St. Antony’s Forane Church, Pudukad is located in Thrissur district, Kerala State, South India. Its around 15km from Thrissur, 16km from Chalakudy. St. Anthony was a fourth-century Egyptian who eschewed his possessions, moved into the desert, and became the “Father of All Monks.” In the middle of the 18th century, the catholics of Pudukad and […]
St. Joseph’s Forane Church is located in Kodakara, Thrissur district, Kerala State, South India. It’s around 22 km from Thrissur, around 11 km from Chalakudy, around 15km from Irinjalakuda. There are regular bus services from all the above mentioned places to Kodakara. The church is located near to the NH byepass bridge. It’s established in
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Thirunavaya Navamukunda Temple is located in Malappuram district, Kerala State, South India on the banks of the Bharathapuzha (river). The main diety here is Nava Mukunda (Lord Vishnu in the form of Navamukunda Perumal), Subdieties include Aadi Ganesha, Sree Mahalakshmi, Swami Ayyappan. The temple, hundreds of years old is built in Kerala Architecture style. Its
Kallarkutty dam, located in Idukki district, Kerala State, South India – built across Muthirappuzha River (a tributary of Periyar river). It is a gravity masonry dam, which has 183 meter length and 43 meter height . The water from this reservoir is diverted to the Powerhouse of Neriyamangalam, which currently generates 52.65 MW of hydro
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Sengulam Dam is one of the spots to go when you come to Munnar. This dam which was completed in 1954 is a part of Sengulam hydro electric project which currently provides 48MW of power. This masonry dam is 143.26 meters in length. This is quite peaceful and beautiful tourist destination for your family. The
Madupetty Dam (also referred to as Mattupetty Dam) is located near Munnar. The construction of the dam began in 1949 and was completed in 1953. Its a concrete gravity dam with a length of 237.75m, height of 85.34m. The catchment area is 60.5 sq km, provides water to Madupetty Power house and Pallivasal Power House
The Munnar Headworks Dam – is a masonry type diversion weir (a small check dam) also known as R. A. Headworks or Ramaswamy Aiyar Headworks was built in 1940’s and was named after C P Ramaswami Iyer. It was constructed for collecting water for Pallivasal Hydro Electric project. The water collected in the dam is
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Pothamedu Viewpoint is located just around 5 km from Munnar. This view point offers a good view over Muthirapuzha and the adjoining valley. We had reached here in the noon time. But from what I hear, Its best to come here in the evening for seeing the sun set. On a clear day you can
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St. Antony’s Church located in Ammadam – a village in the Paralam Panchayath, in Thrissur district, Kerala State, South India. The church is around 10 km away from Thrissur town, reachable via Palakkal. Its around 14km from Triprayar via Chazhoor. The Church established in 1803 (the church you see in pictures is reconstructed a few
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Kurumalikkavu Bhagavathy Temple (കുറുമാലിക്കാവ് ഭഗവതി ക്ഷേത്രം) is located on the banks of Kurumali river in Pudukad (or Puthukkad), Thrissur district, Kerala State, South India. Its around 17km from Thrissur town – can be reached via Kuttenellur or Ollur. The temple is a few hundred meters away from the Pudukkad trafic junction. The nearest railway station