Elamkulam, Kochi

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Ward in Kerala, India

Elamkulam

Ward

Little Flower Church

Coordinates: 9°58′0″N 76°18′0″E﻿ / ﻿9.96667°N 76.30000°E﻿ / 9.96667; 76.30000
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

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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

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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

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* 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

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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

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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

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* Petrol Pump HPCL
* Airtel Showroom
* SBI ATM

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elamkulam, Kochi.

1. ^ "Cochin Municipal Corporation - Wards". www.kochicorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in.
2. ^ "Little Flower Church – Elamkulam -Cochin Churches- catholic churches.in". 24 March 2010.
3. ^ "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.

* https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/14-year-old-makes-short-film-on-the-roads-at-night-in-kochi-amid-lockdown20200615162628/