Vypīn
in Ernākulam of Kerala, India
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Cochin International Airport (16 mi) - Calicut International Airport (83 mi)
- Coimbatore International Airport (91 mi)
- Trivandrum International Airport (112 mi)
- Madurai Airport (126 mi)
- Mysore Airport (164 mi)
- Salem Airport (176 mi)
- Tiruchirapally Civil Airport Airport (176 mi)
- Mountain Railways of India (Unesco heritage, 116 mi)
- Western Ghats (Unesco heritage, 120 mi)
- Veega Land (amusement park, (11 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 9.967 and 76.250 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 9° 58' 0" and E 76° 15' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rupee - INR
- Spoken languages:
- English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Panjabi, Assamese, Bihari , Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi, Sanskrit, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:51 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Asia/Kolkata
- UTC/GMT offset: 5.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:08 am and 6:36 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -0.955 and -90.967 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Puerto Villamil - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to India.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning India. Last Update: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Discover Vypīn
Vypīn in Ernākulam (Kerala) is a town in India about 1,291 mi (or 2,078 km) south of New Delhi, the country's capital city.
Current time in Vypīn is now 07:51 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Asia / Kolkata with an UTC offset of 5.5 hours. We know of 8 airports near Vypīn, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in India is Cochin International Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in India is Mountain Railways of India in a distance of 116 mi (or 187 km), North-East. We discovered 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Trichur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 33°C / 91 °F
| Morning Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 31°C / 88 °F |
| Night Temperature | 29°C / 84 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 65% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 76% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
32°C (90 °F)
29°C (84 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
32°C (90 °F)
29°C (84 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
32°C (90 °F)
29°C (84 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Taj Malabar Resort and Spa
Fragrant Nature Kochi
Tea Bungalow
Fort House
Victory Dawn
Spice Heritage
Hotel Arches
Napier House
Kapithan's Inn
Fort Manor
Videos from this area
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Kavitha Singh | Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014 is philosophical and poetic
Prof. Kavitha Singh, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, on the many themes of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014. This Biennale, she says, is more philosophical and poetic.
House of Yesudas Fort Kochi
House of Yesudas in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India.
Kochi Akashvani_World Theatre Day Celeb 2015_Inaugural Speech
Inaugural speech of Shri. Dominic Presentation on World Theatre Day celebration, done jointly with Kochi FM Akashvani, Ernakulam DTPC & Kumbalangi Model TourismDevelopment Society, on 27th...
V T Balram | Kochi-Muziris Biennale is a platform for art and cultural renaissance
V T Balram, MLA, on Kochi-Muziris Biennale being a platform for an art and cultural renaissance in Kerala.
Eivind S Homme | Kochi-Muziris BIennale challenges you to think differently
Eivind S Homme, Norwegian Ambassador to India, on how the Biennale challenges you to think differently. He speaks of the importance of cultural diplomacy and the role that Biennale plays in...
Jay A Levenson | Kochi-Muziris Biennale blends the local and international
Jay A Levenson, Director, International Program, MoMA, on how the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is developing into an unique platform that blends the local and international perspective.
Yuko Hasegawa | Kochi-Muziris Biennale has a fresh feeling
Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, on how Kochi-Muziris Biennale has initiated dialogue between contemporary art, ordinary audience and curators. This biennale,...
Jain Temple Kochi
Jain Temple located in Kochi, Kerala, India.
Susan Bean | Kochi-Muziris Biennale deeply integrates art with the community
Susan Bean, former curator of Indian Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Boston on the curatorial integrity of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014. This Biennale, she says, has a unifying theme that links the...
Katya García Antón | Kochi-Muziris Biennale has a strong community engagement
Katya García Antón, Director, Office of Contemporary Art, Norway, says that the Kochi-Muziris Biennale has a very strong engagement with the community. This Biennale, she says, has a strong...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
St. Francis Church, Kochi
St. Francis CSI Church, in Fort Kochi (aka. Fort Cochin), originally built in 1503, is the oldest European church in India and has great historical significance as a mute witness to the European colonial struggle in the subcontinent. The Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India. His body was originally buried in this church, but after fourteen years his remains were removed to Lisbon.
