Karannur

Places of Interest

Elathur railway station

Railway station

Photo: Prof tpms, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Elathur Railway Station is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving the city of Kozhikode in the Kozhikode District of Kerala. Elathur railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Karannur.

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Kappad

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Kappad, or Kappakadavu locally, is famous as the beach near Calicut, India, where the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed on May 20, 1498. A small stone monument there commemorates the landing with the inscription, "Vasco da Gama landed here, Kappakadavu, in the year 1498." It is one of the most important tourist places in Kerala, with a wide and beautiful beach.

Kozhikode

Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. The city is also known as the City of Spices. It is the nineteenth largest urban agglomeration in the country and the second largest one in Kerala.

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