Punalur - city

Punalur (Malayalam: പുനലൂര്‍, Punalūr) is a town and a municipality in Kerala in India.

Get in

Punalur is 45 km northeast of Kollam and 75 km north of Thiruvananthapuram. Punalur Railway Station is on the Kollam-Shencotta railway line. The nearest airport is at Thiruvananthapuram. The Main Eastern Highway (Punalur-Adoor-Muvattupuzha Road /SH-08) and Kollam-Shengottai Road (NH-208) connects the town to other major towns.

Get around

Local taxis and autorickshaws are available.

See

• Achencoil, 9.04920°, 76.92955°. An important pilgrim center. Famous for its Sastha temple with a Sastha installed several centuries before the Christian Era.
• Anchal, 8.93002°, 76.90647°. Known for its cattle market.
• Kunnicode, 9.02567°, 76.84615°. Famous as Muslim pilgrim center.
• Jetayu Para (Jedayupara), 8.86580°, 76.86718°. Huge rock. Legend says Jatayu, the giant bird in the epic Ramayana, fell after failing in its attempt to stop Ravana from taking sita away. Ideal place for trekking.
• Palaruvi Water Falls, 8.94222°, 77.16531°. One of the famous waterfall in Kerala.
• Pattazhi (Pattazhy), 9.07712°, 76.79649°. Famous for its ancient Bhagavathy temple.
• Pathanapuram, 9.09269°, 76.86124°. An old trading center.
• Suspension Bridge, 9.01814°, 76.92773°. Erected in 1877, is the only one of its kind in south India and it is 400 ft long.
• Thenmala Ecotourism, 8.95982°, 77.06185°.

Do

• Fishing at Kallada River.
• Thenmala.

Buy

Spices from the local market.

Eat

Local cuisine.

Sleep

• Aaram Hotel, Kalayanadu, Plachery, +91-475-2231050. ₹750.00 2015-05-15

Go next

K.S.R.T.C buses ply regularly to nearby towns including Adoor and Pathanamthitta and Kottarakara which are all well connected to other parts of Kerala.