Varkala

Varkala is a town in the state of , about 50 km north of and is home of the popular Papanasam Beach. Also, the Samadhi of Kerala's saint Sree Narayana Guru is in this town, and has become a place of pilgrimage.
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  • Type: Town with 50,000 residents
  • Description: town in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India
  • Also known as: “வர்க்கலா”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Varkala Sivagiri railway station.

Railway station
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edava.

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is a panchayat in Varkala Taluk, and lies at the…

Varkala

Latitude
8.734° or 8° 44′ 3″ north
Longitude
76.7253° or 76° 43′ 31″ east
Population
50,000
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
Open location code
6JWRPPMG+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1185039574
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1253392
Wiki­data ID
Q1012951
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Varkala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وركلا”
  • Armenian: “Վարկալա”
  • Asturian: “Varkala”
  • Belarusian: “Варкала”
  • Bengali: “বর্কলা”
  • Bengali: “বারকল”
  • Bishnupriya: “বারকল”
  • Bulgarian: “Варкала”
  • Cebuano: “Varkala”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔卡拉”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾卡拉”
  • Dutch: “Varkala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وركلا”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Varkala”
  • Finnish: “Varkala”
  • French: “Varkala”
  • German: “Varkala”
  • Hebrew: “ורקלה”
  • Hindi: “वर्कला”
  • Italian: “Varkala”
  • Kannada: “ವರ್ಕಲಾ”
  • Kannada: “ವರ್ಕಳಾ”
  • Kannada: “ವಾರ್ಕಳ”
  • Malagasy: “Varkala”
  • Malay: “Varkala”
  • Malayalam: “വർക്കല”
  • Newari: “वर्कल्”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Varkala”
  • Norwegian: “Varkala”
  • Russian: “Варкала”
  • Sanskrit: “वर्कले”
  • Spanish: “Varkala”
  • Swedish: “Varkala”
  • Tamil: “வர்களா”
  • Tamil: “வர்க்கலை”
  • Telugu: “వర్కాల”
  • Ukrainian: “Варкала”
  • Urdu: “ورکالا”
  • Urdu: “ورکلا”
  • Vietnamese: “Varkala”

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