Elamkulam, Kochi

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Elamkulam
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Little Flower Church
Coordinates: 9°58′0″N76°18′0″E / 9.96667°N 76.30000°E / 9.96667; 76.30000
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Ernakulam
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
Kadavanthra-682020
Telephone code0484
Vehicle registration KL-07
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest cityERNAKULAM
Climate Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature20 °C (68 °F)

Elamkulam is a ward of Kochi, Kerala. [1] Elamkulam is a part of the Kadavanthra pincode and Kadavanthra Janamythri Police station. Elamkulam is well facilitated with Metro railway station which works as an extension counter to Kadavanthra metro station to cater to passengers who want to shop at branded outlets like MAX,Trends etc. Elamkulam metro station also privileges direct entry to Radisson Blu Kochi.

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Location

The buildings and offices in Kadavanthra expanded to the spaces of this place which is next bus stop after Kadavanthra towards Vyttila direction. Elamkulam boasts several small and large churches, the biggest of which is the Little Flower Church [2] located at the Sahodaran Ayyapan Road (S.A. Road). The road to the north from the Elamkulam bus stop leads to Sewage Treatment Plant. The road is hence named S.T.P. road and it is also known as the Fatima Church road. The road towards south is the Chilavanoor road.

Landmarks

The S.T.P. road leads to Chettichira junction in Subhash Chandra Bose road. It was the old way to get to Kadavanthra before the Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road came to existence and its full functionality. The Elamkulam junction also houses the Navy quarters and leads to the backwaters of Chilavanoor where many flats are on the rise. Elamkulam comes under the Kadavanthra P.O. The Elamkulam Village office is located opposite to the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium known previously as Regional Sports Centre, Kochi at Kadavanthra. The Elamkulam village office where the land taxes and residential issues and taxes are collected is one of the three Village offices in the Cochin Corporation. Elamkulam region expands from the bridge over the erstwhile Thripunithura lagoon, which is at present just a canal, to the Elamkulam junction. Alingal residence association is situated here.

Educational Institutions

Colonies

Many residential colonies under the Elamkulam region include:

Places of worship

Elamkulam has Hindu temples such as:

Elamkulam has Christian Churches such as:

Facilities at the junction

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References

  1. "Cochin Municipal Corporation - Wards". www.kochicorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in.
  2. "Little Flower Church – Elamkulam -Cochin Churches- catholic churches.in". 24 March 2010.