Kerala - The God's Own Country

My JOurney from Chennai to Nilambur (Kerala).

I just started my journey to Pollachi from Chennai Coimbedu Amni Bus Stand. I went by Joy Travels which costs Rs.360/person to Pollachi. I have booked a ticket online in ticketvala website. The driver started bus with a typical Hindu God Songs. Then they showed the film "Unnale Unnale" by Jeeva. Watching film when travelling is so enjoyable one. It took 12 to reach Pollachi. It is one of the best bus I had travelled. I reached at 8AM in Pollachi.

After finishing my daily routines, we (myself and my uncle) have started to see father who is taking treatment for his painful hand in Chungathara, near Nilambur, Kerala. At 9:15AM we got a bus from Pollachi Bus Stand to Palakkad. The bus is pretty different from Tamilnadu bus and they costs approximately double as Tamilnadu bus. It costs Rs.23 per ticket approximately 60Km from Pollachi. It took 90 minutes to reach palakkad.

There are several bus stands in Palakkad. If you are new to Palakkad then you would be in trouble. The bus went to a bus stand near Palghat Town railway station. You can see plenty of Tamilnadu State Buses there. Buses available frequently to Coimbatore and Pollachi. We enquired several keralites to catch a bus that will go to Nilambur. Finally we advised to pick a bus to Kozhikode (Calicut) and get down in Perinthalmanna.

I'm very confused with the place names in Kerala. The places in Kerala sounds like places in Tamilnadu.

Chunkathara -- Chunkathurai
Nilambur -- Neelambur
Perinthalmanna -- Perunthalaimanna

Why I'm telling this is that sometimes there is a place which may have same pronounciation as the other place. We have asked how to go Chunkathurai actually Chunkathara. Some one addressed to catch some other bus which goes to Chungam which is a different place in Kerala. So Becareful when pronounciating place names in other states.

The bus started from bus stand and again it went another bus stand which is KSRTC. (Kerala State Road Transport Corporation). I saw there was a bus to Nilambur directly from Palakkad. Ofcourse we dont know about that. The bus travelled via Ulavakkodu (Ulavakkode) where the Palakkad Railway Junction is there. Its nice to see trees all over the way in Kerala. There are houses here and there in between
plenty of trees and plants. In Tamil Nadu it is vice-versa.

Truly, Kerala is God's Heaven. The Kozhikode bus climbing up the small hill to reach mannarkad the town before perinthalmanna. After 2 hours of journey we reached Perinthalmanna KSRTC Bus Stand at 1'O Clock. They said that the bus will come from Palakkad or Kozhikode. We got a KSRTC bus which goes to Nilambur at 1:15 PM. It took an hour to reach Nilambur and costs Rs.23 per ticket.(approx. 41KM) The KSRTC buses are really too fast even in hills that too when raining. At 2:15 we got a mini private bus to Chungathara which will go upto Vazhikadavu. Finally we reached near Marthoma College in Chungathara at 2:30 PM. But still we were struggling to find where the hospital is? Finally my father came to Chungathara bus stand and the hospital is near to the bus stand.


How to get there...

From Palakkad to Nilambur

There are three bus stands in Palakkad, KL.

KSRTC bus stand

Local Municipal bus stand (near palakkad town railway station) and
private bus stand near Indira Gandhi open stadium

Palakkad --> Perinthalmanna

Catch Kozhicode (Calicut) Bus from Palakkad. Perinthalmanna is apprx. 70KM from Palakkad. It Will

take 2 hours of Journey if you travel by KSRTC bus. 58 Ps/Km.

Perinthalmanna ---> Nilambur

You have both KSRTC Buses and private mini buses to Nilambur.

KSRTC Bus will take an hour to reach Nilambur and costs Rs.23 per ticket.(approx. 41KM)
Private buses will take 100 minutes to reach and costs Rs.19 per ticket.


Palakkad --> Trissur (Approx. 76KM)