Ernakulam

Ernakulam
Ernakulam Location of Ernakulam in Kerala and India
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Ernakulam
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 4 m (13 ft)
Codes • Vehicle • KL-

This article is about the town of Ernakulam, See Ernakulam district.

Ernakulam (Malayalam: എറണാകുളം, Eṟṇākulaṁ) refers to the eastern part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. Ernakulam is the most urban part of Kochi and has lent its name to Ernakulam District. The Office of the Corporation of Cochin, and the Kerala High Court are situated here. The name 'Ernakulam' is derived from the name of a very famous temple of Lord Shiva called the Ernakulathappan Temple. It is also said that the word Ernakulam was drawn from Malayalam words 'Ere naal Kulam', which mean 'Pond for a long time'. Ernakulam is the commercial capital of the state of Kerala.

Geography

Ernakulam is located at 9°59′N 76°17′E / 9.98°N 76.28°E / 9.98; 76.28^[1]. It has an average elevation of 4 m (13 ft).

Politics

Ernakulam assembly constituency is part of Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Business

Ernakulam is home to the Cochin Stock Exchange

Entertainment

The Shenoys, one of the popular Cineplexs in the city.

There are over twenty cinema halls that screen movies in Malayalam, Tamil, English and Hindi. A film festival, known as the Cochin International Film Festival (CIFF), is held in the city every year.

Media

Print

Major Malayalam newspapers published in Kochi include Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Deshabhimani, Deepika, Kerala Kaumudi and Veekshanam.

Popular English newspapers include The Hindu, The New Indian Express and The Pioneer. A number of evening papers are also published from the city.^[3]

Newspapers in other regional languages like Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu are also sold in large numbers.

Being the seat of the Cochin Stock Exchange, a number of financial publications are also published in the city. These include The Economic Times, Business Line, The Business Standard and The Financial Express.

Prominent magazines and religious publications like the Sathyadeepam, The Week and Vanitha are also published from the city.

Television

Television stations in Kochi include Asianet Cable Vision, Indiavision, Kairali TV, Jeevan TV, Amrita TV, JaiHind TV and Manorama News. Satellite television services are available through Doordarshan Direct Plus, Dish TV and Tata Sky.

Radio

All India Radio has two FM stations in the city, operating at 102.3  MHz and 107.5 MHz. Private FM radio stations are Club FM 94.3, Radio Mango 91.9 which plays music 24 hours a day, and 93.5 S FM. Private satellite radios such as WorldSpace, are also available.

Telephone

Ernakulam has the larger density of telephones in India (based on its population).^[4] Telephony services are provided by various players like Airtel, Idea cellular, Vodafone, Reliance Infocomm, Tata Indicom and the government owned BSNL.

See also

• Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ernakulam

• Ernakulam District website