Kottar

Kottar is a locality and a bazaar area of , state, in the southernmost part of Peninsular . It is the original town around which the city of grew and was an ancient trade centre of both Pandyans and Cheras at various times.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral and Nagercoil Junction railway station.

Church
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St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar, also known as St. Xavier Church, is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite shrine in Kottar, , in the of state, .

Railway station
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is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway junction in in the state of .

Hindu temple
is an early large temple found in the city of near the southern tip of , India. Its dating is uncertain but likely pre-12th-century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagercoil and Vadasery.

Photo: Meenkulambu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, natively spelt as Nāgarkovil, is a City and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in state, India. Situated close to the tip of the , it lies on an undulating terrain between the and the Arabian Sea.

Suburb
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is an area/village of city in , , India. It is also famous for its Christopher bus stand, one of the two bus termini in Nagercoil is located here.

Town
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Suchindram is a panchayat town in the Kanyakumari district in the state of with the Indian postal code 629704. It is an important pilgrim centre and the site of the famous . is situated 3½ km southeast of Kottar.

Kottar

Latitude
8.17402° or 8° 10′ 27″ north
Longitude
77.43932° or 77° 26′ 22″ east
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
6JWV5CFQ+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 360396403
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11189106
Wiki­data ID
Q5228556
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tamil—“Kottar” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kottar”
  • Hindi: “कोट्टार”
  • Irish: “Kottar”
  • Tamil: “கோட்டாறு”

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