I've seen that the train boards mostly have Mangaluru in the name but the train announcements all throughout kerala refer to it as Mangalapuram. Can it be a local name for the city? It isn't official but many people do refer to it as Mangalapuram. What is the origin of this name?
It used to be announced as Mangalore/Mangaluru in Hindi/English and Mangalapuram in Malayalam only. Now they've changed it to Mangalapuram in all languages which confuses travellers from outside Kerala.
The name Mangalore or Mangalapuram comes from the Mangala Devi temple and shrine.
As the other observers mentioned, only stations in PGT division announce Mangalapuram in all languages, while in TVC division, they use Mangalapuram for only Malayalam and switch to Mangalore for the rest of the announcements.
Read about this on click here The Malayalam language variant of the same is Mangalapuram. One of the earliest references to this name is made by Pandya King Chettian, who called the city as Managalapuram in 715 A.D. Yet another historical reference is by the 11th century Arabian traveler Ibn Batuta, whose chronicles refer to Mangalore as Manjarur. It's just shows the confluence between both Karnataka and Kerala. Does Tulu have a huge Malayalam influence? I mean, all dravidian languages do have a lot of similarities but I don't believe there is a city that has two different names in two languages.
Jun 29 2024 (02:47) Like Kolkata, Kolkata - Calcutta, Kalakattha in Telugu or Rajamundry, Rajamahendravaram and so on Should we introduce this kind of local pronounciations in other states as well is another question that can be asked?
Jun 29 2024 (02:25) Like Kolkata, Calcutta Calcutta, Kalakattha in Telugu or Rajamundry, Rajamahendravaram and so on Rajamundry, Should Rajamahendravaram we and introduce so this on kind of local pronounciations in other states as well is another question that can be asked?
Confusion of this name is an issue. People rarely pay attention to Train numbers. Perhaps the other name should gain more popularity as well. Like Kolkata - Calcutta, Kalakattha in Telugu or Rajamundry, Rajamahendravaram and so on. Should we introduce this kind of local pronounciations in other states as well is another question that can be asked?
In view of Line Block/Power Block between Nethravathi – #Mangaluru Jn for facilitating engineering works, the following changes are made in the pattern of #Train services
Passengers are requested to take note on this and plan your #travel
IF WEST COAST EXP (22638) TIMING TO BE REVISED ATLEAST HALF AN HOUR EARLY TO CONNECTTING TRAIN 7.15 AM JAN SHATABADI FROM COIMBATORE TO MAYILADUTHURAI. ( EARLIER TIME WAS 10.20PM FROM MANGALORE TO REACH COIMBATORE 6.20AM). IT WAS BETTER CONNECTION, NOW FACING DIFFICULTIES NO TRAIN TO THANJAVUR AFTER WESTCOAST EXPRESS REACHED AT CBE STATION.7.20AM ( 5 MIN) DIFFERNCEONLY. SR CAN CLEAR THIS DIFFENCEAND ACCEPT THE DEMAND
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Coming to your request Coimbatore erode lineups very busy in morning with many deps from 530 and accompdating at 620 won't be possible due to path constraints.
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