Tamil Nadu
Kanniyakumari
Kalkulam

Eraniel

Eraniel is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of , India. It is of major commercial and political importance in the history of South India, as it was the seasonal capital of the affluent Venad and later Travancore kingdoms until the seventeenth century, when and rose to prominence.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Eraniel Palace and Eraniel railway station.

Castle
is a small palace located near Eraniel village, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, and is considered a treasure-trove of Travancore and Venad history.

Railway station
Photo: Edwardjeni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It in Eraniel is the most important railway station of Kallkkulam taluk of Kanyakumari district in the state of India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thingalnagar and Thalakulam.

Town
is the town panchayat, located in Kanniyakumari district in the state of . The origin of the name "Thingalnagar" is that every Monday, people from several nearby villages, wholesalers, and farmers for trading gather at the market.

Village
is a village situated on Kanniyakumari district in the state of . , Karungal, and Thirunainar kurichi are the nearby Cities to .The village is the birthplace of Velu Thampi Dalawa… is situated 2½ km south of Eraniel.

Village
is a block or Panchayat Union of Kanyakumari district, . It is one of the nine administrative divisions of the district of Kanyakumari. is situated 4 km southeast of Eraniel.

Eraniel

Latitude
8.20637° or 8° 12′ 23″ north
Longitude
77.31698° or 77° 19′ 1″ east
Population
10,400
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
6JWV6848+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 979109455
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1272023
Wiki­data ID
Q1525157
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In Other Languages

From Bishnupriya to Vietnamese—“Eraniel” goes by many names.
  • Bishnupriya: “এরনিয়েল”
  • Bulgarian: “Ераниел”
  • Cebuano: “Eraniel”
  • Chinese: “Eraniel”
  • Chinese: “埃拉尼耶尔”
  • Chinese: “埃拉尼耶爾”
  • Dutch: “Eraniel”
  • Hindi: “इरणियल”
  • Irish: “Eraniel”
  • Italian: “Eraniel”
  • Malagasy: “Eraniel”
  • Malay: “Eraniel”
  • Malayalam: “ഇരണിയൽ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eraniel”
  • Newari: “इरानिएल”
  • Spanish: “Eraniel”
  • Swedish: “Eraniel”
  • Tamil: “இரணியல்”
  • Tamil: “முட்டம் இரணியல் சாலை”
  • Vietnamese: “Eraniel”

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