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  ?Cherai
Kerala • India
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Location of Cherai
 Cherai 
Coordinates: 9°58′37″N 76°16′12″E / 9.977, 76.27
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
Elevation

• 0 m (0 ft)
District(s) Ernakulam
Panchayat Pallipuram Grama Panchayat
Panchayat President Sri. Kerala ( Malayalam: {{Kerala in Malayalam}}; India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time The geography of India is diverse with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts plains rainforests hills and plateaus The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. For the town with the same name see Ernakulam. Ernakulam District (എറണാകുളം is a district of the state of P. B. Sajeevan
Codes
Pincode
Telephone
Vehicle

• 682 0xx
• +0484
• KL-7

Coordinates: 9°58′37″N 76°16′12″E / 9.977, 76.27

Cherai is a small coastal town in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, south India. A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or Post code system used by India Post the Indian Postal For the past decade or so telecommunication activities have gained momentum in India KA-19-P-8488jpg|thumb|270px|Close up of a licence plate used in Mangalore, Karnataka. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. For the town with the same name see Ernakulam. Ernakulam District (എറണാകുളം is a district of the state of Kerala ( Malayalam: {{Kerala in Malayalam}}; South India is the area encompassing India 's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union It is about 30 km from Ernakulam. This article is about the town of Ernakulam See Ernakulam district. Cherai which is a part of the greater Vypin Island came into existence as a result of the great flooding of 1341. Vypin, also spelled Vypeen (വൈപ്പിന്‍ is an island in Ernakulam district of Kerala. Cherai is home to a picturesque beach - Cherai beach. Cherai Beach is a beach in the Cherai village of Ernakulam district of Kerala, South India.

Cherai has played an important role in the history of modern Kerala by becoming the birth place of two prominent political personsages of modern Kerala - Mathai Manjooran and Sahodaran Ayyappan. Mathai Manjooran ( 13 October 1912 – 14 January 1970) was an Indian independence activist from Kerala, socialist revolutionary Sahodaran Ayyappan (b August 21 1889 __ d March 6 1968 was a social reformer thinker journalist and politician of Kerala, India.

Cherai Gowreeshwara Temple is one of the main Hindu temple. Cherai Gowreeshwara Temple is one of the main Hindu temple in Kerala state South India. A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical Temple is mainatained by Vinjhana Vardhini Sabha (V. V Sabha). It also known as Malyala palani. The festival in the temple is biggest festival in Eranakulam district. The festival happens every year towards the last 2 weeks of January or first 2 weeks of February. The main attractions are Elephant march(around 20-30 elephants).

There is one more famous temple in Cherai, which is Azheekkal Sree Varaha Temple famous for its beautiful chariot. Temple cars are Chariots used to carry idols of Hindu gods. The car pulling is usually on festival days where many folks pull the cart

Satellite image of Cherai town

Cherai Beach is a beach in the Cherai village of Ernakulam district of Kerala, South India.
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