Parayakad, Ernakulam

St. Philomena's Forane Church, popularly known as Koonammavu Church is situated in Koonammavu, a northern suburban town of Kochi City of Kerala state, India. This is one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in India, built in 1837 AD. Even though the church is dedicated to the Virgin Philomena, Saint Chavara Achan's feast is celebrated in every year as the annual festival, a nine-day festival lasting from 26 December to 3 January along with Holy Christmas and the New Year. The church is also popular among non-Christians as a pilgrimage centre and this seventh Forane of Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly serves as the Catholic Forane Church of 12 churches listed below. Church of Our Lady of Velankanni, Chariyamthuruth Christ the King Church-Christnagar, Varapuzha St. Antony's Church, Kongorpilly, Koonammavu. Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Maloth, Koonammavu Church of Our Lady of Nativity, Muttinakam, Varapuzha St. Joseph's Church, Neerikode, Alangad. Little Flower Church, Panayikulam Sacred Heart Church, Thevarkad, Varapuzha. Infant Jesus Church, Thundathumkadavu, Varapuzha. Amalolbhavamatha Church, Valluvally, Koonammavu Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph's Minor Basilica, Varapuzha St. Antony's Church, Chennur, Varapuzha.

Varappuzha, IPA: [ʋɐɾɐːpːuɻɐ], (also known by its former name Verapoly) is a northern suburb of the city of Kochi. It is a census town in Paravur Taluk, Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. Situated around 15 km (9 mi) from the city centre and 8 km (5 mi) from Edapally, the areas lies in the NH 66 connecting Vytilla with North Paravur. Its specialty is that considerably large-scale paddy cultivating area is situating western part of Varapuzha which is called Devaswompadam, specialised with Pokkali paddy cultivation and interim crop as fish cultivation locally called 'Kettu'. The common work of the natives are fishing and agriculture. Varapuzha is known for its fish market (Chettibagam market). The Varapuzha Bridge (Near Historical Varapuzha Island) connects Varapuzha (Mannantturuthu) with the neighboring Cheranallur.

Kadamakkudy Islands is an island suburb of the city of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. It is situated around 8 km (6 mi) north of the city centre.

Veeranpuzha വീരന്‍പൂഴ is a lake in Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the northern extension of Vembanad Lake. From Kochi Azhi to Munambam Azhi, the Vembanad lake is popularly known as "Veeranpuzha". In the early 1980s there were regular ferry services from Munambam to Ernakulam. The area has large paddy fields devoid of human habitation. Non-availability of fresh water is a reason for lack of dense human settlements. Veeranpuzha was also known as Kadakkarakkayal കടക്കരക്കായല്‍

Karingamthuruth is a small village in the taluk of North Paravoor, in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.

Kothad is an island near Kochi surrounded by river Periyar. It is a part of Kadamakkudy grama panchyath, Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala.

Pizhala is an island village, one among the fourteen islands of Kadamakkudy archipelago, located near to the main land of the city Ernakulam. The island is surrounded by tributaries of river Periyar. Pizhala island is part of Kadamakkudy village of Kanayannur taluk in Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala, India. Pizhala island was formed during the great floods of Periyar happened during 1341 CE, which choked the Muziris port (near Pattanam, N. Paravur), one of the greatest ports in Ancient World.There is an argument that the name Pizhala is derived from the Portuguese words paz na ilha, which mean 'peace on island'.

St. Francis Xavier's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Pizhala, Kerala, in the Archdiocese of Verapoly.

Not to be confused with Nedungadu Nedungad is a small island located in the Ernakulam district of Kerala state, in southern India. It is located in the east side of Nayarambalam.

Panayikulam is a small village which falls in the Alangad Grama Panchayat, Paravur Taluk, Kerala, India. It is just near to Aluva town. A nice place to live in, easily accessible to Aluva Railway Station at 7 km, Nedumbassery International Airport 10 km and the Kochi City at 15 km. It is a preferred residential locality due to its proximity to the industrial areas, viz Binanipuram, Eloor and Kalamassery, where major factories like FACT, HMT, HIL, TCC, Binani, CMRL etc., are situated. Can commute on daily basis to the InfoPark, Kochi which is almost 12 km away. The place is providing its residents with pure water with no salinity in it and plain beautiful land very close to the Periyar River. It is the birthplace of film director/actor Althaf Salim. It is also the birthplace of Azeez Chollampat, a Silicon valley (USA) entrepreneur who has successfully started and succeeded one Silicon IP company and two cutting edge software companies and now the founder and CEO of Exalture Software Labs Inc. headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA, the company also has a software development center focused one Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Kochi Info Park. The people here mainly rely on agriculture. Panayikulam is well known for the cultivation of Snap Melon (Pottuvellari). Panayikulam is home to a lot of Non Resident Indians.

Alangad is a village located in Paravur Taluk of Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies almost in the middle of North Paravur and Aluva. The Kochi city is 15 km away from Alangad.

Eloor is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is an industrial area situated around 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) north of the Kochi city centre, and is a part of the Kochi metropolitan area. It is an island of 14.21 km2 formed between two distributaries of river Periyar and is the largest industrial belt in Kerala. The neighbouring places of Eloor are Kalamassery industrial hub, Aluva, Cheranalloor and Paravur.