Pattanam
Pattanam | |
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Village | |
Site Museum, Pattanam | |
Pattanam Location in Kerala, India Pattanam Pattanam (India) | |
| Coordinates: 10°09′24″N 76°12′32″E / 10.15654°N 76.208982°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Taluk | Paravur |
| Government | |
| • Body | Chittattukara Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 683 522 |
| Telephone Code | 0484 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-42 |
| Nearest Municipal Corporation | Kochi |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Ernakulam |
| Civic Agency | Chittattukara Panchayat |
| Climate | Tropical (Köppen) |
Pattanam (Malayalam: [pɐʈːɐɳɐm]) is a village located in Paravur taluk, Ernakulam district, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is situated 2–3 km northwest of North Paravur, 3 km west of Chendamangalam, and 30 km north of Kochi (Cochin).
Pattanam, often identified with the legendary port of Muziris referenced in several Greco-Roman sources, represents one of the few archaeologically excavated sites in present-day Kerala. Most of the artifacts recovered from Pattanam are now displayed in the site museum at Pattanam.