Kanakkary
Kanakkary is a small village in Kottayam district of Kerala state, India. The name Kanakkary is attributed to a lady who frequently visited the village to collect Kanam in the pre-historic times.- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Kottayam District, Kerala, India
- Also known as: “kanakary” and “Kanakkarry”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ettumanur railway station and Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple.
Ettumanur railway station
Railway station
Ettumanur railway station is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station in Kottayam district, Kerala and falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways. Ettumanur railway station is situated 3 km south of Kanakkary.
Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Rklystron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is an ancient Shiva temple in Kottayam, Kerala, India. The temple is one of the major Shiva temples in Kerala, along with Vaikom Temple, Kaduthruthy Mahadeva Temple, Chengannur Mahadeva Temple, Vazhappally Maha Siva Temple, Ernakulam Shiva Temple, Vadakkunathan temple, and Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple, Thiruvananthapuram. Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple is situated 3½ km southeast of Kanakkary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pattithanam and Kadappoor.
Pattithanam
Village
Pattithanam is a village near Ettumanoor in the Kottayam District of Kerala, India. The name 'Pattithanam' is believed to be given by the Portuguese traders, who were looking for an ideal spot to build a church.
Kadappoor
Village
Kadappooru is a village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India. It is located 3 kilometers from Ettumanoor - Pala Road, 5 km off from Cochin - Kottayam Road and 18 km from Kottayam town. Kadappoor is situated 3½ km east of Kanakkary.
Ettumanoor
Town
Photo: Challiyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ettumanoor is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located approximately 10 km north of the district headquarters at Kottayam and about 163 km north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. Ettumanoor is situated 3½ km south of Kanakkary.
Kanakkary
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Meenachil, Kottayam, Kerala, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.7023° or 9° 42′ 8″ northLongitude
76.5478° or 76° 32′ 52″ eastOpen location code
6JXRPG2X+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 594880095OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q6360439
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to South Azerbaijani—“Kanakkary” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kanakkary”
- Irish: “Kanakkary”
- Malayalam: “കാണാക്കാരി”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاناکاری”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kanakkary Post Office and Chirakkulam Kanakkari.
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