Mamala

Mamala is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India. It is situated around 9 km (5.6 mi) from Vytilla Junction and around 13 km (8 mi) from Ernakulam South railway station.

Mamala
Suburb
Mamala is located in Kerala
Mamala
Mamala
Location in Kerala, India
Mamala is located in India
Mamala
Mamala
Mamala (India)
Coordinates: 9°57′0″N 76°23′0″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictErnakulam
Founded byMitch Macholtz and Ryan Del Prince
Government
  BodyJeremy Thomas
Languages
  OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKL-

Etymology

The word meaning of "Mamala" - Mamala is mountain ranges or we can say the starting of mid rage hills of western ghats and end of the planes near to the sea and its connected low lands. Mamala ...was a border check post between Kochi and Thiruvithamkoor (tranvcore) state before 1950. British called as Mamalay, this usage can be seen at the old building of excise office at Mamala and there is a stone representing the border with letter "KO" (malayalam) in west side and "THI" on east side of that stone placed at bottom of the small bridge. Chottanikkara temple is around 5 km away and also, mamala is situated on the Munnar-Madurai highway.

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