Ernakulam (Malayalam : എറണാകുളം ) refers to the western 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 is located here. The famous "Ernakulathappan Shiva Temple" is located in the city centre.
One of the reasons for the prosperity of Ernakulam according to legend is that Pazhyannur Bhagavathi looks directly at Ernakulam; it is believed that her vision helps Ernakulam develop in all fields.
Little do men percieve what solitue is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
