Kerala
Southern Travancore
Kollam

Paravur

Paravur is in Quilon/Kollam district, , , . It is a municipal town connected to and Quilon by trains and bus.The population is around 44,000.
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  • Type: Town with 38,900 residents
  • Description: town in Kollam district, Kerala, India
  • Also known as: “Paravar”, “Paravoor”, “Paravur Tekkumbhagam”, “Paravūr Tekkumbhāgam”, “Paravur, Kollam”, “South Paravoor”, and “South Paravur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paravur railway station and Puttingal Temple.

Railway station
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station in the Indian municipal town of Paravur in Kollam district, .

Hindu temple
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the coastal town of Paravur, . The temple was founded after the presence of the goddess was experienced on an ant hill with Puttu being the Malayalam word for ant hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mayyanad.

Town
Photo: Adarsh Padmanabhan, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in Kollam district in the state of , India. is notable for contributing significantly to the workforce of the Government of Kerala. is situated 4½ km northwest of Paravur.

Paravur

Latitude
8.8099° or 8° 48′ 36″ north
Longitude
76.6715° or 76° 40′ 18″ east
Population
38,900
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
6JWRRM5C+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1166965829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1260354
Wiki­data ID
Q1939468
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Paravur” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Paravur”
  • Bengali: “পারাভুর, কোল্লাম”
  • Bishnupriya: “পারৱূর”
  • Cebuano: “Paravūr”
  • Chinese: “帕拉沃奥尔”
  • Chinese: “帕拉沃奧爾”
  • Dutch: “Paravur”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Paravoor”
  • French: “Paravur”
  • Hindi: “परवूर, कोल्लम”
  • Hindi: “परवूर”
  • Italian: “Paravoor”
  • Kannada: “ಪರವೂರು”
  • Kashmiri: “پراوور، کولم”
  • Kashmiri: “پَراووَر”
  • Malay: “Paravoor”
  • Malayalam: “പരവൂർ”
  • Oriya: “Paravur”
  • Oriya: “ପାରାବୁର, କୋଲ୍ଲାମ”
  • Persian: “پاراور (کولام)”
  • Persian: “پاراور”
  • Russian: “Паравур”
  • Spanish: “Paravur (Kollam)”
  • Spanish: “Paravur”
  • Swedish: “Paravūr”
  • Tamil: “பரவுர்”
  • Tamil: “பரவூர்”
  • Urdu: “پراوور، کولم”
  • Vietnamese: “Paravoor”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Paravur”. Photo: Tuderna, CC BY 3.0.