Kalady

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Kalady is a village in the Indian state of Kerala, revered as the birthplace of the 8th-century philosopher and theologian Adi Shankaracharya and an important Hindu pilgrimage center.

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Label Occurrences
Kalady canonical 20
Kalady area 1
Kalady town 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pilgrimage centre ⓘ
village ⓘ
administrativeDivision Aluva taluk ⓘ
associatedPerson Aryamba ⓘ
Sivaguru ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosophy Advaita Vedanta ⓘ
birthplaceOf Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceFromAngamaly_km approximately 7 ⓘ
distanceFromKochi_km approximately 45 ⓘ
etymology Malayalam word meaning "footprint" or "feet" ⓘ
festival Navaratri ⓘ
Shankara Jayanti celebrations ⓘ
governingBody Angamaly municipality ⓘ
hasBridge Kalady bridge over Periyar River ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit ⓘ
hasGhat Ghats on the Periyar River for ritual bathing ⓘ
hasMatha Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt, Kalady ⓘ
Sringeri Mutt, Kalady ⓘ
hasPilgrimageSite Sri Adi Shankara Keerthi Sthamba Mandapam ⓘ
hasTemple Manickamangalam Temple ⓘ
Mattoor Thiru Vellaman Thulli Siva Temple ⓘ
Sri Adi Shankaracharya Temple, Kalady ⓘ
Sri Krishna Temple, Kalady ⓘ
locatedIn Ernakulam district ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
locatedNear Angamaly ⓘ
Cochin International Airport ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Periyar River ⓘ
namedFor Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
nearbyLocality Malayattoor ⓘ
Mattoor ⓘ
linked to: Angamaly
nearestMajorCity Kochi ⓘ
notableStructure Adi Shankara Keerthi Sthamba (memorial tower) ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
pilgrimageSeason April–May ⓘ
railwayStation Kalady railway station ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
religiousSignificance important centre for Advaita Vedanta followers ⓘ
religiousSiteType Hindu pilgrimage town on a riverbank ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
state Kerala ⓘ
timezone IST ⓘ
tourismType religious tourism ⓘ
transport connected by National Highway 544 via Angamaly ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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