Paradesi Synagogue
The Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations, located in Kochi, Kerala, in South India. It was built in 1568 by the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community in the Kingdom of Cochin. Paradesi is a word used in several Indian languages, and the literal meaning of the term is "foreigners", applied to the synagogue because it was historically used by "White Jews", a mixture of Jews from Cranganore, the Middle East, and European exiles.
Fort Kochi
Fort Kochi is a region in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. This is part of a handful of water-bound regions toward the south-west of the mainland Kochi, and collectively known as Old Kochi or West Kochi. Adjacent to this is Mattancherry. In 1967, these three municipalities, along with a few adjoining areas, were amalgamated to form the Corporation of Cochin.
Vypin
Vypin or Vypeen is one among a group of islands, that the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. The island is about 27 km long. Vypin is connected to mainland Kochi by a series of bridges known as the Goshree Bridges, which take off from Kalamukku in Vypin, touches other two island and lands in Marine Drive, Kochi. The western coast of Vypin has the longest beach in Kochi namely, the Cherai Beach, Kuzhuppilly Beach and the Puthuvype Beach.
Santa Cruz Basilica
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica is one of the eight Basilicas in India. Counted as one of the heritage edifices of Kerala, this church is one of the finest and impressive churches in India and visited by tourists the whole year round. It is a place of devotion as well as a center of historic significance, endowed with architectural and artistic grandeur and colours of the gothic style. The basilica serves as the Cathedral church of the Diocese of Cochin, the second oldest Diocese of India.
Gundu Island
The Gundu Island is one of the many islands that make up the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. The November 1967 amalgamation order of the Kerala Legislative Assembly declared Gundu Island as part of Kochi. Gundu is the smallest island around Kochi with an area of 5 acres completely surrounded by coconut trees. The island can be reached from Vypin island only by boat.
Geography of Kochi
File:City locator point-MJC. pngIndia city Locator Map Location of Kochi in India Kochi is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. Kochi is located in the district of Ernakulam. Old Kochi loosely refers to a group of islands including Willingdon Island, Fort Kochi and Mattancherry. Today Kochi includes Ernakulam, old parts of Kochi, Kumbalangi, and outlying islands.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin is a diocese located in the city of Cochin in the Ecclesiastical province of Verapoly in India. The territory of the diocese of Cochin covers 235 square kilometers in the state of Kerala. It is situated between the Arabian Sea in the west, the Archdiocese of Verapoly in the north and in the east, and the Diocese of Alleppey in the south. The Diocese's Cathedral church and thus, seat of its Bishop, is Santa Cruz Basilica, Fort Cochin.
Indo-Portuguese Museum
The Indo-Portuguese Museum is a museum in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India.
International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi
The Kochi International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT), locally known as the Vallarpadam Terminal, is a container trans-shipment facility which is part of the Kochi Port. It is the only trans-shipment port in India, and is situated in Kochi, in the state of Kerala. Being constructed in three stages, the first phase of the terminal was commissioned on 11 Feb 2011. This can handle cargo up to one million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) per annum.
Kochi LNG Terminal
Kochi LNG is a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in Puthuvypeen, Kochi, India. The LNG terminal is under construction and is scheduled for commissioning by the third quarter of 2012.
Church of Our Lady of Hope
The Church of Our Lady of Hope, also known as “Nossa Senhora Da Esperança" is a Roman Catholic church in the Diocese of Cochin. It is located at the island of Vypeen - the point where the Vembanad Lake merges with the Arabian Sea, with Fort Cochin on the other side. The church, with an area of 10 km, occupying southern end of Vypeen Island, is the northern most boundary of Diocese of Cochin. It happens to be one of the oldest churches in Cochin, built by the Portuguese in 1605 A.D
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Vypīn.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Azhikkal, Vypeen, Vypīn
