Chandranagar

Chandranagar is 2.6 km (1.6 mi) from the Stadium Bus Stand one of busiest bus stand in the city.Chandranagar housing Society, founded in 1956,[1] is the first housing colony in the state and one of the largest. Within Chandranagar itself there are many small colonies like Surya Nagar, Sahayadri Colony"Thara Nagar" "santhi colony" "yanagar Colony" etc. There are two main entrances for this colony, the main one being near the National Highway 47 (NH 47) and National Highway 213 (NH 213) junction. The colony stretches almost 3 km (1.9 mi) along the NH 47,There are around 700 houses with nearly 2800 residents.

There are many temples within chandranagar colony. The most famous temple is Sri Ganesha Temple. Schools like Bharath Matha, Mookambika & Shishya School are based in here. Many banks have branches in Chandranagar. HDFC, PNB, UBI, SBI, Indus Ind, BoI etc. are some of them.

The temple has also been used for sorcery in the past. The most notable event was that of a creation of a devilish dog called 'parangan'.

Chandranagar also has a Rifle Club for target-shooting practice. It is said that the temple sorcerer used to slay those opposed to him at the Rifle Club, or worse feed his opponents to the devilish dog "Parangan". Many Vehicle Showrooms like Bajaj, Hero, Suzuki, Maruti etc. are available within the vicinity. Hotels include Chanakya, Sri Chakra and Aryaas serve the flavours to people who cross Chandranagar on their way to Coimbatore or Thrissur via National Highway 47.

Chandranagar connects to other parts of India through Palakkad city. National Highway No.544 connects to Coimbatore and Bangalore. Other parts of Kerala is accessed through National Highway No.66 going through Thrissur. The nearest major railway station is Palakkad. The nearest airport is Coimbatore.

• Aerial view of Chandranagar
• Aerial view of Palakkad town with some important landmarks