Cheriazheekkal or Cheriazheeckal is a village in the

Alappad Alappad is a coastal village in the Kollam district of the Indian state Kerala. It is situated on a narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Arabian Sea and the TS Canal – the village is approximately 16 km long and its narrowest point ...

panchayat in the town of Karunagapalli in

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. It is located between the

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on the west and backwaters to the East. Cheriazheekkal is primarily made up of fishing, farming, and other traditional labour communities along with a budding tourism sector. Known for its twin temples, Cheriazheekkal is steeped in legends. The Sri Kashi Vishwanathar Temple is also known as the Deccan Kashi Temple, after the legend of the priest who installed the Sivalingam that he found in the Ganges, at Cheriazheekal. But it is also believed that the place housed a temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, built some 2,000 years ago.

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{{Kollam district Villages in Kollam district