Elamkulam, Kochi

Location

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 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

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

• 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.

Colonies

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

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

• Petrol Pump HPCL
• Airtel Showroom
• SBI ATM

References

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

References

1. "Cochin Municipal Corporation - Wards".
2. (24 March 2010). "Little Flower Church – Elamkulam -Cochin Churches- catholic churches.in".
3. (8 July 2018). "Keralite makeup artist nominated as Fellow to Royal Society of Arts in London". The New Indian Express.