Changanacherry is a town and a Municipality in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala India. It is located 18km from Kottayam town. This town is known for the peaceful co-existence of Hindus, Christians and Muslims.The basic infrastructure of the town is commendable and all major transport modes like road, rail and inland-water are well developed. The population hosts mostly an educated Indian middle-class genre with a traditional but tolerant outlook.It is known as the Gateway to High Range and Kuttanadu.It is ideally located between Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. The nearest beach is only 20km, the backwaters 3km and the hill resort 40km.In the past, the town was known as Anchu Vilakkinte Pattanam in local language, meaning Town of five fire lamps, which symbolises unity and points to old business time. Changancherry was an old business place during the pre-British area. During the renovation of Travancore Changanacherry was the boundary and was called Thekkum koor.