final

Religiou

• Chirakkadavu Mahadeva Temple, is on th
Ponkunnam Town

• Holy Family Syro Malabar Church - near
•
• Façade of the Holy Family Syro-Malabar
• Ponkunnam Puthiyakavu Temple is near
• St.Marys Orthodox Church is on the Pon
•
• St.Marys Orthodox Church
• Mosque is near Ponkunnam bus stand &
• Latin Catholic Church 2 km from the tow
• CMS church half km from the town at At
• Elamgulam Sreedharma Shasta temple a

the town.
• Panamttom Devi temple (Where the tra

every year as a part of temple fest) is 4.5

us places

he way to Manimala, nearly 3 km from
KSRTC bus station.

Catholic Church, Ponkunnam
r the Ponkunnam private bus stand.
nkunnam–Thampalakad road.

& in Manimala road.
wn (westward) by the side of NH 183.
ttickal in PP Road.
and Elagmulam church are 5 km away from
aditional travancore folklore padyani is held
5 km from Ponkunnam.





Notable

• Babu Antony, prominent
• Bipin Chandran, noted fi

Kerala.
• M. D. Rajendran, Film di
• Ponkunnam Damodaran
• Ponkunnam Varkey, one

Kerala
• Thampi Antony, a famou

Kerala
•

persons

t South Indian film actor
ilm script-writer from

irector
n, Poet from Kerala
e of the best writers from

us actor and novelist from

Trans

• Road

•
• Ponkunnam lies on the National Highway 183 (O

Theni. The NH183 connects Kottayam to the stat
passing through Ponkunnam.
• The Main Eastern Highway (Punalur- Pathanamt
through Ponkunnam. Main Eastern Highway is ca
It is the second-longest State Highway of Kerala
passes through are Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kott
connect Ponkunnam to Muvattupuzha MC Road
Muvattupuzha stretch of Main Eastern Highway
The two-lane highway which connects Ponkunna
This makes it easy to access for the people of Hi
of Sabarimala to reach Muvattupuzha, Angamaly
during the months of November and December
• There is one KSRTC Bus stand and one private bu
to Kottayam, Changanassery, Kochi, Thiruvanant
to the nearest towns: Kanjirappally, Erumely etc
operates a chain service from Kottayam to Kumi

sport

Old NH 220) connecting the City of Kottayam and
te of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the busiest roads
thitta- Ponkunnam- Pala- Muvattupuzha) also passes
ategorized as State Highway - 08 ( SH-08 ) of Kerala.
covering a distance of 153.6 km. The districts it
tayam, Idukki, and Ernakulam. These highways
d(SH-01). The Ponkunnam- Pala- Thodupuzha-
y was upgraded in 2016 with a width of 15 meters
am To Muvattupuzha of 60 km within 80 minutes.
ighranges, tourists to Thekkady and pilgrims
y and Kochi. The Highway becomes congested
due to Sabarimala pilgrims.
us stand. Daily, there are many buses
thapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Bangalore and also
c. KSRTC operates a chain service to Pala. KSRTC also
ily via Ponkunnam

• Railway

• The nearest railway stations
and Changanassery (38 km).

• Air

• The nearest airport is Cochin
(94 km).

are Kottayam (33 km)
n International Airport, Kochi