Kokkamangalam

Kokkamangalam
Kokkamangalam
	village
	Kokkamangalam church
	Coordinates: 9°40′47″N 76°22′26″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	685527
Vehicle registration	KL-32

Kokkamangalam is a village in Alappuzha district of Kerala state, south India. It is situated in between Cochin and Kumarakom and on the western shore of Vembanad Lake, 5 km east of the town of Cherthala, which has the nearest railway station.

History

Kurishumudi church

St.Thomas Cross

A church was erected near the village temple. The present church was rebuilt in 1900 on the same site. Local attractions include picnic boating at Kokkamangalam. The long view of "Vembanad Lakeexpans" with green margin of coconut palms is also considered a must see. Kokkamangalam village itself is a place of traditional coconut processing cottage industry and numerous small coir spinning units. Thanneermukkom saltwater barrier, Pathiramanal Island, Kumarakom bird sanctuary are among the places of interest nearby. The Cochin International Airport is 70 kilometers from Kokkamangalam.

gollark: But then I can't ~~complain about their code~~ help.

gollark: This is selected against. They'd stop doing anything.

gollark: Advanced!

gollark: Below that you can do whatever insanity.

gollark: <@336962240848855040> You only need manual verification of stuff for >100 servers.

External links

Kokkamangalam Church

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.