Lamp tower in the Kodungallur temple compound

Kodungallur · 680664

Visit the temple

How to reach

In the middle of the old port town

The temple sits at the centre of Kodungallur, about 1.5 km southeast of the bus stand and roughly 650 m from the town centre. The town is ancient Muziris — later Mahodayapuram and Cranganore — on the Kerala coast between Kochi and Thrissur.

Travel

Air, rail, road

Air

Cochin International Airport is about 31 km. Taxis and buses run to Kodungallur through North Paravur / NH routes.

Rail

Thrissur station is about 37 km (Kerala Tourism). Irinjalakuda is a nearer halt, roughly 16–20 km. From either, take a bus or taxi to Kodungallur town.

Bus & road

Kodungallur private bus stand is about 700 m from the temple. Thrissur city is about 40 km. The temple is walkable from the municipal centre.

Around Amma

Muziris and the old capital

Kodungallur was a Chera port known to Greeks and Romans as Muziris, to Tamil epics as Muciri, later as Mahodayapuram and Thiruvanchikulam. The Periyar flood of 1341 wrecked the harbour. The town still holds the first layers of Kerala’s Christian, Muslim and Jewish memory.

Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva

The old Shiva house of the Chera capital, in the same Devaswom group. Folk memory links a Kovalan shrine here to the Kannagi story.

Cheraman Juma Masjid

Often called the first mosque in India, a short ride from the temple — part of why Kodungallur is a shared sacred town, not only a Hindu one.

Azhikode / Munakkal

The beach and estuary where the Periyar meets the sea. Traditional landing of St. Thomas is remembered at nearby Kodungallur / Azhikode.

Muziris heritage

Kerala Tourism’s Muziris trail — Kottappuram fort, synagogues, and excavated port sites — sits around this temple. A day is not too much.

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