Kadavanthra

Kadavanthra കടവന്ത്ര
neighbourhood
Manorama junction, Kadavanthra Manorama junction, Kadavanthra
Kadavanthra Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:
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 retail stores and many luxury hotels operating like Olive Downtown, Radisson Blu, 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.Joseph's Syrian Catholic Church

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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. 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:-

• The Regional Sports Centre (RSC) Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium
• The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA)
• Statue of Sahodaran Ayyappan in the S.A Road
• Office of Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)
• Office of the Housing Development Authority in Panampilly Nagar
• The Kadavanthra Post Office in Cheruparambath road
• The Passport office in Panampilly Nagar
• Panampilly Nagar has a separate post office
• Supplyco of the Civil Supplies Department, Government of Kerala in Gandhinagar
• Kadavanthra Janamytri Police Station
• Fire Engine Station
• BSNL office
• Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School)
• Office of Health Inspector
• Elamkulam village office
• The Indira Gandhi Co-operative Hospital
• The Vijaya Hospital
• The State Bank of India, Ernakulam South Branch is in S.A Road
• The Bank of Baroda
• The Federal Bank
• Offices of Airtel, Reliance, Tata Indicom, Vodafone in S.A Road
• Maannullil Builders Enterprises in S.A.Road
• "Kallelil Building" in S.A.Road, accommodates Central Bank of India (Kadavanthra Branch).
• Indian Overseas Bank ATM is in "Kallelil Building" Kadavanthra.
• Olive Downtown Hotel
• Radisson Blu Kochi
• DD Milestone
• DD Vyapar Bhavan