Elamkulam,_Kochi Knowpia

Elamkulam
Elamkulam
Ward
	Little Flower Church
	Coordinates: 9°58′0″N 76°18′0″E / 9.96667°N 76.30000°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	Kadavanthra-682020
Telephone code	0484
Vehicle registration	KL-07
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	ERNAKULAM
Climate	Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °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.

Location edit

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 edit

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 edit

Traum Academy for German & Foreign language
Sheela tuition centre
Face Palette Makeup Academy by Makeup Guru Lekshhmi Menon FRSA. Lekshmi Menon is the first Indian Artist to be nominated to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), a 270 year old London based society promoting Arts and Culture. Other leading RSA fellows are James Bond actress Judi Dench FRSA, Stephen Hawkings FRSA, Musician Alex James FRSA, composer Benson Taylor FRSA amongst others.^[3]

Colonies edit

Many residential colonies under the Elamkulam region include:

Kumaranasan nagar
Vrindavanam Colony
Nethaji Nagar
Jawahar Nagar
Giri Nagar
Bose Nagar
Vinobha Nagar
Tagore Nagar

Places of worship edit

Elamkulam has Hindu temples such as:

The Elamkulam Bhagavathy Temple in Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road aka Kavalakkal
Devi Te
Alingal sreedurga devi temple
Narasimhamurty Temple
Ponnothukaavu Bhagavathy Temple in Chilavannoor Road

Elamkulam has Christian Churches such as:

Fatima Church (first church in Elamkulam)
Little Flower Church in Sahodaran Ayyappan Road
St Mary's Soonoro Patriarchal Cathedral
Jerusalem Mar Thoma Church
St. Gregorios Orthodox Chapel
Emmanuel Baptist Church
CSI Christ Church
New Life Fellowship( Malayalam, Hindi, Odiya, English, Tamil)

Facilities at the junction edit

Petrol Pump HPCL
Airtel Showroom
SBI ATM

References edit

^ "Cochin Municipal Corporation - Wards". www.kochicorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in.
^ "Little Flower Church – Elamkulam -Cochin Churches- catholic churches.in". 24 March 2010.
^ "Keralite makeup artist nominated as Fellow to Royal Society of Arts in London". The New Indian Express. The New Indian Express. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2024.