do

Things to do

Chendamangalam Matta Chanda (2 days prior to Vishu Festival) near Chendamangalam Fort, is the only official barter market in the world, as reminiscent of olden market style. The recorded history of this market is nearly 300 years old, where traditional & heritage items are sold in exchange of modern items of equal value.

Eat

Where to eat

K.R. Bakes Al-fala Uduppi vegetarian CECEE Tower (3 star) Ruchi thattukada near Chitranjali theatre (street food). Two more 3-star hotels and few resort style living is available at Cherai in 3-km radius. In the evening kappa and meat is the favorite food of people in the North Paravur. For vegetarians await new quality restaurants which are coming up near White City at the current Indus Motors Shop.

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    Palaaram

    Germains road (Between Chitranjaly & Shafas theatres), palaaram@gmaol.com.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Goutham Mohandas (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.