Kadavanthra

Kadavanthra
കടവന്ത്ര
neighbourhood

Manorama junction, Kadavanthra
Kadavanthra

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 9°58′0″N 76°18′0″E / 9.96667°N 76.30000°E / 9.96667; 76.30000Coordinates: 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 IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 682020
Telephone code 0484
Vehicle registration KL-07
Coastline 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city Kochi
Climate Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature 35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 20 °C (68 °F)

Kadavanthra is a downtown region in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, South India. Kadavanthra Junction is also the name of a major intersection ,which is one of the busiest and most important in the city of Kochi.

The said junction is an intersection of the Sahodaran Ayyappan Road (east-west) with the Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road (north-south) and the K.P.Vallon Road (north-south).

Kadavanthra is especially notable as home for the headquarters of the Greater Cochin Development Authority, the statutory body overseeing the development of the city of Kochi. The main churches are St. Joseph's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and St. Sebastians Latin Catholic Church. Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Bhavans Vidya Mandir and St. Josephs UP School are also located in this area.

The region is an emerging commercial high street with several leading/branded retail stores and many luxury hotels operating like Olive Downtown, Radisson Blu,Avenue Centre Hotel, Star Paradise,Park Residency hotel, Cochin Palace hotel etc. Affluent housing colonies like Panampilly Nagar, Giri Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Jawahar Nagar etc are also located here.

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St.Sebastian's Latin Catholic Church
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Little Flower Church Kadavanthra

It is an expanding area and is close to the South Railway Station, with easy access to Kaloor, Vyttila and Cochin International Airport. Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road links northern and southern parts of Kochi.[1] Kadavanthra has become a major hub after the completion of Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road. The oldest and the major landmark of the place is the Greater Cohin Development Authority (GCDA) building beside the Sahodaran Ayyapan Road. The close vicinity of the Ernakulam Junction Railway Station and residential colonies make this place high valued in real estate business. The place is an important junction to go towards the Cochin Shipyard and the Naval base, it provides an alternate way to go to Atlantis via Railway gate or directly to the Thevara Junction, thus avoiding the usually busy M.G Road.

Major centres in and around Kadavanthra are:-

Location

References

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