Category:Has default banner Punalur (Malayalam: പുനലൂര്‍, Punalūr) is a town and a municipality in Kerala in India.

Get in

Punalur is 45 km northeast of Kollam and 75 km north of Thiruvananthapuram. Punalur Railway Station is on the Kollam-Shencotta railway line. The nearest airport is at Thiruvananthapuram. The Main Eastern Highway (Punalur-Adoor-Muvattupuzha Road /SH-08) and Kollam-Shengottai Road (NH-208) connects the town to other major towns.

Get around

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Map of Punalur

Local taxis and autorickshaws are available.

See

• 9.049276.929551 AchencoilCategory:Has map markers (80 km from Punalur). An important pilgrim center. Famous for its Sastha temple with a Sastha installed several centuries before the Christian Era.  
• 8.9300276.906472 AnchalCategory:Has map markers (13 km south of Punalur). Known for its cattle market.  
• 9.0256776.846153 KunnicodeCategory:Has map markers (10 km west of Punalur). Famous as Muslim pilgrim center.  
• 8.865876.867184 Jetayu ParaCategory:Has map markers (Jedayupara) (in the Chadayamangalam village on the M.C road). Huge rock. Legend says Jatayu, the giant bird in the epic Ramayana, fell after failing in its attempt to stop Ravana from taking sita away. Ideal place for trekking.  
• 8.9422277.165315 Palaruvi Water FallsCategory:Has map markers (near Aryankavu, on the way to Sencottah along the Kallada River). One of the famous waterfall in Kerala.  
• 9.0771276.796496 PattazhiCategory:Has map markers (Pattazhy). Famous for its ancient Bhagavathy temple.  
• 9.0926976.861247 PathanapuramCategory:Has map markers (on the banks of the Kallada river, 13 km away from Punalur). An old trading center.  
• 9.0181476.927738 Suspension BridgeCategory:Has map markers (across the Kallada River). Erected in 1877, is the only one of its kind in south India and it is 400 ft long.  
• 8.9598277.061859 Thenmala EcotourismCategory:Has map markers (21 km away, along Kallada River).  

Do

• Category:Do listing with no coordinatesFishing at Kallada RiverCategory:Has map markers.  
• Category:Do listing with no coordinatesThenmalaCategory:Has map markers.  

Buy

Spices from the local market.

Eat

Local cuisine.

Sleep

• Category:Sleep listing with no coordinatesAaram HotelCategory:Has map markers, Kalayanadu, Plachery, ☏ +91-475-2231050. ₹750.00. (updated May 2015)
• Category:Sleep listing with no coordinatesPWD Rest HouseCategory:Has map markers, ☏ +91 7594970461.  (updated Nov 2025)

Go next

K.S.R.T.C buses ply regularly to nearby towns including Adoor and Pathanamthitta and Kottarakara which are all well connected to other parts of Kerala.