Ernakulam

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Ernakulam

Ernakulam (E??akula?) refers to the eastern part of the mainland of Kochi

Kochi (India)

Kochi , formerly known as Cochin, is a city in the Indian States and territories of India of Kerala. The city is one of the principal seaports of the country and is located in the district of Ernakulam district, about north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram....
city in Kerala

Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
, India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. Ernakulam is the most urban part of Kochi and has lent its name to Ernakulam District

Ernakulam district

Ernakulam District is a district of the Indian state of Kerala in southern India. The district headquarters is located at Kakkanad. The district includes the city of Kochi, India, an important seaport....
. The Office of the Corporation of Cochin, and the Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court

High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Kochi, India....
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 word 'Ere naal Kulam', which means 'Pond for a long time'.

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Ernakulam (E??akula?) refers to the eastern part of the mainland of Kochi

Kochi (India)

Kerala

India

Ernakulam district

Kerala High Court

Geography

Ernakulam is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Politics

Ernakulam assembly constituency is part of Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ernakulam is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala....
.

Media

Major Malayalam newspapers published in Kochi include Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama

Malayala Manorama is a popular Malayalam daily with a very strong readership in Kerala. It's not only one of the most credible newspapers in Kerala but also India's largest circulated "regional newspaper"....
, Mathrubhumi
Mathrubhumi

Mathrubhumi is a prominent Malayalam language newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. Mathrubhumi was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian independence movement against the British India....
, Deshabhimani, Deepika, Kerala Kaumudi and Veekshanam. Popular English newspapers include The Hindu
The Hindu

The Hindu is a leading English language Indian daily. With a circulation of 1.17 million copies, The Hindu is the Third largest circulated English Daily in India after Times of India and Hindustan Times and slightly ahead of Economic Times and has its largest base of Newspaper circulation in South India, especially Tamil Nadu....
, The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express is a newspaper with its head office based in Chennai, India. It started life in 1932 as the Indian Express under the ownership of Chennai-based Veradharajulu Naidu....
and The Pioneer
The Pioneer (daily)

The Pioneer is a medium-sized English language newspaper in India.It is published from Delhi, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, India, Bhopal, Chandigarh and Dehradun....
. A number of evening papers are also published from the city. Newspapers in other regional languages like Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi is a Standard language register of Hindi. It is one of the 22 official languages of India, and is used, along with English language, for administration of the central government....
, Kannada

Kannada language

Kannada is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas , number roughly 35 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world....
, Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
and Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu or Telegu is one of the four classical languages of India. It is a South-Central Dravidian languages mostly spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language....
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
The Economic Times

The Economic Times, launched in 1961, is India largest financial daily and the world's second largest financial daily after The Wall Street Journal, with a daily circulation of over 750,000 copies....
, Business Line
Business line

Business Line or The Hindu Business Line is an Indian business newspaper published by Kasturi and his Sons, the publishers of the newspaper The Hindu....
, The Business Standard
The Business Standard

The Business Standard is an English language financial newspaper, published from various cities in India.External links...
and The Financial Express. Prominent magazines and religious publications like the Sathyadeepam, The Week
The Week (Indian magazine)

The Week is an English language Indian weekly newsmagazine published by the The Manorama group, which also publishes the newspaper Malayala Manorama....
and Vanitha
Vanitha

Vanitha is an Indian magazine published fortnightly by the Malayala Manorama group. Although its name translates to "woman" in Malayalam language, it includes articles on a variety of topics, and is not strictly a woman's magazine....
are also published from the city. Television stations in Kochi include Asianet Cable Vision

Asianet

Asianet is one of the leading Television channel companies in Kerala, India. The company is owned by Asianet Communications Limited, headed by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, with its head offices at Studio Complex, Puliyarakonam, Thiruvananthapuram....
, Indiavision

Indiavision

Indiavision is an Indian news channel in Malayalam language based at Kochi. It was the first full fledged News Channel in Malayalam. It has its registered office at Edappally in Kochi, India....
, Kairali TV

Kairali TV

Kairali TV is a Malayalam language television station based in Trivandrum, Kerala. Currently, Mammootty, a leading film actor in Malayalam, holds the post of Chairman and John Brittas is the Managing Director and editor....
, Jeevan TV

Jeevan TV

Jeevan TV is a 24 hour Malayalam language television channel, with its headquarters at Palarivattom, Kochi, India, India. It uses the slogan "The complete family channel". It is promoted by the Catholic Church of Kerala....
, Amrita TV

Amrita TV

Amrita TV, launched in 2005, as a 24-hour Malayalam, general entertainment & news satellite channel with a global footprint, has been honoured with 26 State Awards for Excellence in Television--the only channel in India to be bestowed with such a recognition in just two years since inception....
, JaiHind TV

JaiHind TV

Jaihind TV is a Malayalam language channel , based in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala. It was launched on August 17th , in Delhi by Indian National Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi....
and Manorama News. Satellite television

Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
services are available through Doordarshan

DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is the public television Broadcasting of India and a division of Prasar Bharati, a public service broadcaster nominated by the Government of India....
Direct Plus, Dish TV and Tata Sky

Tata Sky

Tata Sky is a Direct broadcast satellite satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using Indian National Satellite System#INSAT-4A at 83.0Celestial coordinate system....
. All India Radio

All India Radio

File:AIR FM Tower Mangalore 0203.jpgAll India Radio , officially known as Akashvani is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati , an autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India....
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

Club FM 94.3

Club FM 94.3 is a private Frequency Modulation radio station in India, operated by the Mathrubhumi in Kerala, specialising in popular music throughout the day....
, Radio Mango 91.9

Radio Mango 91.9

Radio Mango 91.9 is a Frequency Modulation radio station in India, operated by the Malayala Manorama in Kerala, specialising in popular music throughout the day....
which plays music 24 hours a day, and 93.5 S FM. Private satellite radios such as WorldSpace

WorldSpace

1worldspace is a satellite radio network that provides service to over 170,000 subscribers in East Africa and southern Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia with 96% coming from India....
, are also available. There are over twenty cinema halls

Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
that screen movies in Malayalam

Malayalam language

Malayalam is a Dravidian language used predominantly in the States and territories of India of Kerala, in South India India. It is one of the 22 List of national languages of India, and it is used by around 36 million people....
, Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
, English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
and Hindi

Hindi

Cochin International Film Festival

The Cochin International Film Festival was conducted in 2004 and 2005 in Kochi....
(CIFF), is held in the city every year.

Ernakulam has the highest density of telephones in India. Telephony

Telephony

In telecommunication, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other....
services are provided by various players like Airtel, Idea cellular

Idea cellular

IDEA Cellular is a publicly listed company, having listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Idea Cellular is a leading GSM mobile service operator with pan India licenses....
, Vodafone, Reliance Infocomm, Tata Indicom

Tata Indicom

Introduction Tata Teleservices Limited is a part of the Tata Group of companies, an Indian conglomerate. It runs under the brand name Tata Indicom in India, in various telecom circles of India....
and the state owned BSNL.

Ernakulam

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Media

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