Eraniel Palace
Eraniel Palace is a small palace located near Eraniel village, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, South India and is considered a treasure-trove of Travancore and Venad history.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eraniel railway station.
Eraniel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Edwardjeni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eraniel Railway station is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It in Eraniel is the most important railway station of Kallkkulam taluk of Kanyakumari district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Eraniel railway station is situated 1¼ km northwest of Eraniel Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eraniel and Thingalnagar.
Eraniel
Town
Photo: Etsubash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eraniel is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is of major commercial and political importance in the history of South India, as it was the seasonal capital of the affluent Venad and later Travancore kingdoms until the seventeenth century, when Padmanabhapuram and Thiruvananthapuram rose to prominence.
Thingalnagar
Town
Thingalnagar is the town panchayat, located in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The origin of the name "Thingalnagar" is that every Monday, people from several nearby villages, wholesalers, and farmers for trading gather at the market.
Thalakulam
Village
Thalakulam is a village situated on Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Padmanabhapuram, Karungal, Nagercoil and Thirunainar kurichi are the nearby Cities to Thalakulam.The village is the birthplace of Velu Thampi Dalawa… Thalakulam is situated 3 km south of Eraniel Palace.
Eraniel Palace
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kalkulam, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.20784° or 8° 12′ 28″ northLongitude
77.31782° or 77° 19′ 4″ eastOpen location code
6JWV6859+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 694264724OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q31379660
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In Other Languages
From Malayalam to Tamil—“Eraniel Palace” goes by many names.
- Malayalam: “ഇരണിയൽ കൊട്ടാരം”
- Tamil: “இரணியல் அரண்மனை”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marthandeswaram Mahadevar Temple and Pillayar Temple Pond ॐ.
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