Vanchiyoor


Vanchiyoor is a locality in downtown Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of the India state of Kerala. Vanchiyoor occupies an important place in the history of Travancore. It was the district headquarters and most important offices were situated here. There are a lot of heritage monuments in the area. Major administrative, commercial, government and judicial establishments are still located in Vanchiyoor. It is part of Vanchiyoor Village, which holds the prominent administrative headquarters and landmarks of Kerala.
Proximity with major educational institutions, offices and shopping centres coupled with easy road connectivity with all parts of the city make it a favoured residential locale in Thiruvananthapuram. Vanchiyoor is from Statue Junction, about from Palayam and from the central railway and bus stations. Trivandrum International Airport lies to the southwest of Vanchiyoor.

Prominent government buildings in Vanchiyoor Village

  1. Government Secretariate
  2. District Civil and Criminal Courts
  3. District Treasury
  4. Central Railway Station
  5. Central Bus Station
  6. Central Telegraph Office
  7. City Rationing Office
  8. Employment Exchange
  9. General Post Office
  10. Accountant General Kerala
  11. Old Collecterate
  12. Old High Court
  13. Passport Office

    Educational institutions

Universities

  1. Sree Sankara University of Sanskrit, Trivandrum Campus

    Colleges

  2. Govt. Ayurveda College, Trivandrum

    Schools

  3. Fort High School
  4. SMV Govt. Model High School
  5. Holy Angels Convent Girls Higher Secondary School
  6. Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kunnumpuram
  7. Govt High School, Vanchiyoor
  8. Govt. UPS, Chettikulangara
  9. St.JOSEPH HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL

    Educational Consultancy

  10. Qmens Consultancy Ltd

    Religious institutions

Hindu temples and ashrams

  1. Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple
  2. Sreekanteswaram Temple
  3. Pazhavangadi Ganapathi Temple
  4. Rishimangalam Sree Krishna Swami Temple
  5. Chettikulangara Devi Temple
  6. Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram Temple
  7. Kovilvila Bhagavati Temple
  8. Abhedananda Ashram

    Churches

  9. St. Thomas Marthoma Church, Pattoor
  10. Knanaya Syrian Church, Pattoor
  11. St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Spencer Junction,M G Road

    Mosques

  12. Juma Masjid, Thampanoor

    Other institutions

  13. YMCA Trivandrum