Kadavanthra

Kadavanthra is a ward in downtown Kochi, Kerala. It is bounded by the S.A Road to the east (MG Road-side) and the Giri Nagar canal in the west. Kadavanthra is a major commercial centre of Kochi, and a prime residential area. In recent years, the ward has undergone rapid development to become one of Kochi's highest-valued regions.

The S.A Road and Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road are the Kadavanthra's main arterial roads, S.A Road connects two icons Vyttila interchange in the west and MG Road in east. Kaloor-Kadavanthra arterial road connects Kaloor at the North and Kadavanthra downtown at South. Kadavanthra is close to the Chilavannur Lake, which lies to its east, and the Ponneth Bhagavathy Temple.

Surroundings
Kadavanthra Junction is a major intersection in Kochi, one of the busiest in the city. The junction facilitates Kadavanthra Metro Station, catering to passengers for Panampilly Nagar/Kadavanthra area.

The junction is an intersection of Kochi City's main arterial Sahodaran Ayyappan Road (east-west) with arterial Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road (north-south) and K.P.Vallon Road (north-south). This junction enhances rail connectivity from M.G Road to Vytilla Mobility Hub.

Kadavanthra is part of Kochi's central business district located in central Kochi area. It is notable as home for the headquarters of the Greater Cochin Development Authority, the statutory body overseeing the development of the city of Kochi. NIA (National Investigation Agency) is also located in Kadavanthra. The Kochi Metro Kadavanthra station is situated in front of GCDA lawns. Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Soften Technologies, Bhavans Vidya Mandir and St Josephs Upper Primary School are located in this area.

The region is an emerging commercial high street with branded retail stores and many 3- and 5-star hotels such as Olive Downtown, Radisson Blu Kochi, Avenue Centre Hotel, Star Paradise, Park Residency hotel and Cochin Palace hotel. Affluent housing colonies include Panampilly Nagar, Giri Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Jawahar Nagar. Central Bank of India, HDFC Bank, South Indian Bank, State Bank of India and Axis Bank branches are present. It is close to the South Railway Station, with easy access to Kaloor, Vyttila and Cochin International Airport. Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road links northern and southern parts of Kochi. Kadavanthra became a major hub following the completion of Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road. The presence of the Ernakulam Junction Railway Station and residential colonies raise real estate prices. Kadavanthra provides access to Cochin Shipyard and the naval base. It provides alternate access to Atlantis via Railway gate or Thevara Junction, thus avoiding the usually busy M.G Road.

Facilities
Major centres in and around Kadavanthra include:


 * Kadavanthra metro station.
 * The Regional Sports Centre (RSC) Rajiv Gandhi International Indoor Stadium
 * The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA)
 * Statue of Sahodaran Ayyappan in the S.A Road.
 * National Investigation Agency.
 * Office of Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)
 * Facets Dental Clinics
 * Office of the Housing Development Authority in Panampilly Nagar
 * The Kadavanthra Post Office on Cheruparambath Road
 * The Passport office in Panampilly Nagar
 * Panampilly Nagar has a separate post office
 * Supplyco of the Civil Supplies Department, Government of Kerala in Gandhinagar
 * Kadavanthra Janamytri Police Station
 * Fire Station
 * BSNL office
 * Indra Gandhi Co-operative Hospital
 * Akshaya Hospital
 * Varma Urban Heights, Apartments In Kochi
 * Giridhar Hospital
 * Face Palette Makeup Academy by Makeup Guru Lekshhmi Menon FRSA. Lekshmi Menon is the first Indian Artist to be nominated to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), a 270 year old London based society promoting Arts and Culture. Other leading RSA fellows are James Bond actress Judi Dench FRSA, Stephen Hawkings FRSA, Musician Alex James FRSA, composer Benson Taylor FRSA amongst others
 * Lotus Eye Hospital
 * Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School)
 * Office of Health Inspector
 * Elamkulam village office
 * The Vijaya Hospital
 * The State Bank of India, Ernakulam South Branch is in S.A Road
 * The Bank of Baroda
 * The Federal Bank
 * Offices of Airtel, Reliance, Tata Indicom, Vodafone in S.A Road
 * Maannullil Builders Enterprises in S.A.Road
 * "Kallelil Building" in S.A.Road, accommodates Central Bank of India (Kadavanthra Branch).
 * Indian Overseas Bank ATM is in "Kallelil Building" Kadavanthra.
 * Asset Luminaire
 * Olive Downtown Hotel- 5 star luxury hotel
 * Olive Builder Luxury Apartments in Cochin http://www.olivebuilder.com/projects/olive-heights situated at the heart of kadavanthara.
 * Radisson Blu Kochi-5 star luxury hotel
 * Newsport.in
 * ABAD Builders Knightsbridge Apartments
 * ABAD Builders Silver Crest Flats
 * DD Vyapar Bhavan
 * SMEC Automation Pvt Ltd.
 * DD Milestone & Cornerstone.
 * Kochi Builders Circle
 * Tulsi Capitol Pointe Apartments
 * Trinity Citadel Apartments
 * Dreamflower Casa Gardenza
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 * Traum Academy for Foreign languages
 * Kalyan Marvella by Kalyan Developers.
 * Scuba Cochin
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